Organizations spun off from GBM
- 1969--The Crisis Center: emergency support to people in crisis
- 1970--Access Unlimited: advocating for those with physical disabilities
- 1976--Meals on Wheels: bringing food to the homebound elderly (now carried on by Jefferson County government)
- 1981--NSI (Neighborhood Services, Inc.): brought enormous housing assistance to low-income neighborhoods in its 23-year history.
- 1983--The Firehouse Shelter: GBM was one of the community partners that brought the Firehouse Shelter into existence, providing emergency food and shelter to homeless men
- 1984--Greater Birmingham Unemployed Committee (G-BUC): creative partnership with unemployed workers
- 1985--PATH (Partnership Assistance To the Homeless): supplying services and shelter to homeless women and children. Now merged with another service agency to form Pathways.
- 1986--The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unity Breakfast GBM is one of the ongoing sponsors and coordinators for the community-wide Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unity Breakfast each year on Dr. King's birthday.
- 1987--Direct Services Network (DSN) GBM was the founder and remains one of the sponsors of meetings among direct service providers and neighborhood representatives
- 1988--Alabama Arise: GBM was one of the original sponsors in the creation of Arise, a state-wide network of over 100 congregations, civic and community groups providing leadership in Alabama legislative priorities for low-income people statewide.
- 1990--BEAT (Bethel-Ensley Action Task): GBM was one of the founding sponsors of BEAT, a neighborhood-church partnership rebuilding homes and community in the SandyVista neighborhood of Ensley
- 1993--Metro Area Justice Interfaith Committee: bringing religious leaders together from across the area to build relationships and to coordinate shared action for creating a healthier and more just society
- 1994--ECIF (Ensley Community Issues Forum): A partnership with BEAT seeking to revitalize the local economy of historic Ensley
- 1996--The Interfaith Forum: An ongoing partnership with the Metro Area Justice Interfaith Committee bringing together representatives from numerous faith communities to learn more about each other, especially in light of our shared concern for a just community
- 1997--Citizens for Transit: working with transit passengers and other concerned people to create adequate and accessible public transit for all residents of Jefferson County.
- 1997--Women As Strength: An organizing project with women affected by welfare reform, public housing policy and other issues. Women gather to share their strength, pain and stories while working together to confront their struggles to provide for their families.
- 1998--Alabama Organizing Project (AOP): GBM is one of six groups working in a state-wide project of community organizing and popular education to increase the capacity of low-income people and neighborhoods to develop self-directed, sustainable communities
- 1999--Metropolitan Gardens People's Movement. In 1999 GBM became a supporter of the Metropolitan Gardens People's Movement, a group of residents trying to bring about a better housing situation for all residents of Metropolitan Gardens Public Housing Community in light of a recent HOPE VI grant.
- 2003--Constitutional Reform Education Campaign: Works with communities throughout Alabama to push for a new state constitution. The Mary Reynolds Babcock and Ford Foundations fund this effort.
- 2004--The Birmingham Center for Affordable Housing (BCAH): Addresses the affordable housing crisis in Birmingham by creating a "one-stop" center for potential homeowners and renters to connect to builders, lenders and service agencies. BCAH currently manages the Birmingham Homeownership Center.
- 2006--The Alabama Faith Council (AFC): Formed to strengthen relationships between faith communities while working together on the issues of poverty in our state.
