Alabama · Nonprofit
West Alabama Works Inc
West Alabama Works Inc (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,500 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $481k
- Net assets
- $189k
What West Alabama Works Inc does
Mission
To facilitate the establishment and implementation of a workforce development system for the region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
West Alabama Works - Establishing a workforce development system for West Alabama Region 3.
$286,121 spent$264,565 earned by the program15% of program spendingModern Manufacturing - This program prepares individuals for entry-level jobs in the manufac- turing area. In partnership with leading automotive and other manu- facturing companies, students learn crucial skills for employment, safety, technical expertise and essential principles of manufacturing.
$572,817 spent$572,817 earned by the program30% of program spendingDemopolis Workforce - An outreach program to the Black Belt area to assist employers with workforce needs by providing training to potential employees and current employees and matching these resourses with potential employers in the area.
$342,351 spent$342,351 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther Programs
$697,941 spent$686,127 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,899,230.
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 $1.0M to $3.5M (+242%).
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% · 2022 100% · 2023 90% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of West Alabama Works Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Board chair
Rolf Wrona
Director / Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $75k → $93k.
2 of 6 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Alabama Power Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money West Alabama Works Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of West Alabama Works Inc’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
West Alabama Works Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 Works Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
West Alabama Works Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 4 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k 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
West Alabama Works Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like West Alabama Works 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for West Alabama Works Inc: 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 Works Inc?
- West Alabama Works Inc (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,500 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does West Alabama Works Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $480,500 in grants to West Alabama Works Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of West Alabama Works Inc?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like West Alabama Works 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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