2022 Community Investments
United Way of Central Alabama believes that a strong social services network provides vital support for those in need. We are committed to supporting organizations through a variety funding opportunities, and each year we invest over $27 million to support the improved health, education, financial stability and access to services in our community. To learn more about our community investments, expand the areas below.
$3.8m
Awarded through the Community Crisis Fund
$26.1M
Allocations to Member Agencies
131
Total Number of Agencies Supported
Financial Support to Nonprofit Agencies
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2022 Allocation Partner Agencies
A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club $602,689 AIDS Alabama $65,424 Alabama Goodwill Industries $58,173 Alabama Head Injury Foundation $154,052 Alabama Kidney Foundation $101,294 Aletheia House $399,416 Amelia Center $77,262 American Cancer Society $569,216 American Heart Association $423,815 American Red Cross $2,519,873 Arc of Central Alabama $545,351 Arc of Shelby County $125,073 Arc of Walker County $344,741 Better Basics $150,195 Big Brothers Big Sisters $358,855 Birmingham Jewish Federation $25,249 Birmingham Urban League $141,116 Blount County Aid to Homeless Children (DHR) $45,116 Blount County Children’s Center $103,352 Boy Scouts – Black Warrior Council $72,822 Boy Scouts of America – Greater Alabama Council $825,513 Boys and Girls Club of Central Alabama $583,155 Cahaba Valley Health Care $ 44,939 Camp Fire $845,397 Catholic Family Services $139,084 Childcare Resources $ 546,846 Children’s Aid Society $799,934 Children’s of Alabama $532,299 Chilton County Agency Allocations $197,750 Christian Love Pantry $ 35,754 Collat Jewish Family Services $85,573 Community Food Bank $311,264 Community Grant Fund $2,060,470 Concerned Citizens for Our Youth $161,258 Crisis Center $655,727 Developing Alabama Youth Foundation $116,941 Disability Rights and Resources $134,726 Easterseals of the Birmingham Area $156,341 Family Connection $188,978 Family Resource Center of NW Alabama $142,177 Fellowship House $234,148 Gateway $1,008,788 Girl Scouts of NCA $476,739 Girls Inc. $719,991 Glenwood $128,235 Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity $311,998 HICA $110,303 IMPACT Family Counseling $81,833 Lakeside Hospice $25,000 Legacy YMCA $86,864 Legal Aid Society $25,000 Levite Jewish Community Center $222,263 Literacy Council $179,087 Oasis, A Counseling Center for Women & Children $81,628 Pathways $298,859 Positive Maturity $570,200 Ronald McDonald House $124,820 SafeHouse of Shelby County $113,091 Salvation Army – Birmingham Area Command $1,480,852 Salvation Army – Walker County $ 87,962 Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Center $45,068 Shelby Emergency Assistance $196,189 Sickle Cell Disease Association $58,608 St. Clair Children’s Advocacy Center $41,521 St. Clair County Day Program $95,725 St. Clair County DHR $43,695 Traveler’s Aid Society $232,208 United Ability $642,579 United Community Centers $81,508 Workshops $ 654,738 YMCA of Birmingham $728,872 YWCA $1,339,964 Total $26m -
Central Alabama Children’s Fund (2021-2022)
Blount County Schools $8,225 Oneonta City Schools $1,157 Birmingham City Schools $42,840 Fairfield City Schools $3,060 Homewood City Schools $1,872 Hoover City Schools $6,573 Jefferson County Schools $46,500 Midfield City Schools $1,893 Tarrant City Schools $2,448 Pell City Schools $3,733 Jasper City Schools $2,951 Walker County Schools $8,751 Alabaster City Schools $3,798 Pelham City Schools $2,082 Shelby County Schools $13,651 Total $149,534 -
Community Crisis Fund Phase I
A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club $10,000 Affordable Counseling Therapy $2,500 Alabama Autism Assistance Program $15,000 Alabama Kidney Foundation $5,000 Alabama Poverty Project (Alabama Possible) $10,000 Aletheia House $5,000 Alliance Ministries (Faith in Communities) $2,500 ALS Association of Alabama $15,000 American Red Cross $10,000 Arc of Central Alabama $10,000 Arc of St. Clair County $15,000 Backpack Buddies (Smithfield Community Development) $15,000 Backyard Blessings $5,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters $10,000 Birmingham AIDS Outreach $12,500 Birmingham Education Foundation $10,000 Birmingham Urban League $15,000 Blount County Education Foundation $5,000 Boy Scouts – Greater Alabama Council $5,000 Breakthrough Birmingham $10,000 Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank $5,000 Cahaba Medical Care Foundation $5,000 CampFire Alabama $5,000 Capstone Rural Health Center $25,000 Central Park Church of God $2,500 Childcare Resources $10,000 Children’s Aid Society $5,000 Christian Service Mission $5,000 Community Care Development Network $13,750 Community Kitchens of Birmingham $15,000 Concerned Citizen’s For Our Youth $5,000 Cornerstone Schools of Alabama $5,000 Crisis Center $5,000 East Lake Initiative (Thrive Together) $2,500 Epilepsy Foundation Alabama $15,000 Fellowship House $5,000 First Baptist Church Alabaster Food Ministry $7,500 Gateway $5,000 Glenwood $5,000 God Did It Ministries $2,500 Grace Klein Community $2,500 Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity $10,000 Haggai Food Bank at Jesus House Birmingham $4,800 HICA $25,000 Hope Inspired Ministries $6,000 Horizons School $10,000 IJ Community Development $2,500 IMPACT Family Counseling $28,500 Jalayah Hackman Foundation $2,500 Jesus is The Way, Truth and Life Mobile Ministries $7,500 Jones Valley Teaching Farm $15,000 Laura Crandall Brown Foundation $5,000 Leeds Welfare Cooperative $5,000 Levite Jewish Community Center $5,000 Magic City Harvest $2,500 Manna Ministries $2,500 Metro West Ministries Food Bank $5,000 Ministry of Deliverance $2,500 Mission of Hope $7,500 New Life SDA Church Pantry $15,000 North Jefferson Baptist Association Caring Center $5,000 Oasis, A counseling Center for Women and Children $10,000 P.E.E.R., Inc. $5,000 Pathways $4,167 Prescott House Child Advocacy Center $5,000 Project Noah Community Development Corporation $3,500 Railroad Park Foundation $10,000 Raising Arrows $10,000 Salvation Army – Birmingham $5,000 Salvation Army – Walker County $5,000 Senior Housing Services $5,000 Shelby Emergency Assistance $5,000 Shepherds Fold $10,000 Sixth Avenue Baptist Church $3,600 Standing in the Gap $2,000 TBTA Ministries (Revocation Radio) $1,000 The Charlie Jean Foundation $5,000 The HUB Community Development Corporation $5,000 The Ministry Center at Green Springs $2,000 The Salvation Army of Greater Birmingham $5,000 Trinity United Methodist Church $4,500 Triumph Services $5,000 Turning Point Foundation $5,000 United Ability $5,000 United Community Centers $15,000 Walker County Coalition for the Homeless $5,500 Will Bright Foundation $5,000 Youth Towers $2,000 YWCA $10,000 Total $663,817 -
Community Crisis Fund Phase II
A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club $40,000.00 AIDS Alabama, Inc. $50,000.00 Better Basics, Inc. $44,550.36 Blount County Children’s Center, Inc. $50,000.00 Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama $50,000.00 Brother Let’s Talk $48,000.00 Camp Fire Alabama $50,000.00 Catholic Family Services $50,000.00 Childcare Resources $50,000.00 Chilton County Emergency Assistance $50,000.00 Collat Jewish Family Services $30,000.00 Community Care Development Network $50,000.00 Community Food Bank of Central Alabama $50,000.00 Community Kitchens $15,000.00 Cooperative Downtown Ministries (Firehouse Shelter) $33,300.00 Crisis Center, Inc. $50,000.00 Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission $50,000.00 Family Promise of Birmingham $35,000.00 Fellowship House, Inc. $50,000.00 Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity $50,000.00 Jefferson State Community College $8,930.00 Jones Valley Teaching Farm $50,000.00 Levite Jewish Community Center $50,000.00 Oasis Counseling for Women & Children $50,000.00 Offender Alumni Association (OAA) $50,000.00 One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center $20,000.00 Pathways $30,000.00 Prescott House Child Advocacy Center $25,000.00 Raising Arrows $20,000.00 Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc $50,000.00 Shelby Emergency Assistance, Inc. $50,000.00 St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Food Bank Ministry $50,000.00 The Arc of Central Alabama $50,000.00 The SafeHouse of Shelby County, Inc. $37,000.00 YMCA of Chilton County $50,000.00 Total $1,486,780.36 -
Community Crisis Fund Phase III
Active Learning (CASED) $50,000 Affordable Counseling Therapy $20,000 Backyard Blessings $29,500 Blount County Education Foundation $50,000 Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank $50,000 Butterfly Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center $30,000 Christian Service Mission $50,000 City of Lights Dream Center $50,000 Community of Hope Health Clinic $49,225 East Lake Initiative $50,000 Grace House Ministries $22,125 Grace Klein Community $50,000 HICA $50,000 Homewood City Board of Education $50,000 IMPACT Family Counseling $50,000 Jalayah Hackman Foundation $50,000 Jasper City School System $50,000 Leeds City Schools $22,375 Mission of Hope $10,000 STAIR of Birmingham $15,000 The Church at GrantsMill Children’s Center $50,000 The Literacy Council of Central Alabama $25,000 The Salvation Army of Greater Birmingham $50,000 Trinity Love Ministry Inc $50,000 Trinity United Methodist Church $5,000 YMCA of Greater Birmingham $50,000 Total $1,028,225 -
Community Crisis Fund Phase IV
Blount County Children’s Center $50,000 CASA of Jefferson County $40,000 Catholic Family Services $50,000 Community Care Development Network $50,000 Community Food Bank of Central Alabama $50,000 Cooperative Downtown Ministries $30,576 Crisis Center $50,000 Fairfield City Schools $32,500 Fellowship House $50,000 Offender Alumni Association $50,000 Pathways $50,000 Raising Arrows $50,000 Shelby Emergency Assistance, Inc. $40,000 West Jefferson Helping Families Initiative $50,000 Total $643,076 -
SAIL Grants
American Baseball Foundation $8,850 Bethel Baptist Church $12,400 Blount County Education Foundation $27,810 CAMP (College Admissions Made Possible) $14,940 IMPACT Family Counseling $12,500 The Literacy Council (Walker County) $3,500 Total $80,000 -
Chilton County Advisory Council Grantees
Boy Scouts-Tukabatchee Council $1,000.00 CareNet $2,500.00 Chilton County Board of Education $6,000.00 Clanton Library $2,500.00 Jemison Library $2,500.00 Operation: Santa Claus $2,000.00 P.E.E.C.H. $1,000.00 Westend Neighborhood Watch $1,000.00 TOTAL Advisory Council Funding $18,500.00 -
Chilton County Partner Agency Funding
Butterfly Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center $17,500.00 Central Alabama Wellness (The Mental Health Board of Chilton and Shelby Counties) $22,500.00 Chilton County Emergency Assistance Center $26,000.00 Easter Seals-West Central Alabama $13,750.00 Family Sunshine Center (Montgomery Area Family Violence Program) $14,000.00 Kelsey’s Place $14,000.00 Raleigh’s Place $15,500.00 SPAN (Special Programming for Achievement Network) $15,000.00 Y.M.C.A. of Chilton County $21,000.00 TOTAL Member Agency Funding $159,250.00 TOTAL Advisory Council Funding $18,500.00 TOTAL 2022 ALL CHILTON COUNTY AGENCY FUNDING $177,750.00