Breakdown: Agencies Request Funding From City Of Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, AL — Numerous agencies and organizations appeared before the Tuscaloosa City Council Tuesday to make their annual requests for operational funding.

Here's a quick look at the requests and how they line up with what the entities received last year. Those who did not request funding in 2021 are labeled "N/A."

Alabama Blues Project

• 2022 requested amount: $10,000
• 2021 funding amount: $6,200

American Red Cross

• 2022 requested amount: $10,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa

• 2022 requested amount: $50,000
• 2021 funding amount: $31,000

Boys and Girls Clubs of West Alabama

• 2022 requested amount: $20,000
• 2021 funding amount: $12,400

Child Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa

• 2022 requested amount: $15,000
• 2021 funding amount: $6,200

Children's Hands-on Museum

• 2022 requested amount: $150,000
• 2021 funding amount: $89,900

Community Service Programs of West Alabama

• 2022 requested amount: $100,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Five Horizons Health Services (formerly West Alabama AIDS Outreach)

• 2022 requested amount: $15,000
• 2021 funding amount: $9,300

FOCUS

• 2022 requested amount: $122,500
• 2021 funding amount: $75,950

Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa

• 2022 requested amount: $50,000
• 2021 funding amount: $16,678

Indian Rivers Mental Health Center

• 2022 requested amount: $50,000
• 2021 funding amount: $31,000

Jemison Van de Graaff Mansion Foundation

• 2022 requested amount: $60,000
• 2021 funding amount: $37,200

Kentuck Arts Center

• 2022 requested amount: $191,823
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Murphy African-American Museum

• 2022 requested amount: $8,000
• 2021 funding amount: $4,960

Temporary Emergency Services

• 2022 requested amount: $40,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Theatre Tuscaloosa

• 2022 requested amount: $15,000
• 2021 funding amount: $9,300

The ARC of Tuscaloosa County, Inc

• 2022 requested amount: $30,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Turning Point

• 2022 requested amount: $30,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Tuscaloosa City Board of Education

• 2022 requested amount: $2.59 million
• 2021 funding amount: $2.54 million

BOE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

Arts N Autism

• 2022 requested amount: $8,250
• 2021 funding amount: $4,650

Bethel Community Outreach Inc.

• 2022 requested amount: $10,000
• 2021 funding amount: $6,200

Kristen Amerson Youth Foundation

• 2022 requested amount: $20,000
• 2021 funding amount: $6,200

PRIDE of Tuscaloosa

• 2022 requested amount: $24,000
• 2021 funding amount: $12,400

Schoolyard Roots (formerly Druid City Garden Project)

• 2022 requested amount: $25,000
• 2021 funding amount: $18,600

Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre

• 2022 requested amount: $15,000
• 2021 funding amount: $9,300

Tuscaloosa's One Place

• 2022 requested amount: $30,000
• 2021 funding amount: $18,600

OTHER REQUESTS

Tuscaloosa Children's Center

• 2022 requested amount: $50,000
• 2021 funding amount: $50,000

Tuscaloosa Community Dancers

• 2022 requested amount: $10,000
• 2021 funding amount: $6,200

Tuscaloosa County Health Department

• 2022 requested amount: $130,000
• 2021 funding amount: $80,600

Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority

• 2022 requested amount: $420,000
• 2021 funding amount: $259,150

Tuscaloosa County PARA

• 2022 requested amount: $5.15 million
• 2021 funding amount: $3.61 million

Tuscaloosa County Soil and Water Conservation

• 2022 requested amount: $12,500
• 2021 funding amount: $7,750

Tuscaloosa Education Foundation

• 2022 requested amount: $25,000
• 2021 funding amount: $20,000

Tuscaloosa Public Library

• 2022 requested amount: $1.47 million
• 2021 funding amount: $1.29 million

Tuscaloosa SAFE Center

• 2022 requested amount: $25,000
• 2021 funding amount: N/A

Tuscaloosa Sister Cities International

• 2022 requested amount: $93,000
• 2021 funding amount: $74,400

Tuscaloosa Spay and Neuter Incentive Program

• 2022 requested amount: $25,000
• 2021 funding amount: $15,500

Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra

• 2022 requested amount: $25,200
• 2021 funding amount: $21,700

Tuscaloosa Tourism & Sports

• 2022 requested amount: $1.5 million
• 2021 funding amount: $1.07 million

Tuscaloosa Transit Authority

• 2022 requested amount: $22,700 (special appropriations)
• 2021 funding amount: $24,288

West Alabama Regional Commission

• 2022 requested amount: $36,097
• 2021 funding amount: $22,380

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