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.

2025-26 Allocations – $934,241

The following agencies received allocation funding from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2025-26 Annual Campaign.

Choctaw County — $18,000

Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $500
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,000
Catholic Social Services – $1,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $5,000
Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America – $500
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $4,000
Ronald McDonald House – $4,000
The American Red Cross of South Alabama – $1,000
Vets Recover – $500
Victory Health Partners – $500

Clarke County — $90,189

Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $150
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Alabama – $1,519
Catholic Social Services – $5,000
Drug Education Council – $1,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $20,000
Fostering Together – $2,000
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $1,500
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – $3,500
Legal Services of Alabama – $1,000
Lifelines Counseling – $1,000

Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America – $1,000
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $10,000
Ronald McDonald House – $1,520
Sickle Cell Disease Association – $2,000
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $1,500
The American Red Cross of South Alabama – $5,000
The Arc of Clarke – $15,000
United Cerebral Palsy – $3,000
Vets Recover – $2,500
Victory Health Partners – $2,000

Mobile County — $757,169

AIDS Alabama South – $10,000
Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters – $17,039
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama – $23,096
Catholic Social Services – $20,802
Dearborn YMCA – $7,500
Drug Education Council – $7,500
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $36,000
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $2,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $10,516
Fostering Together – $20,000
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama – $7,388
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $47,000
Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services – $9,100
Home of Grace – $40,000
HOPE for All – $40,590
Legal Services of Alabama – $15,709
Lifelines Counseling – $2,247
McKemie Place – $32,000

Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America – $5,000
Mulherin Home – $55,469
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $20,000
Penelope House – $15,250
Prism United – $14,790
Ransom Ministries – $33,000
Ronald McDonald House – $15,100
Sickle Cell Disease Association – $21,000
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program – $8,000
The American Red Cross of South Alabama – $2,400
The Child Advocacy Center – $31,938
The CORE Project – $18,016
The Shoulder of the Central Gulf Coast – $3,750
United Cerebral Palsy – $15,000
USA Children’s & Women’s – $41,130
Vets Recover – $626
Via Health, Fitness, and Enrichment – $34,481
Victory Health Partners – $56,000
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $12,735

Washington County — $68,883

Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $500
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $2,000
Catholic Social Services – $5,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $8,000
Fostering Together – $3,000
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $1,000
Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America – $2,500
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $1,200
Regional Child Advocacy Center – $3,000

Ronald McDonald House – $2,108
Sickle Cell Disease Association – $2,000
The Arc of Southwest Alabama – $25,000
The Salvation Army Coastal Alabama – $500
The Shoulder of the Central Gulf Coast – $1,875
United Cerebral Palsy – $2,500
Vets Recover – $2,000
Victory Health Partners – $2,700

2025-26 Direct Designations — $365,562

The following partner agencies received donor designated donations from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2025-26 Annual Campaign.

AIDS Alabama South – $1,741
Alabama Head Injury Foundation – $127
Alpha Women’s Resource Center – $1,380
Big Brothers Big Sisters – $7,961
Boys & Girls Club Southwest Alabama – $10,884
Boys & Girls Clubs South Alabama – $28,809
CASA – $1,680
Catholic Social Services – $19,199
Dearborn YMCA – $2,971
Drug Education Council – $4,984
Dumas Wesley Community Center – $8,047
Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama – $215
Family Promise of Coastal Alabama – $11,645
Feeding the Gulf Coast – $32,465
Fostering Together – $3,751
Franklin Primary – $445
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama – $375
Goodwill Gulf Coast – $4,762
GRECS – $15,432
Home of Grace – $6,238
HOPE for All – $7,249
Legal Services of Alabama – $130
Lifelines Counseling – $7,754

McKemie Place – $4,601
Mobile Area Council, Boy Scouts of America – $10,885
Mulherin Home – $9,532
Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy – $8,086
Penelope House – $18,986
Prism United – $2,600
Ransom Ministries – $6,020
Ronald McDonald House – $12,660
Sickle Cell Disease Association – $1,836
The American Red Cross of South Alabama – $5,160
The Arc of Clarke – $1,872
The Arc of Southwest Alabama – $2,014
The Child Advocacy Center – $14,775
The CORE Project – $1,985
The Salvation Army Coastal Alabama – $21,868
United Cerebral Palsy – $22,116
USA Children’s & Women’s – $16,741
Vets Recover – $5,374
Via Health, Fitness, and Enrichment – $519
Victory Health Partners – $6,190
VOA – $1,243
Wilmer Hall Children’s Home – $12,265

2025-26 Direct Designations – Other 501(c)(3) Agencies – $13,826

The following 501(c)(3) agencies also received donor designated funds from the United Way of Southwest Alabama 2025-26 Annual Campaign.

American Heart Association – $60
Christian Service Center – $100
Clearwater Christian Ministries – $104
Community Foundation of South Alabama – $25
Crittenton Youth Services – $25
Dubard School for Language Disorders – $681
Finding H.O.P.E. Children’s Home – $130
Gulf Coast Lactation – $240

Mobile Community Action – $2,740
National Maritime Museum of the Gulf – $1,000
Sonny Callahan Boys & Girls Club – $75
St. Paul’s Episcopal School – $6,200
Tallapoosa Co./Camp ASCCA – $204
The Learning Tree, Inc. – $1,085
The Shoulder – $271
The Village of Spring Hill – $600
USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute – $236
Wags & Whiskers – $52