Alabama · Nonprofit
WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION
WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985,160 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($1,984,660). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What West Alabama Regional Commission does
Mission
The general purpose of the West Alabama Regional Commission is to plan for the unified and far-reaching development of the west alabama region, eliminate duplication of services by member governments, and promote economy and efficiency through coordination between member governments. The West Alabama Regional Commission: 1) organizes cooperative projects between local governments to save tax dollars; 2) provides technical assistance to member local governments in economic development, grant applications, planning, management, and other areas; 3) administers federal and state programs that benefit from regional cooperation; 4) coordinates federal, state, and local projects or issues that cross the boundaries of member governments; 5) plans for the orderly development of the region and for effective delivery of public services; and, 6) reviews and coordinates federal, state, and local programs of regional significance; 7) provides revolving loan funds to promote small business developmen
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Area agency on aging program consists of providing health services, nutritional services, social services, and employment services to senior citizens located in seven counties within west alabama area.
$13,038,678 spentof which $486,684 as grants$8,410,503 earned by the program93% of program spendingPlanning and development programs consist of various grant programs through the economic development administration, appalachian regional commission, delta regional authority, and the state of alabama. This program is designed to assist local businesses and municipal governments in seven counties within west alabama with planning and economic development projects. Administration of various state and local grant awards for municipalities within a seven county area in west alabama area.
$590,970 spent4% of program spendingTransportation planning services consist of grant programs designed to assist municipalities of seven counties within the west alabama area with transportation planning.
$360,927 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,990,575.
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 2022 to 2023, from $8.3M to $11M (+33%).
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 92% · 2018 92% · 2019 40% · 2020 62% · 2021 35% · 2022 36% · 2023 34% · 2024 45% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $320k → $286k.
From the IRS filings of WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 2 states in all.
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
WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of Commerce$967k
- Department of Health and Human Services$939k
- Department of Transportation$743k
- Environmental Protection Agency$500k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$428k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION: 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 WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION?
- WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION (Alabama) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985,160 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($1,984,660). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,985,160 in grants to WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL COMMISSION?
- CWI WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,984,660 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST ALABAMA REGIONAL 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.
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 3 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