Designating Donations

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.

2024-25 Allocations – $639,108

The following agencies received allocation funding from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2024-25 Annual Campaign.

Choctaw County — $6,000

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $1,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $2,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $2,000

Clarke County — $55,108

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $10,000
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 – $7,000
Goodwill of the Gulf Coast – $1,000
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – $3,500

Lifelines Counseling Services – $1,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $608.00
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Mobile Chapter – $1,000
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $1,500
The Arc of Clarke County – $1,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile, Inc. – $2,500
Victory Health Partners – $4,000

Mobile County — $540,000

AIDS Alabama South, LLC – $5,000
Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $500
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama, Inc. – $15,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama, Inc. – $20,000
Dearborn YMCA – $12,000
Drug Education Council – $5,800
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $25,000
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $5,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $7,500
Fostering Together Gulf Coast – $17,000
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama – $3,000
Goodwill of the Gulf Coast, Inc. – $30,000
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services, Inc. – $10,000
Home of Grace for Women, Inc. – $30,000
HOPE For All Gulf Coast (formerly Housing First)- $40,000
Legal Services of Alabama – $7,500
Lifelines Counseling Services – $10,000
McKemie Place – $9,100

Mulherin Custodial Home – $35,000
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $20,000
Penelope House – $15,000
Prism United – $8,400
Ransom Solutions – $35,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $3,385
Scouting America, Mobile Area Council – $5,000
Sickle Cell Disease Association, Mobile Chapter – $8,955
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $3,000
The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. – $20,000
The CORE Project – $10,500
The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama – $500
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile – $15,000
USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital – $33,000
Vets Recover – $1,860
Via Health, Fitness, and Enrichment Center – $30,000
Victory Health Partners – $25,000
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $13,000

Washington County — $38,000

Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,000
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $1,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $2,500
Fostering Together Gulf Coast – $1,500
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $1,000

Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $1,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $2,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $2,000
The Arc of Southwest Alabama (formerly ECI) – 25,000
Victory Health Partners – $1,000

2024-25 Direct Designations — $292,868.76

The following partner agencies received donor designated donations from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2024-25 Annual Campaign.

AIDS Alabama South – $1,817.00
Alabama Head & Injury Foundation – $262
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,866.04
American Red Cross Serving South Alabama – $4,790.20
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast – $3,486.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama – $18,210.30
Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Alabama – $2,678.93
CASA Mobile (Court Appointed Special Advocates) – $1,380.00
Catholic Social Services of Greater Mobile – $17,385.22
Community Action Agency of South Alabama – $8,210.20
Dearborn YMCA – $1,438.00
Drug Education Council – $4,252.00
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $4,432.25
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama – $240.00
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $3,715.00
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $12,932.26
Fostering Together Gulf Coast – $3,032.08
Franklin Primary Health Center – $1,624.48
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama – $398.00
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $9,685.66
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – $4,128.10
Home of Grace for Women – $18,002.42
HOPE For All Gulf Coast – $2,014.26
Legal Services of Alabama – $585.00

Lifelines Counseling Services – $4,958.16
McKemie Place – $10,982.90
Mulherin Custodial Home – $7,355.12
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $2,185.00
Penelope House – $31,702.86
Prism United – $1,657.00
Ransom Solutions – $3,667.50
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $1,432.00
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile – $15,350.98
Scouting America, Mobile Area Council – $1,910.00
Sickle Cell Disease Association – Mobile Chapter – $3,347.50
The Arc of Clark County – $2,316.00
The Arc of Southwest Alabama (ECI) – $3,604.00
The Child Advocacy Center – $20,271.19
The CORE Project – $2,050.00
The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama – $41,247
The Shoulder – $490.96
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile – $21,247.00
USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital – $17,582.16
Via Health, Fitness & Enrichment Center – $747.00
Victory Health Partners – $10,043.09
Volunteers of America Southeast (VOASE) – $1,335.00
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $8,090.40

2024-25 Direct Designations – Other 501(c)(3) Agencies – $34,302.49

The following 501(c)(3) agencies also received donor designated funds from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2024-25 Annual Campaign.

American Cancer Society South Region – $125
American Diabetes Association – $25
American Heart Association – $30
Christian Service Center – $100
Crittenton Youth Services – $25
Scouting America Gulf Coast Council – $75
Kingdom Renovation Foundation – $240
Little Sisters of the Poor – $125
Mobile Community Action – $4,708
Mobile Japanese Garden – $208
National Multiple Sclerosis Society – $201.85
Prestwick Community Outreach – $583
Providence Hospital Foundation – $25

Redeemer Lutheran Church – $480
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – $600
St. Paul’s Episcopal School $3,900
Tallapoosa County Camp ASCCA – $259.38
The Learning Tree – $560
The Village of Spring Hill – $600
United Negro College Fund – $120
United Way of Baldwin County – $3,179
United Way of Jackson COunty – $9,716
United Way of South Mississippi – $6,042
Wags & Whiskers – $225.26
Waterfront Rescue Mission – $3,000
Wounded Warrior Project – $650