Alabama · Nonprofit
FUSE PROJECT
FUSE PROJECT (Alabama) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $805,749 to it, the largest being THE BEN MAY CHARITABLE TRUST HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE ($220,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $806k
- Net assets
- $27k
What Fuse Project does
Mission
The mission of Fuse Project is to provide the spark for innovation, funding and implementation of projects benefiting children along alabama's gulf coast by investing in initiatives, which promote the health, fitness, education and social responsibility of our children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fuse Project's order of fuse organization consists of a diverse group of young professionals looking to give back to the community in a different way. Fuse Project hosts several large events and monthly networking opportunities and provides volunteer opportunities for order of fuse (oof) members to participate in. Each spring, at the final event, the oof members vote to determine what local causes serving children a portion of their dues will fund.
$35,586 spentof which $1,176 as grants$25,854 earned by the program10% of program spendingFuse factory is a socially responsible co-working space operated by the Fuse Project located in downtown mobile. Organizations pay rent in return for private office or communal space, quarterly education and networking opportunities, shared utilities and kitchen area, and access to the conference room.
$76,767 spent$81,944 earned by the program22% of program spendingThe historic avenue foundation operates as a community quarterback to bring holistic community revitalization to "the avenue" community located in downtown mobile by investing in mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education and community wellness.
$162,475 spent47% of program spendingVarious initiatives such as the abc program which includes the abc early learning program, spark summer camp, and academic support program in existing neighborhood schools
$67,437 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $342,265.
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 $732k to $542k (−26%).
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: 2020 18% · 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of FUSE PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Ann-Brooks Morrissette
Executive director
Board chair
Ankit Gulati
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $13k → $80k.
2 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 FUSE PROJECT’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
FUSE PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 71% · 2019 80% · 2020 35% · 2021 37% · 2022 60% · 2023 31% — 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
36% of FUSE PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
99% of FUSE 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. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FUSE PROJECT's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FUSE 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FUSE 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 FUSE PROJECT?
- FUSE PROJECT (Alabama) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $805,749 to it, the largest being THE BEN MAY CHARITABLE TRUST HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE ($220,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUSE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $805,749 in grants to FUSE PROJECT, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUSE PROJECT?
- THE BEN MAY CHARITABLE TRUST HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUSE 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.
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 24 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