Alabama · Nonprofit
UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA
UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $604,764 to it, the largest being LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $605k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What United Ways of Alabama does
Mission
The mission of the United Ways of Alabama is to advance the interests of the programs of its member organizations by providing a vehicle for common effort. This effort may take the form of discussions, studies, recommendations or actions in problems of mutual interest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Uwal contracted with the alabama department of human resources to assist "work-eligible" snap recipients with employment and training services through the areset (alabama resources for enrichment, self- sufficiency, and employment training) program. The program is designed to help eligible snap recipients obtain the skills needed to get a job or get a better job. The 2-1-1 connects alabama network screened 95,011 clients for eligibility in 2024.
$1,418,066 spent$1,451,812 earned by the program36% of program spendingUwal has partnered with aids alabama to help consumers, small businesses and their employees as they look for health care coverage options through the marketplace, including completing eligibility and enrollment forms. The 2-1-1 connects alabama network screened 95,303 callers to identify those who needed health care coverage. Our navigators helped 18,479 alabamaians unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the healthcare system, helped 201 alabamaians get the best care and coverage, and did outreach at 123 events.
$902,263 spent23% of program spendingUwal continued its partnership with the alabama department of public health with the covid-19 wrap-around services initiative in 2024. This program is designed to provide individuals needing to quarantine to prevent the spread of the disease vital wrap-around services such as food, cleaning and personal care items. This program also allows for transportation to and from testing and vaccination sites. The 2-1-1 connects alabama network screened nearly 70,000 clients for eligibility in 2024. Uwal and its partner agencies provided services to nearly 3,000 families through this program. Services included hoteling, food/groceries delivered, cleaning supplies and personal items which allowed individuals to quarantine for at least 5 days, helping to stop the spread of covid-19. The program also helped remove any barriers for individuals who needed testing or a vaccine.
$934,598 spent24% of program spendingUwal manages the state combined campaign for state of alabama employees. The campaign raises designated and undesignated contributions from state of alabama employees for various charitable organizations. Additionally, uwal manages the charitable campaign for hyundai motor manufacturing alabama team member campaign. Uwal has two funds designated for disaster emergency response and relief. Uwal serves as the fiscal agent for the governor's emergency relief fund (the fund). The fund was established by proclamation to provide assistance to individuals and organizations with recovery costs that are a direct result of a disaster or emergency. The fund operates on a year-round basis to help residents of alabama (current and evacuees), local businesses and organizations who have exhausted all other avenues of relief. The focus of funding is to assist with recovery costs that exceed the coverage provided by insurance,government funding and relief organizations. These hardship expenses are termed "unmet needs." uwal disaster reponse fund operates with the governor's emergency relief fund to provide assistance to individuals and organizations with recovery costs that are a direct result of…
$706,844 spent$284,277 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,961,771.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.6M to $2.1M (+38%).
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 3% · 2021 34% · 2022 66% · 2023 57% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $72k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA’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
UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 WAYS OF ALABAMA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 82% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 49% — 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
33% of UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $224k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 WAYS OF ALABAMA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA?
- UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $604,764 to it, the largest being LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $604,764 in grants to UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA?
- LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAYS OF ALABAMA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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