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CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY OF ALABAMA

EIN 63-0288823 BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Revenue 2024
$5,797,422
Expenses 2024
$6,020,588

Program services were 93.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P34Z
Classification
1250
Street
2141 14TH AVE S

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CHANGING LIVES, BUILDING FAMILIES, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, INCLUDING FAMILY PRESERVATION AND REUNIFICATION SERVICES, TRANSITIONAL LIVING SERVICES FOR YOUNG PARENTS, PERMANENCY PLANNING AND SUPPORT, FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION SUPPORT & INTERVENTION SERVICES.

  • ALABAMA PRE AND POST ADOPTION CONNECTION (APAC) - STATEWIDE SERVICES PROVIDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE OF ADOPTION. THE GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE ADOPTIVE FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. APAC SERVES ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILIES AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH THEM. EFFORTS BEGAN IN 2008 TO RECRUIT FAMILIES FOR ALABAMA'S CHILDREN WAITING TO BE ADOPTED. ADOPTION PREPARATION CLASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR ADULTS INTERESTED IN BECOMING ADOPTIVE PARENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. HOME STUDIES ARE PREPARED FOR ELIGIBLE FAMILIES, AND ULTIMATELY, "WAITING CHILDREN" ARE MATCHED WITH FOREVER FAMILIES. FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS ARE LOCATED IN BIRMINGHAM, MOBILE, AND MONTGOMERY.

    Expenses $2,644,014 · Grants $289,360 · Revenue $31,571

  • FAMILY PARTNERS - IN-HOME, INTENSIVE CRISIS INTERVENTION AND FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. PRIORITIES ARE PRESERVATION OF FAMILIES AT IMMINENT RISK OF CHILD REMOVAL DUE TO ABUSE/NEGLECT, AND REUNIFICATION OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR SAFETY CONCERNS.

    Expenses $932,157 · Grants $3,773

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING - ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERMENT FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE TO FACILITATE THEIR TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT ADULTHOOD. MONTHLY MEETINGS AND AN ANNUAL CAMP INCLUDE TOPICS SUCH AS: HEALTHY DECISION MAKING, HOME-BUILDING, HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS, CAREER COUNSELING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE COPING SKILLS.

    Expenses $1,110,789 · Grants $461,274

  • PROJECT INDEPENDENCE (PI)- PROVIDING A SAFE, STABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG, EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEY COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION AND OBTAIN JOBS. PROJECT INDEPENDENCE BREAKS THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS, KEEPS YOUNG FAMILIES OFF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND IMPROVES THEIR CHANCES OF BEING SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND IN THE WORKFORCE.CHILD TRAFFICKING SOLUTIONS PROJECT (CTSP)- A STATEWIDE COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES; AND SURVIVOR CARE PROVIDERS. CTSP PROVIDES TRAINING TO RECOGNIZE, RESCUE, AND RESTORE CHILD VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND COLLABORATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR AGENCIES PROVIDING ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORK.EFFECTIVE PARENTING INSTRUCTION COURSE (EPIC)- FREE CLASSES, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, FOR AT-RISK PARENTS IN JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR PARENTING SKILLS. TOPICS INCLUDE COMMUNICATION, AGE-APPROPRIATE NATURAL AND LOGICAL ACTIONS/CONSEQUENCES, SHAKEN BABY PREVENTION, SAFE SLEEP ENVIRONMENT, AND SMOKING CESSATION.

    Expenses $940,080 · Grants $117,665

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bob Straka

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pam Arenberg

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meredith Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anita Clemon

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Maddox Casey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meredith Calhoun

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Devon Harris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ted Hosp

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leigh Inskeep

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Lyden

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brittany Mathis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jazmine Robinson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Ty Moody

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Quentin Riggins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Walker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Weldon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leah Wiggins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Kane

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gayle Watts

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $228,767
    From this org
    $195,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,030
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,668
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,069
    Deferred
    $30,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,000
    Filer's total
    $228,767
  • John Stone

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $130,586
    From this org
    $123,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,424
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan Crow

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,439
    From this org
    $141,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,015
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,797,422
    Expenses
    $6,020,588
    Contributions
    $5,758,697
    Grants paid
    $872,072
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,405,036
    Expenses
    $5,473,082
    Contributions
    $5,363,891
    Grants paid
    $839,860
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,496,850
    Expenses
    $4,791,214
    Contributions
    $4,449,483
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,228,067
    Expenses
    $4,490,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,966,147
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,311,719
    Expenses
    $5,130,784
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,297,813
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,039,538
    Expenses
    $5,231,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,551,759
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,682,499
    Expenses
    $5,617,178
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,478,134
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,608,528
    Expenses
    $5,304,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,353,148
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,488,043
    Expenses
    $4,982,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,106,427
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,432,281
    Expenses
    $5,143,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,478,116
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,591,409
    Expenses
    $5,234,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,895,363
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,350,861
    Expenses
    $5,315,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,440,831
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,250,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,536,934

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.