Alabama · Nonprofit
THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE
THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,048 to it, the largest being DAVISON BRUCE FOUNDATION ($29,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $947k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $95k
- Net assets
- $272k
What The Oaks Collaborative does
Mission
Our mission is to collaborate with local churches and ministries to create opportunities that cultivate meaningful relationships in the lives of college students to connect them to christ and his church, to be equipped to grow, and to be sent out to make a difference.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The oaks retreat is a 3 day retreat used to equip freshmen to be rooted in christ, to branch out in ministry and to bear fruit on auburn university's campus through his power and for his glory.
$363,997 spent$347,497 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe chimes retreat is a retreat for incoming university of alabama, shelton state and stillman college freshmen with the purpose of building friendships and connecting with churches and ministries before stepping foot on campus.
$29,246 spent$15,679 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe arch retreat is a retreat for incoming university of georgia freshmen with the purpose of fostering meaningful connection among first-year students and sending a new generation of believers into uga's campus to reflect christ and exemplify what it means to enter by the narrow gate.
$60,276 spent$34,442 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther retreats
$937,871 spent$502,097 earned by the program67% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,391,390.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $93k to $254k (+174%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Trace Hamiter
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $3k → $37k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE’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
THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 74%; 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% · 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 59% · 2023 38% — 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
50% of THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 67% 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
57% of THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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
THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE?
- THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,048 to it, the largest being DAVISON BRUCE FOUNDATION ($29,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $95,048 in grants to THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE?
- DAVISON BRUCE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $29,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OAKS COLLABORATIVE 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 9 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