Alabama · Nonprofit
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY (Alabama) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,028,467 to it, the largest being ALFA FOUNDATION ($875,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What River Region United Way does
Mission
The mission of the River Region United Way is to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves by creating lasting and sustainable changes in the community conditions. In its daily operation, River Region United Way will unite volunteers, contributors, and community organizations to address the causes of issues identified in regularly conducted needs assessments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides direct support to united way agencies, allocations and grants, and other programs
$1,979,974 spentof which $1,277,733 as grants95% of program spending2-1-1 connects south central alabama program connects residents in montgomery, autauga, butler, coosa, crenshaw, elmore, dallas, perry, macon, lowndes, tallapoosa, wilcox, bullock, pike, and crenshaw counties through a statewide network of 24/7 call centers, which provide information and access to health and human services both locally and statewide. The informational services delivered connects people to providers and directly assists residents in obtaining basic human needs, physical and mental health resources, employment support, and aid for youth and families and persons with disabilities. The River Region United Way partners through funding and active involvement with the program both locally and statewide.
$100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,079,974.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.9M to $11M (+11%).
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: 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of RIVER REGION UNITED WAY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% 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
Jannah Bailey
President & CEO
Board chair
Chris Carver
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $423k → $502k.
13 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of New York City). These are real filings, and they are not money RIVER REGION UNITED WAY raised.
From the IRS filings of RIVER REGION UNITED WAY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 funders by total. 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
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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 19% · 2018 35% · 2019 19% · 2020 25% · 2021 31% · 2022 30% · 2023 32% — growing more concentrated.
“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
49% of RIVER REGION UNITED WAY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
92% of RIVER REGION UNITED WAY's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $755k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RIVER REGION UNITED WAY
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RIVER REGION UNITED WAY?
- RIVER REGION UNITED WAY (Alabama) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,028,467 to it, the largest being ALFA FOUNDATION ($875,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RIVER REGION UNITED WAY have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $4,028,467 in grants to RIVER REGION UNITED WAY, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIVER REGION UNITED WAY?
- ALFA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIVER REGION UNITED WAY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 56 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing