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Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc Dba Destination Augusta

The augusta convention and visitors bureau develops and promotes our community, inspiring people to have unforgettable experiences.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$627k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$3.2MArts & Culture$1.6MEnvironment$65kEducation$35kHealth$17kCommunity Improvement$8kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $1,043,219, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,881,959 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $838,740 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $198k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $218k
  • $250k+1 grant · $627k
$32,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL$627,321
GREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL$147,000
AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY$71,000
MORRIS MUSUEM OF ART$37,500
AUGUSTA PRIDE INC$34,768
LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSUEM OF BLACK HISTORY$32,500
BAND OF BROTHERS AUGUSTA INC$29,500
AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY$19,000
HISTORIC AUGUSTA$12,458
PHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES$12,002
AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL$10,170
Individual grant recipient$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 20%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $627k → 18%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $486k → 18%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $469k → 18%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $461k → 18%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $445k → 18%GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL: $315k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $71k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $59k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $52k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $46k → 18%MILLER THEATER: $44k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $41k → 18%LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM: $39k → 18%MORRIS MUSUEM OF ART: $38k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $37k → 18%SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: $36k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $36k → 18%MORRIS MUSUEM OF ART: $36k → 18%MILLER THEATER: $35k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $35k → 18%PACELINE RIDE LLC: $35k → 18%AUGUSTA PRIDE INC: $35k → 18%AUGUSTA CANAL AUTHORITY: $35k → 18%LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSUEM OF BLACK HISTORY: $33k → 18%LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM: $32k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $32k → 18%SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: $31k → 18%LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM: $31k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $30k → 18%BAND OF BROTHERS AUGUSTA INC: $30k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $29k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 18%LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM: $25k → 18%SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: $25k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $23k → 18%SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: $23k → 18%IMPERIAL THEATRE: $21k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $19k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $19k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $19k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $19k → 18%AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $16k → 18%AUGUSTA RECREATION & PARKS: $16k → 18%MILLER THEATER: $16k → 18%AUGUSTA RECREATION & PARKS: $15k → 18%PHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCE: $28k → 18%PHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES: $12k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 17 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$4.8M
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+20%

Still filing today

94%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsScience & TechEducationPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +17% · 82% of their budget
  • GA
    GREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $448k · revenue +70%
  • AC
    AUGUSTA CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $303k · revenue +107% · 83% of their budget

Funded once

  • AS
    AUGUSTA SOUTHERN NATIONALS
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • SR
    SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • MS
    MAKE STARTUPS INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -40%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colonial Theater Inc

To restore and operate the historic augusta colonial theater for the artistic, educational, and charitable benefit of the community. the colonial theater will be a far-reaching, viable, restored historic theater in the downtown of our…

Arts & Culture
2
Augusta Genealogical Society

Collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information in relation to genealogical, historical, biographical, and heraldic data.

Arts & Culture
3
Augusta Arts Council Inc

The primary purpose of the augusta arts council, inc., is to preserve and maintain the historic stand alone theatre experience for future generations. all activities promoted are designed to preserve and maintain the historic augusta…

Arts & Culture
4
Augusta Heritage Center Inc

Augusta heritage center in elkins, west virginia, united states, is a non- profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore.

Arts & Culture
5
The Staunton Augusta County African American Resea

Preserve african american heritage

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6
Augusta County Historical Society

The augusta county historical society promotes interest in the rich and diverse history of the augusta county area. its membership is comprised of people near and far who support the discovery, research, and preservation of documents,…

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7
Augusta University Foundation Inc

To raise private support from individuals, corporations, foundations, and others to further the interests of augusta university. other purposes of the foundation are to establish and maintain endowments and provide the administration for…

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8
Augusta Agricultural & Industrial Exposition Inc

Augusta expo is a nonprofit dedicated to presenting entertainment, cultural experiences, and educational and outreach programs that aid in economic development, agricultural revitalization, and community enrichment.

Food & Nutrition
9
Augusta Mini Theatre Inc

To enrich the educational and ethical development of local youth by fostering critical thinking, social consciousness, and personal development through affordable fine arts instruction, performances, and workshops.

Arts & Culture
10
Arts Southeast Inc

To make savannah a destination for art and culture in the southeast by supporting established and emerging artists, engaging a diverse community with creative programming, and developing awareness and appreciation of the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
The Arts Council Inc

To build community through the arts.

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12
Historic Atlanta Inc

Historic atlanta advances social justice and community by saving historic places

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Augusta Players Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sacred Heart Cultural Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL INC: $2,803,526 · OtherGREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL INCGREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $447,686 · OtherGREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL INCDELTA HOUSE INC: $171,014 · OtherMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $161,221 · Other+7 more: $185,358 · OtherAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $155,018 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA MUSEUM O…AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $131,475 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA WESTOBOU…SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INC: $115,518 · Arts & CultureSACRED HEART CUL…Augusta Pride Inc: $97,893 · Arts & CultureAugusta Pride In…AUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC: $95,627 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA SYMPHONY…HISTORIC AUGUSTA INC: $84,788 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC AUGUSTA…IMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $38,193 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $17,945 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC: $303,295 · Recreation & SportsPHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES: $40,117 · EnvironmentSAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentMEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $46,419 · EducationMAKE STARTUPS INSTITUTE INC: $8,250 · Science & TechJessye Norman School of the Arts Inc: $5,373 · Philanthropy
Other$3,768,805Arts & Culture$736,457Recreation & Sports$303,295Environment$65,117Education$46,419Science & Tech$8,250Philanthropy$5,373

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER AUGUSTA SPORTS COUNCIL INC: $2,803,526 over 8y, 82% of budgetGREATER AUGUSTA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $447,686 over 8y, 14% of budgetAUGUSTA CANAL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC: $303,295 over 8y, 83% of budgetDELTA HOUSE INC: $171,014 over 8y, 13% of budgetMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $161,221 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC: $155,018 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetAUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $131,475 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetSACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INC: $115,518 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetAugusta Pride Inc: $97,893 over 5y, 79% of budgetAUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC: $95,627 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHISTORIC AUGUSTA INC: $84,788 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetMEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $46,419 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES: $40,117 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetIMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $38,193 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetAUGUSTA PLAYERS INC: $23,605 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMAKE STARTUPS INSTITUTE INC: $8,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLE CHAT NOIR INC: $7,045 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGA State Society-Natl Society Daughters of the AM Revolution: $5,750 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART INC: $5,150 over 1y, 1.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Porter Fleming Fdn Tr…Greater Augusta Arts …The Knox FoundationCreel-Harison Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…Kirby Family Foundati…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area IncGA36.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Porter Fleming Fdn Tr Ua · Greater Augusta Arts Council Inc · The Knox Foundation · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Kirby Family Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc Dba Destination Augusta funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc Dba Destination Augusta. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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