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CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA

CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,865 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ($320,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2017
$10M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$339k
Net assets
$4.8M
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Concordia College Alabama does

Mission

Concordia college is a four year lutheran-based educational institute that strives to prepare students through christ-centered education for lives of responsible service to the church, the community and the world.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Program

Concordia college is an institution of higher education and provides instruction, scholarships and various support services in achieving its primary function.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $338k → $500.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA.

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

94% of CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Alabama, across 2 states.

MN
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Alabama out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $320k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Alabama

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 27%Fundraising 3%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AL

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod · exempt
  • Lcms - Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA?
CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,865 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ($320,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $338,865 in grants to CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA is the largest funder on record, with $320,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing