Alabama · Nonprofit
UNITED ABILITY INC
UNITED ABILITY INC (Alabama) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,651,410 to it, the largest being LUCILLE S BEESON CHAR TR BOND MGMT ($7,168,787). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $52M
What United Ability Inc does
Mission
United ability provides innovative services connecting people with disabilities to their communities and empowering individuals to live full and meaningful lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early learning program - children age 6 weeks to five years who have delays in one or more areas of development and those who are typically developing learn side by side in nine spacious classrooms. Designed by educators and developmental specialists to meet the needs of all children, the hand in hand facility is situated on seven acres of wooded landscape, butterfly gardens, a vegetable and flower garden and nature trails. Each aspect of the building, the program and environment has been carefully designed to promote a healthy, safe and happy setting in which children can learn and grow. Hours of operation are from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm monday through friday.
$3,165,824 spent$1,745,732 earned by the program22% of program spendingEarly intervention program - the early intervention program offers services and interventions that enable chldren and families a more independent and integrated lifestyle within their community. It is a comprehensive program for infants and toddlers between the ages of birth to three years with developmental delays. Over 400 children and families a month reap the benefits of early intervention. United ability has become the largest provider of early intervention services of its type in the state.
$2,287,407 spent16% of program spendingAdult day habilitation - the adult day program is designed to meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. Each individual has the opportunity to select the training and services they would like to receive. Eligibility criteria require a diagnosis of a developmental disability and the ability for the program to meet the individual's needs. In addition, each person must demonstrate manageable behavior, reside in the greater birmingham metropolitan area, and be at least 21 years old.
$2,208,227 spent$2,262,964 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$6,640,604 spent$46,347 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,302,062.
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 $46M to $51M (+10%).
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 52% · 2018 54% · 2019 55% · 2020 60% · 2021 63% · 2022 60% · 2023 62% · 2024 60% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of UNITED ABILITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Susan Sellers
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Anne Yuengert
Board of directors, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.8M.
10 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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: $587k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest United Ability Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED ABILITY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED ABILITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
UNITED ABILITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 UNITED ABILITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 73% · 2019 47% · 2020 50% · 2021 43% · 2022 39% · 2023 39% — 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
47% of UNITED ABILITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 UNITED ABILITY 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. $827k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
UNITED ABILITY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED ABILITY 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- United Ability Foundation Inc · exempt
- Gone for Good Franchising LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED ABILITY INC?
- UNITED ABILITY INC (Alabama) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,651,410 to it, the largest being LUCILLE S BEESON CHAR TR BOND MGMT ($7,168,787). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED ABILITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $18,651,410 in grants to UNITED ABILITY INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED ABILITY INC?
- LUCILLE S BEESON CHAR TR BOND MGMT is the largest funder on record, with $7,168,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED ABILITY 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 66 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