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Nonprofits in Alabama

The IRS recognises 26,293 tax-exempt organizations with a Alabama address, rank 26 of 51. 1,661 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

26,293
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
22,074
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
1,661
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
509.8
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$19,897,568,104
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
1.3%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Alabama by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC$1,240,858,872
2SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE$1,108,919,128
3CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA$953,214,153
4NAVIGATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS INC$919,273,953
5POWERSOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE$859,697,431
6MOBILE INFIRMARY ASSOCIATION$657,900,831
7GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC$429,649,803
8SAMFORD UNIVERSITY$370,563,617
9COLLEGIATE HOUSING FOUNDATION$336,161,179
10THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ANNISTON$252,661,636
11ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP BALDWIN COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP$236,381,195
12CORPORATE AMERICA CREDIT UNION$230,286,962
13JOE WHEELER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION$219,188,288
14TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY$207,645,669
15CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC$191,125,032

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Alabama by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1CORPORATE AMERICA CREDIT UNION$4,603,930,665
2SOUTHERN ENERGY CREDIT UNION$3,450,256,926
3COLLEGIATE HOUSING FOUNDATION$3,208,341,005
4POWERSOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE$2,695,050,060
5MAX CREDIT UNION$2,149,434,453
6ALABAMA CREDIT UNION$1,953,300,236
7AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,186,034,779
8UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC$1,171,473,304
9SAMFORD UNIVERSITY$1,043,452,487
10CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA$988,226,337

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Alabama by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE$4,828,580
2UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION PC$3,574,688
3POWERSOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE$2,376,048
4GULF HEALTH HOSPITALS INC$1,900,471
5MOBILE INFIRMARY ASSOCIATION$1,900,471
6CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA$1,662,388
7THE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ANNISTON$1,501,031
8SOUTHERN ENERGY CREDIT UNION$1,292,526
9CORPORATE AMERICA CREDIT UNION$876,724
10ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP BALDWIN COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP$873,069

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Alabama by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Human Services192
Education191
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations171
Health Care103
Arts, Culture and Humanities54
Religion-Related52
Housing and Shelter51
Community Improvement and Capacity Building46
Mental Health and Crisis Intervention38
Recreation and Sports35

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Alabama by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
25Oregon26,915
27Louisiana23,926

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    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

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Compared with Louisiana.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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