Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Opportunity Alabama Inc
BIRMINGHAM, AL
Total revenue
$2.1M
Total expenses
$1.7M
Net assets
$2.0M
Grants received
$261K
7 grants
EIN
832134053
Tax year
2024
Mission
Founded in 2018, opportunity alabama (opal) is an economic development organization committed to creating a national model of sustainable economic development through community-led, place-based investments. We help underserved communities leverage diverse funding sources for projects and initiatives that improve quality of place and enhance the built environment. Most of that work involves closing access to capital gaps in low-income communities, in economically distressed communities, and/or within disadvantaged populations (including, but not limited to, minority- and women-owned businesses, residents of low-income areas, etc.). Through that work, we remediate blight, improve general economic and societal conditions, combat community deterioration, and/or preserve the traditions, architecture, and appearance of the communities we serve.
Programs
1 program
Our second largest programmatic activity during 2024 was our property development assistance program (pdap) which helps property owners and emerging developers in underserved markets take a community-supported project from concept to construction. We help project teams navigate pre-development planning, budgeting, market analysis, pro forma creation. We then help projects secure all the incentives possible to enhance their ability to receive investment and break ground. Through pdap, we are building a pipeline of projects that are bringing vacant buildings back into service and supporting meaningful new construction while supporting local businesses, creating and improving housing, supporting reuse and/or redirection of downtown areas and central business districts, and more. During 2024, we assisted 16 different projects in low-income or underserved communities across alabama with our full suite of pdap programming. These projects will provide everything from community art space and new retail to boutique hotels and critically-needed housing.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
8 listed
GREG BARKER
CHAIR
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3 hrs/wk
TONY SMOKE
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
WENDI BOYEN
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
LARRY LEWIS
DIRECTOR
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1 hrs/wk
MYLA CALHOUN
DIRECTOR (THROUGH 11/01/2024)
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1 hrs/wk
ANOOP MISHRA
DIRECTOR (THROUGH 05/01/2024)
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1 hrs/wk
ALEXANDER FLACHSBART
PRESIDENT
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25.14 hrs/wk
DAN RUTH
SECRETARY
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3 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
CHESAPEAKE CAPITAL
UNDERWRITING
Grants received
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Funded by
$261K from 5 funders · 7 grants · 2020–2024
$73K · 2 grants · 2022–2024
$64K · 1 grant · 2020
$54K · 2 grants · 2020–2023
$50K · 1 grant · 2020
$20K · 1 grant · 2023