Nonprofit · EIN 26-4629738
BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE
Tax-exempt · BIRMINGHAM, AL 35201
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,183,912 | $4,545,945 | -$362,033 | $2,510,731 | $256,073 | $2,254,658 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $5,429,844 | $5,402,716 | $27,128 | $2,956,316 | $465,605 | $2,490,711 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $3,770,448
- Program service revenue
- $243,774
- Investment income
- $169,690
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $25,830
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $532,097
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,492,179
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,481,251
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $10,592
- Accounting fees
- $17,347
- Occupancy
- $391,816
- Travel
- $192,922
- Depreciation
- $929
- Program services (functional)
- $2,996,230
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,549,715
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,956,316
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,510,731
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $256,073
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,254,658
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,241,471
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,254,658
- Gross receipts
- $4,640,056
- Employees
- 27
- Volunteers
- 65
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- AL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ammons | President & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $316,080 | $31,061 |
| Christy Hollingsworth | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $216,018 | $18,367 |
| Victor Brown | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,853 | $21,548 |
| David Russell | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,512 | $19,398 |
| Trevor Sutton | HCE Officer | 40 | $107,767 | $20,584 |
| James Matthews | HCE Officer | 40 | $98,532 | $21,973 |
| Meredith Drennon | HCE Officer | 40 | $94,882 | $19,725 |
| Audrey Pannell | HCE Officer | 40 | $92,889 | $9,367 |
| James Proctor | Vice Chair of Public Policy Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nelson Bean | Vice Chair of Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bingham D Edwards Jr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Hampton | Chairperson of the Board Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gregory Curran | Immediate Past Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nick Willis | Chairperson of the Board-Elect Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Tarr | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
43 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Turner | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Denson Franklin III | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| James Gorrie | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Leigh Collier | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lee Styslinger III | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Kemp | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Turner Burton | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Peoples | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Vines | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Craft O'Neal | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rich Bielen | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Andy Robinson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Beck Taylor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Bowron Jr | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Morton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bobbie Knight | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Clayton Mobley | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dawn Sharff | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Aldag Jr | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Christian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Grant Haines | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Hugh Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| James Carpenter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jerry Kelly | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jesse Cash | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Vann | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Joel McMahon | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lee Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Linda Seal | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lucy Marsh | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Dent | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Thompson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Suco | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Goedecke | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nathaniel Drummond | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ned Rand | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Harbert | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Selena Rodgers Dickerson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Stan Blanton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Nichols | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tricia Wallwork | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Will French | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 71 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily L Jerkins Hall | COO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $233,367 | $21,045 |
| Christy Hollingsworth | CFO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $208,386 | $17,747 |
| Steve Ammons | President & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $184,024 | $19,267 |
| Nanette Baldwin | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $149,069 | $19,360 |
| Karla Khodanian | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $148,199 | $14,215 |
| David Russell | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,069 | $20,313 |
| Victor Brown | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,520 | $21,546 |
| David Patrick | HCE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $137,190 | $12,874 |
| Andy Robinson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Beck Taylor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Bowron Jr | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Morton | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bingham D Edwards Jr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bobbie Knight | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Burton McDonald | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chad Scroggins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chip Wann | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Clayton Mobley | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Craft O'Neal | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Dawn Sharff | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ed Aldag Jr | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ed Christian | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Frank Brocato | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Grant Haines | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gregory Curran | Chairperson of the Board Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Herschell Hamilton | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hugh Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jabo Waggoner | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Carpenter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Gorrie | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Proctor | Vice Chair of Public Polic Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jerry Kelly | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse Lewis Sr | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jim Vann | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jimmie Stephens | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jimmy Johnston | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Hampton | Chairperson of the Board-E Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Joel McMahon | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Sherman | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Turner | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Morris | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lee Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lee Styslinger III | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Leigh Collier | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Linda Seal | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lucy Marsh | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Tarr | Immediate Past Chairperson Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Matthew Dent | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Johnson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Thompson | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Tinch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mike Kemp | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Myla Calhoun | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Goedecke | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathaniel Drummond | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ned Rand | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nelson Bean | Vice Chair of Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nick Willis | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Randall Woodfin | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ray Watts | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Raymond Harbert | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rich Bielen | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald Mathieu | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Selena Rodgers Dickerson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Stan Blanton | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven Nichols | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Vines | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tommy Bringham | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tricia Wallwork | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Turner Burton | Director & Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Will French | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 5, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35201-0005
- In care of
- % JOHN COOK
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Steve Ammons, P O Box 5 200, Birmingham, AL 352010005
- Signed the 990
- Steve Ammons, President and CEO
- Phone
- (205) 324-2100
- Return prepared by
- Kassouf & Co Inc
Mission
The organization is a dynamic advocate, unifying voice and constant catalyst for economic development and business prosperity for the Greater Birmingham Region.
Program accomplishments
- Economic Development - The Alliance works to increase job growth and capital investment within the seven-county region, attracting and retaining top talent from around the world.Expenses $1,176,154 · revenue $23,400
- Marketing & Communications - The Alliance markets and promotes the seven-county region through various communications and branding strategies and services.Expenses $746,076
- Chamber & Public Policy - The Alliance is charged with creating increased economic prosperity in our region in part through our advocacy and governmental affairs work. Public policy efforts are aimed at addressing issues of regional significance to help move the region forward while providing a unified voice for the business community with our elected officials.Expenses $720,578 · revenue $220,374
- Small Business - The Alliance provides business advisory services to target businesses.Expenses $353,422 · grants $6,250
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-4629738
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2010
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,510,731
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,640,056
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,183,912 | $4,545,945 | $2,510,731 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $5,429,844 | $5,402,716 | $2,956,316 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $4,270,798 | $4,658,602 | $3,081,602 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-4629738).
Questions about BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE
- What is the EIN of BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE is 26-4629738.
- Is BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 2010.
- Are donations to BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Steve Ammons.
- Who are the officers and directors of BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 58 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $316,080 (Steve Ammons, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS ALLIANCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,183,912, expenses of $4,545,945 and total assets of $2,510,731 at year end.
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