Alabama · Nonprofit
MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION
MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,910 to it, the largest being GULF COAST RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA ($49,160). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $162k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Mowa Band of Choctaw Indian Commission does
Mission
Public charity
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Other programs
$1,544,379 spent$794,065 earned by the program92% of program spendingProvided administrative and managerial support including office overhead charges to administer needs-based community programs to include, among others, social service counseling.
$55,198 spent$50,175 earned by the program3% of program spendingProduced, promoted and conducted cultural events and exibitions for the public at large.
$50,405 spent$52,472 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services 4: other programs
$32,147 spentof which $247,650 as grants$250,000 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,682,129.
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 $1.2M to $3.4M (+196%).
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 73% · 2018 76% · 2019 74% · 2020 81% · 2021 91% · 2022 76% · 2023 84% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Lebaron Byrd
CEO
Board chair
Fredrick Weaver
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $27k.
From the IRS filings of MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION’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
MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 52% · 2022 30% · 2023 44% — 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
64% of MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION'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
MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION
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.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION?
- MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,910 to it, the largest being GULF COAST RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA ($49,160). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $161,910 in grants to MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION?
- GULF COAST RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA is the largest funder on record, with $49,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOWA BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIAN COMMISSION 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 7 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