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Community Foundation for Greater Rome Inc

To improve the quality of life for every person in rome and floyd county, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$183k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$722kReligion$482kYouth Development$299kHuman Services$164kCommunity Improvement$114kHealth$77kArts & Culture$60kInternational$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 41 grants below total $974,825, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,126,755 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,930 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $512k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $403k
$12,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERRY COLLEGE$182,500
LGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOUNDATION$116,462
DARLINGTON SCHOOL$104,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$40,350
YMCA OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY GA$39,200
YOUNG LIFE$30,250
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ROME GEORGIA$27,225
ST PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$25,000
ROME CITY SCHOOLS$20,000
ROME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL$20,000
TRINITY BY THE RIVER$20,000
LOVEJOY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$19,195
GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC$18,500
NAMI$17,553
THE DAVIES SHELTER$17,282
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $15k → 15%GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $6k → 15%OPEN DOOR HOME: $6k → 15%OPEN DOOR HOME: $5k → 15%GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $19k → 15%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 22% of Community Foundation for Greater Rome Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 37%.

Community Foundation for Greater Rome Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 56% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 29 repeat orgs$657k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
22

Total granted

$2.4M
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+1%

Still filing today

48%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $373k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • BC
    BERRY COLLEGE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $677k · revenue +36%
  • DS
    Darlington School Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $242k · revenue +32%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $138k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $38k
  • Y
    YMCA
    one grant, 2018 · $28k
  • MH
    MYRTLE HILL OAK HILL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $27k
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
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire Inc

Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.

Employment
2
Hope Atlanta Inc

Hope atlanta seeks to help georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.our vision is to end hunger and homelessness for every georgian.

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3
Enable of Georgia Inc

Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.

Housing & Shelter
4
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
5
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Inc

Presbyterian homes of georgia is a christian ministry providing exceptional services to enhance the quality of life for senior adults.

Human Services
6
Christ Community Health Services Augusta Inc

The provision and promotion of quality healthcare to the public through the operation of one or more health centers in medically underserved areas of the central savannah river area (csra).

Health
7
Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia Inc

The organization's mission is to build lives, families and communities one career at a time by helping people develop their god-given gifts through education, work and career development services. goodwill strives to end poverty one new…

Employment
8
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation

We guide and encourage donors who are motivated toward kingdom-building generosity. our mission is carried out through four primary initiatives: providing donor-advised funds, inspiring and encouraging generosity within families along the…

Philanthropy
9
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over seventy countries around the world.

International
10
Liberty University Inc

Liberty university, inc. is a distinctively christian academic community, with a mission of providing quality collegiate education training champions for christ.

Education
11
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation

To provide food, shelter, and programs that transform lives.

Human Services
12
Credit Union of Georgia

The credit union is a cooperative organized to provide members thrift savings and borrowings.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cancer Navigators Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Chieftains Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 77 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ROME GEORGIA: $152,605 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ROME GEORGIABOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $149,270 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $148,300 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $116,462 · OtherLGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOUNDATION INCYMCA OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY GA: $84,900 · OtherST PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $73,200 · OtherSOUTH ROME COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $72,955 · OtherROME FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $63,200 · Other+46 more: $795,896 · Other+46 moreBERRY COLLEGE INC: $677,050 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE INCDarlington School Inc: $241,675 · EducationDarlington School IncThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $60,000 · EducationThe Florida State University Foundatio…STETSON UNIVERSITY INC: $48,000 · Education+2 more: $35,000 · EducationYOUNG LIFE: $137,700 · Youth DevelopmentA TEENS CHOICE INC: $25,600 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $6,200 · Youth DevelopmentGLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $39,500 · Human ServicesLovejoy Community Services Inc: $34,811 · Human ServicesHOSPITALITY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $19,800 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR HOME: $10,690 · Human ServicesLIVINGPROOF RECOVERY INC: $23,795 · HealthELEVATION HOUSE INC: $10,000 · HealthCANCER NAVIGATORS INC: $9,000 · HealthFree Clinic of RomeInc: $5,050 · HealthHOPE4HEARTSGA INC: $11,000 · ReligionBATTLEFIELD MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionFRIENDS OF CHIEFTAINS MUSEUM INC: $16,666 · Arts & CultureROME SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC DESOTO THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,656,788Education$1,061,725Youth Development$169,500Human Services$104,801Health$47,845Religion$31,000Arts & Culture$30,166

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $677,050 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDarlington School Inc: $241,675 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $137,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetExtra Special People Inc: $48,901 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC: $48,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $39,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetLovejoy Community Services Inc: $34,811 over 3y, 24% of budgetA TEENS CHOICE INC: $25,600 over 3y, 22% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVINGPROOF RECOVERY INC: $23,795 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMercy Ships International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $19,800 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWEST GEORGIA HUNGER MINISTRIES INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPEN DOOR HOME: $10,690 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHORTER UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL OF NORTH GEORGIA INC: $7,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ROME & FLOYD COUNTY INC DBA UNITED WAY OF FLOYD POLK & CHATTOOG: $6,969 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $6,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree Clinic of RomeInc: $5,050 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds BERRY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds LGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Florida State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Extra Special People Inc ↗
  • Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Lovejoy Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds A TEENS CHOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds LIVINGPROOF RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CHIEFTAINS MUSEUM INC ↗

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.

Georgia Power Foundation IncGA21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Floyd Healthcare Management Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Elwood & Louise Hunt Charitable Foundation Inc · Camp Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Rome & Floyd County Inc Dba United Way of Floyd Polk & Chattoog · D Gaines Lanier Family Foundation · International Paper Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Community Foundation for Greater Rome Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation for Greater Rome Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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 77 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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