Alabama · Nonprofit
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM (Alabama) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,845,725 to it, the largest being ALABAMA LAW FOUNDATION INC ($472,500). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.5M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Young Womens Christian Assn of Birmingham does
Mission
The ywca of central alabama vision is to create a more caring community. The ywca is a diverse group which identifies and responds to the needs of women and families of all races and religions. The ywca plays a leadership and collaborative role (cont. On schedule o) as it works to achieve positive change in the lives of individuals in the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Domestic violence services domestic violence services from the ywca are jefferson/blount/st. Clair counties' only multi-service program for domestic violence. The program offers a 24-hour hotline and secure confidential shelter and counseling, as well as a broad array of services. They are:children in crisis (cic) this weekly support group is for children who have witnessed domestic violence in their homes. Topics addressed include how to be safe in an unsafe home, self-esteem and anger management.family violence center and our place the ywca operates a domestic violence shelter at a confidential location for women and children fleeing abusive homes. Counselors help these women make safety plans, obtain jobs or job training, and work toward independence and self-sufficiency. The shelter serves jefferson, blount and st. Clair counties.court advocacy program this program links victims, whether in a shelter or still at home, with professional advocates who provide guidance through the often-intimidating legal system. Advocates work with judges, prosecutors and law enforcement and they refer batterers to counseling programs offered by other agencies in blount, jefferson and st. Clair…
$2,872,554 spent40% of program spendingChild development-the ywca's child development center staff believe that those with the least, deserve the very best start in life. The ywca program is licensed by the state of alabama and nationally accredited by the national association for the education of the young child (naeyc). In addition to providing the children with a safe place to learn and play, the ywca center also provides snacks and two hot meals a day.
$2,167,624 spent$45,850 earned by the program30% of program spendingCommunity housing ywca's community housing is committed to providing excellent housing and supportive programming for women, children and families. Ywca offers a variety of temporary and permanent housing options for individuals and families based on their need and situation. Ywca works to ensure equal and fair access to this housing accommodating multiple needs and striving to uphold the dignity of each person the ywca is serving.permanent housing-ywca offers low-cost income based units for individuals and families. The permanent housing portfolio consists of fifty-four (54) one-bedroom units; forty-eight (48) two bedroom units; and fifteen (15) three-bedroom units. These units are located across seven housing sites.transitional housing (thp)-this program serves homeless women and families who have experienced domestic violence and face barriers to secure permanent housing. These families benefit from a service-enriched setting that offers guidance and support with becoming self-sufficient. Thp has ten (10) designated units offering a program duration of twenty-four (24) months; typically, families stay in the transitional setting for 15-18 mos, and may receive follow-up services…
$1,511,945 spent$293,652 earned by the program21% of program spendingEconomic empowerment the ywca's family and community empowerment team builds a sustainable bridge between the community and organizations to support workforce development, provide and share resources, offer creative programming, increase entrepreneurship and promote generational economic advancement. Services within this program include:workforce development these services are extended to ywca clients, residents and members of communities the ywca serves. Participants in these programs also develop life skills and learn the art of reciprocal relationship building. Ywca's team takes a holistic approach to this organization wide work and welcomes partnerships with like-missioned organizations and individuals to help move women and families from all walks of life forward, regardless of their starting point. Compensated workforce development is a six-module program that teaches soft workforce skills to participants as they work toward sustainable job opportunities, educational advancement, entrepreneurship and economic and generational stability. The program personalizes workforce development and career coaching while, if applicable, assisting with personal expenses. Family resource…
$690,065 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,242,188.
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 $12M to $8.9M (−26%).
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 22% · 2018 31% · 2019 33% · 2020 26% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 22% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $192k → $316k.
7 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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: $14M from 12 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Central Alabama Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM raised.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
76% 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 YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 63% · 2019 23% · 2020 18% · 2021 35% · 2022 45% · 2023 32% — 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
36% of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
71% of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $328k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM
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In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Yw Homes Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM?
- YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM (Alabama) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,845,725 to it, the largest being ALABAMA LAW FOUNDATION INC ($472,500). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,845,725 in grants to YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM?
- ALABAMA LAW FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $472,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF 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 38 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