United Way of Northwest Georgia Inc

Analysis

United Way of Northwest Georgia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dalton, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1971, 55 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, United Way of Northwest Georgia Inc reported income of $6.9m and spending of $4.6m, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.8m to $6.9m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Way of Northwest Georgia Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Granite Charitable ($6.9m), Just One Chesed Inc ($6.9m) and SD Foundation ($6.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $719k. At year end it held assets of $15.1m against liabilities of $138k, net assets of $14.9m. It reported 16 employees.