Alabama · Nonprofit
WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM
WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM (Alabama) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $732,656 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($309,100). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $339k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $733k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Workfaith Birmingham does
Mission
Workfaith Birmingham serves the city of birmingham by helping the chronically unemployed learn the skills necessary to have stable careers, build lasting support systems and ultimately build new lives through work and faith.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Wfb added an auto mechanics certification through a partnership with tuneup in 2024. A total of 11 clients graduated from this program. Wfb also began conducting our workshops inside bibb correctional facility which directly impacted 15 men who were set to either be paroled or released at end-of-sentenct.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Job-readiness and career-developing programs and 10-day workshops serving the chronically unemployed of birmingham, alabama; 1,459 workshop graduates and 1,111 job placements to-date.in 2024, wfb co-organized and co-sponsored 2 second chance job fairs that impacted over 1,100 job seekers in jefferson county that have been impacted by the criminal justice system. This represented over 1,000 job offers spanning both events.in 2024, wfb staff spent over 550 hours serving 1,300+ clients in services outside of regular workshop time. These include additional job search counseling, mock interview practice, mentorship, and resume preparation.
$236,094 spent98% of program spendingWfb added an auto mechanics certification through a partnership with tuneup in 2024. A total of 11 clients graduated from this program. Wfb also began conducting our workshops inside bibb correctional facility which directly impacted 15 men who were set to either be paroled or released at end-of-sentenct.
$5,000 spent2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,094.
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 $201k to $81k (−60%).
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 23% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Andy Blake
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $39k → $105k.
7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM’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
WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 38% · 2020 36% · 2021 25% · 2022 28% · 2023 53% — 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
71% of WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
63% of WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $271k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $462k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM
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
79% 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 WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM?
- WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM (Alabama) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $732,656 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($309,100). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $732,656 in grants to WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $309,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORKFAITH BIRMINGHAM 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 14 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