Alabama · Nonprofit
DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE
DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What David Mathews Center for Civic Life does
Programs
Coaching community innovation workshops (cci) and the civic institue workshops ultimately aim to place the tools fordeliberation directly into the hands of alabamians. The David Mathews Center for Civic Life offers these workshops to individuals and organizations statewide to equip them with the tools they need to develop the deliberative model in their own communities. Cci workshops are designed to improve community capacities to make innovative decisions, secure commitments to act together, and learn from experiences. Coaching community innovation workshops (cci) in 2022 included working with auburn public outreach on the "securing identification for individuals who are incarcerated project", working on the civic institute, planning for the applied democracy exchanges, and working with the alabama league of municipalities.
$92,425 spentJean o'connor-snyder internship program (joip) - joip is the longest running program of the David Mathews Center for Civic Life. The joip internship provides immersive civic learning opportunities for college students to research deliberative practices and asset-based approaches for working with alabamians in community-based projects. The David Mathews Center for Civic Life administers the joip program, collaborating with faculty mentors to recruit students from instititions of higher education across alabama. In 2022, the jean o'connor-snyder internship program (joip) included working with the faculty mentors, hosting retreats and meetings, and conducting site visits with students.
$92,424 spentLibrary programs and alabama issues forums (aif) - library programs are built around books about civics or young children about historical figures and community engagement. The organization provides a physical 3 foot tall bookshelf with books about civics, historical figures, and community engagement for young children. The civics or young children books are kept by the schools (elementary school-age children). The library programs are done primarily in the summertime due to summer reading programs offered by librariesin the summer. The alabama issues forums (aif) provides citizens with an opportunity to come together and address an issue of public concern through deliberation. Deliberation is a form of decision-making that encourages citizens to examine multiple approaches to addressing an issue and ultimately find common ground for action. Through deliberation, a group of individuals attempts to look at what matters to a community in relation to an issue and weigh possible action ide
$61,617 spentTeacher's workshops - during the workshops, the organization conducts summer teacher training workshops as well as other educator training workshops throughout the year.
$61,616 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $2.2M (−6%).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE’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
DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
25% 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 DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE is better cushioned than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE
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In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE?
- DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $40,000 in grants to DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE?
- THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVID MATHEWS CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE 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 3 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