Alabama · Nonprofit
MAIN STREET MOBILE INC
MAIN STREET MOBILE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,590 to it, the largest being J L BEDSOLE FOUNDATION REGIONS BANK CO-TRUSTEE ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $205k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $358k
- Net assets
- $850k
What Main Street Mobile Inc does
Mission
Promote development of downtown mobile, al
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The marketing, development and promotion program serves a metropolitan area of 594,00 residents as well as the visitors to the downtown area (3mm annually) by providing the public with information on community events, public activities, business opportunities, and new developments.
$6,864 spent6% of program spendingThe aesthetic and functional improvements program serves the entire population of mobile county (594,000) as well as the visitors to the downtown area (3mm annually) by making improvements to the historic downtown core that enhance the neighborhood's creative and artistic appeal. Additionally, the program funds improvements that make downtown more physically appealing and safer for residents and visitors alike. Recent projects include the funding of major public art installations, the installation of strategically placed bicycle racks, the facilitation of residential development in a transitional downtown neighborhood, and the creation of plans to improve the downtown street grid.
$104,143 spent86% of program spendingThe special events program serves the entire population of mobile county (594,000), as well as the visitors to the downtown area (3 mm annually) by providing large and small scale events that appeal to families and children of all ages. Main street mobile's public events are always free of charge and thus attract a great diversity of age and demographic groups.
$10,111 spent8% of program spendingMiscellaneous other expenses related to the promotion and development of downtown mobile, alabama.
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $121,118.
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 2019 to 2020, from $474k to $644k (+36%).
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.
58% of MAIN STREET MOBILE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Fred Rendfrey
Pres & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $75k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MAIN STREET MOBILE INC’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
MAIN STREET MOBILE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 73% — 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 MAIN STREET MOBILE INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90 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.
Against its field
MAIN STREET MOBILE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MAIN STREET MOBILE INC
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAIN STREET MOBILE INC?
- MAIN STREET MOBILE INC (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,590 to it, the largest being J L BEDSOLE FOUNDATION REGIONS BANK CO-TRUSTEE ($155,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAIN STREET MOBILE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $357,590 in grants to MAIN STREET MOBILE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAIN STREET MOBILE INC?
- J L BEDSOLE FOUNDATION REGIONS BANK CO-TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAIN STREET MOBILE INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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