Community Foundation of West Georgia Inc

Analysis

Community Foundation of West Georgia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Carrollton, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Community Foundation of West Georgia Inc reported income of $4.8m and spending of $3.6m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.8m to $4.8m (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 444%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Foundation of West Georgia Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Ford Health Providence Foundation ($4.8m), Dignity and Power Now ($4.8m) and Montgomery County Community Foundation Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $129k. At year end it held assets of $107.7m against liabilities of $71k, net assets of $107.7m. It reported 5 employees.