River Region United Way
River Region United Way is a public charity based in Montgomery, Alabama, formed in 1953. It works to identify community needs and strengthen communities across the five-county River Region by partnering with organizations and supporting programs and services.
River Region United Way at a glance
In short: River Region United Way gave $1.2M across 27 grants in 2025 (avg $46K), mostly in Alabama. 4% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,232,500
- -9.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 27
- -6.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $45,648
- -3.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $27,500
- Total assets
- $10,630,625
- -3.4% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 4% first-time grantees (1 of 27, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Alabama (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to River Region United Way
- Review Cycle
- April 3, 2020, for the Community Investment Grants round described above; that application window is closed.
- Deadline
- April 3, 2020, for the Community Investment Grants round described above; that application window is closed.
- Contact
Mailing address: P O Box 390, Montgomery, AL 36101
Phone: (334) 264-7318
Website: https://rruw.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who River Region United Way funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Boys and Girls Clubs of the River Region ($150K). Together the top 10 received $876K.
Grant Size Distribution
137 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 108 grants of 137 (79%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
River Region United Way describes its service area as a five-county region in Alabama. Its needs-assessment cycle names Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, and Montgomery counties. All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Alabama.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 27 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is River Region United Way open to new grantees?
4%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 27 grantees (4%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $28K; repeat grants $46K. How we count
Medians: $28K first-time, $27K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $392K (2021) to $1.5M (2019). In 2025 it made 27 grants totaling $1.2M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the River Region Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $150,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Montgomery Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $130,000 |
| Brantwood Children's Home Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $100,000 |
| 211 Connects South Central Alabama Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $100,000 |
| Family Sunshine Center Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $90,000 |
| Meals on Wheels Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $90,000 |
| Family Guidance Center of Alabama Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $60,000 |
| Mental Health America in Montgomery Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $60,000 |
| Child Protect Children's Advocacy Center Montgomery, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $50,000 |
| YMCA Prattville Prattville, AL | Assist with Organization's Programs and Services | $46,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The organization’s EIN is 63-0330778.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,630,625 | $2,426,267 | $2,608,264 | $1,232,500 | 27 | $104,464 |
| 2024 | $11,010,269 | $3,245,338 | $2,584,332 | $1,368,160 | 29 | $282,277 |
| 2023 | $9,899,556 | $2,360,259 | $1,912,105 | $817,650 | 29 | $297,162 |
| 2022 | $9,145,341 | $3,933,381 | $2,464,171 | $829,814 | 26 | $50,708 |
| 2021 | $8,104,274 | $2,910,803 | $2,265,249 | $391,682 | 26 | $38,837 |
| 2020 | $7,662,279 | $2,815,541 | $2,421,868 | $1,030,200 | 34 | $75,385 |
| 2019 | $7,731,778 | $3,166,290 | $2,819,210 | $1,487,132 | 32 | $65,696 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
River Region United Way’s current focus areas are Health, Youth Opportunities, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. Its website also describes a broader approach of partnering with agencies to address community needs and gaps in services. Its 2024 filing describes support for United Way agencies, allocations and grants, and other programs; it also describes the 2-1-1 Connects South Central Alabama program, which connects residents to health and human services.
Its grants support a range of local service organizations. For example, Family Sunshine Center describes its mission as helping victims of family violence and sexual assault through services including crisis support, shelter, counseling, and financial literacy training. Family Guidance Center of Alabama describes providing counseling, mentoring, parenting education, job training, and other services for families in need. Medical Outreach Ministries describes operating charitable medical or dental clinics. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, River Region United Way reported 27 grants totaling $1,232,500. Grants ranged from $9,000 to $150,000, with a median of $27,500. The largest listed awards included $150,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of the River Region; $130,000 to YMCA of Greater Montgomery; $100,000 each to Brantwood Children’s Home and 211 Connects South Central Alabama; and $90,000 each to Family Sunshine Center and Meals on Wheels. The stated purpose for these grants was to assist with the organizations’ programs and services.
The organization says it assesses community needs before funding programs and conducts needs assessments on a rotating three-year cycle across its five-county region. A Community Investment Grants page describes a Montgomery County funding round based on a 2019 needs assessment; its application window closed April 3, 2020. That round offered up to $20,000 for food-insecurity programs and identified needs including poverty-related food insecurity and homelessness, and mental health services for children and people with autism or learning disabilities. Its listed criteria included at least three years of relevant programming in the River Region, potential for sustainability, and community interest and volunteer participation.
For the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, the website describes a separate process in which a local board recommends agencies to receive allocated federal funds. Listed eligibility requirements include nonprofit status for new applicants, an accounting system, nondiscrimination practices, and currently delivering emergency food or shelter services. Applicants are asked to submit the program’s total budget and funding plan.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Chris Carver, Board Chair; Brad Armagost, Board Chair-Elect; Austin Gaines, Treasurer; and board members Bill Lancomb, Mark Bunting, Delbert Madison, Anita Carter, Monica Whiting, Reggie Williams, and Larnetta Moncrief Harvey.
River Region United Way is led by Jannah Bailey, President & CEO on every filing since 2022; 3 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jannah Bailey
President & CEO
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$91K (2023) → $110K (2025)
Chris Carver
Board Chair
Board Member → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → Board Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Susan Barnes
CFO
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$24K (2024) → $90K (2025)
Theresa Floyd
COO
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$77K (2024) → $78K (2025)
Delbert Madison
Board Member
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
William Scott
Board Member
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Bill Lancomb
Board Member
Board Member → President, 2024
President → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Austin Gaines
Treasurer
Treasurer → Board Member, 2023
Board Member → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Brad Armagost
Board Chair-Elect
Board Member → Board Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Cassandra Crosby
Board Member
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Larnetta Moncrief Harvey
Board Member
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Mark Bunting
Board Member
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Tangula Petty
Board Member
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Anita Carter
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Monica Whiting
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Reggie Williams
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (52)
- Former: Ashley Lough (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Smith (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kelvin Lawrence (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Sheila Austin (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Tony Haygood (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Ronda Cherry (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Tammy Knight-Fleming (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Julie Green (2019–2023) — Former Senior Vice President & COO
- Former: Kellie McGhee (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Lisa Beers (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Rhea Ingram (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Lawrence Haygood (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Ronald Simmons (2020–2023) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Ronda Cherry-Smoke (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Charles James (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Kitchens (2021–2023) — Former CFO
- Former: Charisse Stokes (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Cornelius Calhoun (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Lara Wilson (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Larry Cobb (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Mike Hart (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Anderson (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Tammy Knight Fleming (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Tammy Hackett (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Orbuty Ozier (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Brent Ingram (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Brent Pinkston (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: David Woods (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Donna Jackson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jeremiah Moreland (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Krystal Floyd (2019–2021) — Chair-Elect
- Former: Suzanne Davidson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Donna Cooper (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: J. R. Gaines (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Mia Mothershed (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Andy Flowers (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Barry Cavan (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Clay McInnis (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jason Goodson (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jimmy Hill (2019–2020) — Former President & CEO
- Former: Michael Hart (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Bonnie Evans (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Debbie Meeks (2020) — Board Member
- Former: William Moore (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Christine Cook (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Holly Adcock (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Honorable Lawrence Haygood (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Rader (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mitchell Dubina (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Rep Kelvin Lawrence (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Terrie Channell (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Thomas Lee Macon (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $110K, to Jannah Bailey (President & CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about River Region United Way
How much does River Region United Way give each year?
River Region United Way gave $1.2M across 27 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 29 grants.
What is River Region United Way's typical grant size?
River Region United Way's median grant in 2025 was $27,500, and its average grant was $45,648, across 27 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from River Region United Way that year got $28K on average.
Where does River Region United Way give grants?
River Region United Way gives mostly in Alabama: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Montgomery, AL (21 grants) and Prattville, AL (3 grants).
Does River Region United Way give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 27 grants with a stated purpose on River Region United Way's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Assist with Organization's Programs and Services" (27 grants).
Who are River Region United Way's largest grantees?
River Region United Way's largest 2025 grantees include Boys and Girls Clubs of the River Region ($150,000), YMCA of Greater Montgomery ($130,000) and Brantwood Children's Home ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 31% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is River Region United Way?
River Region United Way reported $10.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.
What does River Region United Way fund?
River Region United Way’s current focus areas are Health, Youth Opportunities, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. Its website also describes a broader approach of partnering with agencies to address community needs and gaps in services. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from River Region United Way?
River Region United Way has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check rruw.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is River Region United Way's EIN?
River Region United Way's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 63-0330778. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 1, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 23, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 22, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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