EIN 63-0288846

United Way of Central Alabama

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
213
State
Year formed
1955
Most recent tax filings
2021-12-01
Description
United Way of Central Alabama's mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community.
Total revenues
$107,396,497
2021
Total expenses
$104,089,817
2021
Total assets
$126,895,540
2021
Num. employees
213
2021

Program areas at United Way of Central Alabama

Health - uwca and its partners target emerging health issues in our community, such as improving mental health (49,286 individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues and 23,964 affected by domestic violence, received services through uw partner agencies), ending hunger (6,778,128 meals served this year for hunger relief), advancing health equity, providing access to quality care for individuals affected by hiv (5,687 clients assisted), offering comprehensive senior services (672,946 senior meals served), improving the built environment to be more conducive for healthy lifestyles, and providing pandemic response services. Uwca's covid response program launched in late 2021 served 50 clients with services related to isolation and access to food.
Education - from quality childcare to dropout prevention programs, uwca uses its collective resources to promote programs along the entire education continuum. In addition to supporting tutoring, after school and mentoring programs, uwca's success by six initiative improves school readiness by engaging pre-k educators and providing high quality early learning curriculum, state-of-the art classroom materials and equipment and evaluation. In 2021, the program served 1,878 students. In addition, our help me grow Central Alabama program served 118 families (with 207 children) and connected families with community-based developmental and behavioral resources so children can start school healthy and ready to succeed.
Access to services - uwca takes a leadership role in building a statewide information network entitled 2-1-1 connecting Alabama, an innovative information and referral strategy ensuring all alabamians have the ability to connect with available resources in their communities. In 2021, 2-1-1 responded to 49,759 calls utilizing a continuously updated database to assist callers. 2-1-1 provides referrals for all basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, financial assistance and child care. In addition, 2-1-1 collaborates with other organizations to provide specialized time-sensitive information on issues such as disaster relief, income tax preparation assistance, mortgage assistance, foreclosure prevention, disease outbreaks and more. Uwca's 2-1-1 call center is the first and only call center in the state to be accredited by the alliance of information & referral systems (airs). In 2021, uwca assisted 98 families whose homes were damaged or destroyed through three severe weather events.

Grants made by United Way of Central Alabama

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
American National Red Cross (ANRC)Allocations (General Operating)$2,519,873
YWCA Central AlabamaBold Goals$1,352,964
GatewayAllocations (General Operating)$1,008,788
...and 92 more grants made totalling $22,318,154

Who funds United Way of Central Alabama

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamGeneral Support+special Programs$1,383,544
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$545,015
Housing Affordability TrustDiscretionary$311,827
...and 69 more grants received totalling $5,166,437
Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
Department of Health and Human ServicesHIV CARE FORMULA GRANTS$10,745,375
Department of Veterans AffairsVA SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERAN FAMILIES PROGRAM$1,687,058
Department of Health and Human ServicesSPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE AGING_TITLE III, PART C_NUTRITION SERVICES$1,320,606
...and 30 more federal grants / contracts

Personnel at United Way of Central Alabama

NameTitleCompensation
Drew LanglohPresident and Chief Executive Officer
John A. LanglohBoard Member$424,707
Kelly L. CarltonExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$227,558
Chris SmithSenior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Tyler LowrosVice President - Operations
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for United Way of Central Alabama

RevenuesFYE 12/2021
Total grants, contributions, etc.$95,926,263
Program services$1,246,237
Investment income and dividends$619,978
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$1,025,269
Net income from fundraising events$-200,989
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$8,779,739
Total revenues$107,396,497

Form 990s for United Way of Central Alabama

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2020-122021-10-21990View PDF
2019-122021-03-31990View PDF
2018-122020-02-14990View PDF
2017-122019-03-15990View PDF
2016-122018-01-18990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 6, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $50,000 from Navigate Affordable Housing Partners
November 6, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 4, 2022
Received grants
Identified 17 new grant, including a grant for $1,383,544 from The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
July 19, 2022
Updated personnel
Identified 17 new personnel
July 7, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsFamily service centersSenior centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthDiseases and disordersCommunity improvementHIV / AIDS
Characteristics
Operates donor advised fundsLobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
PO Box 320189
Birmingham, AL 35232
Metro area
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
County
Jefferson County, AL
Website URL
uwca.org/ 
Phone
(205) 251-5131
Facebook page
UnitedWayofCentralAlabama 
Twitter profile
@unitedwayal 
IRS details
EIN
63-0288846
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1955
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Central organization
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