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DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE

DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,500 to it, the largest being MAIN STREET ALABAMA ($22,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$136k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$143k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Downtown Florence Alliance does

Mission

To promote a successful downtown area.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Promotion of a successful and vibrant downtown area through events,festivals, tours and meetings.

    $115,639 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $115,639.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($80k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($12k)2019 Revenue 116 ($93k) Expenses 117 ($87k) Net assets 377 ($46k)2020 Revenue 166 ($132k) Expenses 110 ($82k) Net assets 788 ($95k)2021 Revenue 206 ($164k) Expenses 167 ($125k) Net assets 1114 ($135k)2022 Revenue 120 ($95k) Expenses 120 ($89k) Net assets 1165 ($141k)2023 Revenue 160 ($128k) Expenses 171 ($128k) Net assets 1165 ($141k)2024 Revenue 171 ($136k) Expenses 180 ($134k) Net assets 1180 ($143k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (171)Expenses (180)Net assets (1180)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $46k to $95k (+109%).

$12k
$46k
$95k
$135k
$141k
$141k
$147k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

60% of DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’18
$6k
’19
$50k
’20
$40k
’21
$6k
’22
−$3
’23
$2k
’24

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Ashley Winkle

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $5k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE’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

DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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

57% 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 DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE.

57%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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 DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL

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

’21
’22
’23
Alabama out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE has grown faster than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

65%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE?
DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,500 to it, the largest being MAIN STREET ALABAMA ($22,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $39,500 in grants to DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE?
MAIN STREET ALABAMA is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DOWNTOWN FLORENCE ALLIANCE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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