Alabama · Nonprofit
DANNON PROJECT
DANNON PROJECT (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $693,954 to it, the largest being THE ARLINGTON FOUNDATION ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $694k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Dannon Project does
Mission
To provide reentry and other transitional and workforce training services to WIOA and several vulnerable populations, including unemployed, underemployed, uneducated and undereducated, adult and young adults who have been in conflict with the law, pregnant and parenting teens, uninsured and underinsured, and their families by reducing barriers such as homelessness or risk of becoming homeless, employment, discrimination, job training, education, behavioral health treatment, and several emergency support services. During the FY, the agency expanded its ACER Reentry model to nine West Alabama Counties and to the Chattahoochee River Valley Region encompassing contiguous Russell and Lee Counties (Eastern) Alabama. We also provide workforce development/readiness services across 16 Alabama counties.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pathways and Growth Opportunities serve as the Intermediaries for the Reentry Programs (Adult Reentry Program) were funded by the Department of Labor ETA. The Young Adults and Adult programs provide reentry services to persons in conflict with the law or served in prison or jail. The Young Adult Intermediary Reentry Program (Growth Opportunities) serves as both a diversion and reentry program for young adults, male and female, between the ages of 18-24. Outcomes included a 3% recidivism rate overall, a 90% mentoring rate, a $16.75 average hourly earnings, an 84% Employment 2nd Quarter After Exit, an Employment Rate of 91% 4th Quarter After Exit, and an 82% Credential Attainment Rate. This program serves Site 01 (Jefferson County's WIOA North Central Alabama Region); Site 07 (West Alabama nine WIOA Region 3 counties); and the Chattahoochee River Valley Region of Columbus, GA en, compassing Russell and Lee Counties of AL (Eastern AL). The DOL RP (Pathways) served 419 male and female persons previously incarcerated between 18 and 60. All participants may not have ever had a sex crime other than prostitution. This program provides reentry services funded under the Pathways Home, a…
$1,638,539 spent$1,638,539 earned by the program50% of program spendingThe Dannon Project administers two U.S. Department of Justice reentry initiatives-Youth Advocacy and Resilience Program (YARP) and Second Chance Adult Reentry-designed to reduce recidivism and promote public safety through comprehensive rehabilitation services. Both programs provide intensive case management, evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy, workforce training, and employment placement for justice-involved youth and adults returning to the community after incarceration. Participants receive wraparound supports including mental-health counseling, housing referrals, and transportation assistance to ensure successful reintegration. The YARP initiative emphasizes early intervention and mentorship for court-involved youth, while the Second Chance Adult program focuses on skill development, job placement, and long-term stability for adults with prior felony convictions. Collectively, these DOJ-funded programs strengthen families, improve community safety, and advance equity in reentry outcomes across Alabama.
$646,774 spent$646,774 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe Dannon Project's WIOA Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Program, funded through the Alabama Department of Commerce, provides career pathway development, educational attainment, and workforce readiness training for young adults ages 16-24 who are not currently in school and face barriers to employment. Through this initiative, participants receive paid work experience, job placement assistance, transportation support, and access to wraparound services including mental health and housing stability resources. The complementary DTI component enhances digital literacy and technical skills to strengthen employability outcomes. Together, these programs empower participants with the certifications, confidence, and career connections necessary for sustained employment and long-term self-sufficiency.
$720,451 spent$698,837 earned by the program22% of program spendingThe Dannon Project's Department of Energy (DOE) Community Innovation and Workforce Training Initiative supports digital equity, clean-energy workforce development, and technology-based learning opportunities for underserved populations across Alabama. Through this project, participants receive instruction in emerging energy-sector careers, environmental sustainability practices, and green-technology literacy. The initiative strengthens community capacity to participate in high-demand energy and infrastructure jobs while advancing federal priorities for sustainability, broadband access, and equitable workforce inclusion. Program activities include virtual instruction, workforce credentialing, and cross-sector collaboration with higher-education and industry partners. Other programs include:(Want to remain anonymous) Foundation $ 100,000 General operating support to strengthen community workforce and reentry initiatives The Caring Foundation $ 10,000 Health-related outreach, staff wellness, and participant mental-health access Other Contributions $ 225,000 Private donations and unrestricted community support Total $ 335,000. During 2024, The Dannon Project received strategic…
$243,945 spent$352,559 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,249,709.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.9M to $1.2M (−60%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 95% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 89% · 2022 64% · 2023 60% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of DANNON PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kerri Pruitt
Executive Director
Board chair
Benjamin Lankford
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $144k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 DANNON PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. 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
DANNON PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 DANNON PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 63% · 2022 75% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
75% of DANNON PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of DANNON PROJECT's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
Against its field
DANNON PROJECT's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding DANNON PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.4M on record.
- Department of Labor$20.0M
- Department of Justice$1.6M
- Department of Energy$1.5M
- Department of Commerce$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DANNON PROJECT
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DANNON PROJECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DANNON PROJECT?
- DANNON PROJECT (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $693,954 to it, the largest being THE ARLINGTON FOUNDATION ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DANNON PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $693,954 in grants to DANNON PROJECT, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DANNON PROJECT?
- THE ARLINGTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DANNON PROJECT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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