Designating Donation

How We Invest

United Way partner agencies are able to benefit from designated donations from corporations and individuals, as well as participation in our annual allocations process. This process distributes funding generated by workplace giving campaigns involving over 400 local businesses, educational institutions, hospitals, and municipalities.

We ensure that all contributions raised in Southwest Alabama are reinvested locally to directly benefit our communities. Decision-making regarding investments and partnerships is conducted locally, with trained volunteers and Board members representing our corporate partners, ensuring that the community’s needs are at the forefront of each decision.

2023-24 Allocations — $675,752.72

The following agencies received funding from the United Way of Southwest Alabama for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

Choctaw County — $2,753

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $500
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $1,753
Regional Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $500

Clarke County — $52,375.36

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $8,500
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $2,000
Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Alabama – $1,000
Catholic Social Services of the Greater Mobile Area – $5,000
Drug Education Council – $2,000
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $1,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $5,000
Goodwill of the Gulf Coast, Inc. – $740

Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services, Inc. – $3,000
Home of Grace for Women, Inc. – $1,000
Lifelines Counseling Services – $1,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $9,632.36
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $1,500
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile, Inc. – $2,500
Victory Health Partners – $3,000

Mobile County — $570,287.36

AIDS Alabama South, LLC – $8,688.98
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $14,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama, Inc. – $18,950
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama, Inc. – $22,000
Crittenton Youth Services – $3,000
Dearborn YMCA – $21,000
Drug Education Council – $12,460
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $41,517.60
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama, Mobile & Gulf Coast Chapter – $351.20
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $10,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $21,090.40
Goodwill of the Gulf Coast, Inc. – $27,850
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services, Inc. – $17,500
Home of Grace for Women, Inc. – $35,100.78
Housing First, Inc. – $21,000

Lifelines Counseling Services – $17,000
McKemie Place, Inc. – $19,500
Mulherin Custodial Home – $22,090.40
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $16,000
Penelope House, Inc. – $36,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $3,340
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $3,554
The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $28,472
The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama – $18,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile, Inc.- $33,000
Via Health, Fitness, and Enrichment Center – $40,000
Victory Health Partners – $51,822
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $7,000

Washington County — $50,340

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,250
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $1,700
Catholic Social Services of Greater Mobile – $3,000
Drug Education Council – $700
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $1,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama – $1,250
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $4,000
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $400
Home of Grace for Women – $1,500

Lifelines Counseling Services – $500
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $2,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $5,000
Ronald McDonald House – $2,000
The Arc of Southwest Alabama – $21,540
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile – $1,500
Victory Health Partners – $3,000

2023-24 Direct Designations — $363,622.14

The following partner agencies received donor designated donations from the United Way of Southwest Alabama for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

AIDS Alabama South – $3,811.02
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,823.04
AltaPointe Health Systems – $756.00
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $4,184.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast – $2,765.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama – $14,973.00
Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Alabama – $1,800
CASA Mobile (Court Appointed Special Advocates) – $1,320
Catholic Social Services of Greater Mobile – $21,477.64
Child Day Care Association – $1,370
Crittenton Youth Services – $2,061.50
Dearborn YMCA – $1,483.00
Drug Education Council – $4,525.00
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $8,382.40
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama – $220.00
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $4,109.99
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $14,206.20
Franklin Primary Health Center – $1,758.48
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $9,717.53
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – $7,428.73
Home of Grace for Women – $9,899.22
Housing First – $1,519.00
Lifelines Counseling Services – $3,584.00
McKemie Place – $32,443.00

Mobile Community Action – $5,141.00
Mulherin Custodial Home – $8,137.00
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $2,463.00
Penelope House – $36,769.82
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $493.64
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $19,649.76
Sickle Cell Disease Association – Mobile Chapter – $1,827.00
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $430.00
The Arc of Clark County – $1,094.00
The Arc of Southwest Alabama (ECI) – $2,298.00
The Child Advocacy Center – $20,207.91
The Learning Tree – $2,181.00
The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama – $22,096.00
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile – $20,225.00
Via Health, Fitness & Enrichment Center – $1,827.00
Victory Health Partners – $12,300
Volunteers of America Southeast (VOASE) – $2,356.00
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $43,440.22
YMCA of South Alabama – $525.00

2023-24 Direct Designations – Other 501(c)(3) Agencies — $53,128.51

The following 501(c)(3) agencies also received donor designated donations from the United Way of Southwest Alabama for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

Baldwin Youth Services Inc. – $110.00
Bayshore Chrisitan School Foundation – $1,200.00
Clearwater Christian Ministries – $260.00
Dubard School for Language Disorders – $1,036.62
First Light Community of Mobile – $2,000
Fostering Together Gulf Coast – $561.36
Gulf Coast Dementia Services – $52.00
Little Sisters of the Poor – $200.00
Mobile Area Education Foundation – $130.00
Mobile SPCA – $260.00
Prism United – $130.00
South Baldwin Literacy Council – $110.00

Southwest Alabama RSVP – CC – $20.00
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – $630.00
Tallapoosa Co./Camp ASCCA – $244.30
The CORE Project – $1,300.00
The Village of Spring Hill – $200.00
United Way of Baldwin County – OUW – $2,807.40
United Way of Jackson County – OUW – $8,242.00
United Way of South Mississippi – OUW – $4,077.00
United Way of West Florida, Inc. – $1,127.83
Veteran’s Recovery Resources – $25,000.00
Waterfront Rescue Mission – $3,000.00
Wounded Warrior Project – $540.00