Georgia · Community foundation
Community Foundation of W Georgia
To enhance the quality of life for the people of the west georgia area.
- $8.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 98
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 85
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $8.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,834,444
- Organizations funded a year
- 63 to 85
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $115M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Community Foundation of W Georgia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $736k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 92 | $5.0M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 85 | $3.0M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 73 | $2.8M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $2.6M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $5.2M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $3.8M | 27% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $2.2M | 23% |
| FY2018 | 76 | $3.3M | 50% |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$7.7MPhilanthropy$5.1MPublic Benefit$4.3MReligion$4.1MHealth$2.8MHuman Services$1.6MRecreation & Sports$1.3MEnvironment$1.1MOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Carrollton | $4,443,128 | 8 | n/a |
| The Carrollton City Schools Education Foundation | $1,745,815 | 7 | 94% |
| Carrol County Board of Education | $1,625,320 | 6 | n/a |
| University of West Georgia Foundation Inc | $1,620,505 | 7 | 5% |
| Tanner Medical Foundation Inc | $1,350,921 | 9 | 22% |
| Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta Inc | $1,235,821 | 9 | n/a |
| Path Foundation Inc | $948,356 | 1 | 5% |
| Emory University | $846,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ths Emergency Shelter Inc | $713,646 | 9 | 67% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $702,155 | 8 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Carrollton | $4,443,128 | 8 | n/a |
| The Carrollton City Schools Education Foundation | $1,745,815 | 7 | 94% |
| Carrol County Board of Education | $1,625,320 | 6 | n/a |
| University of West Georgia Foundation Inc | $1,620,505 | 7 | 5% |
| Tanner Medical Foundation Inc | $1,350,921 | 9 | 22% |
| Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta Inc | $1,235,821 | 9 | n/a |
| Path Foundation Inc | $948,356 | 1 | 5% |
| Emory University | $846,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ths Emergency Shelter Inc | $713,646 | 9 | 67% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $702,155 | 8 | 6% |
| Carrollton City Schools | $673,568 | 3 | n/a |
| Circles of West Georgia Inc | $621,150 | 8 | 100% |
| Southern Hills Christian Church Ltd | $605,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Oak Mountain Academy Inc | $454,356 | 9 | 2% |
| First United Methodist Church | $441,550 | 7 | n/a |
| University of West Ga Found Inc | $402,917 | 2 | n/a |
| Wesleyan School Inc | $386,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bremen Educational Foundation Inc | $367,763 | 1 | n/a |
| Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc | $365,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Carroll County Mental Health Advocates | $329,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Ferst Readers of Carroll County Inc | $328,500 | 7 | 45% |
| Youth Incorporated | $301,453 | 8 | 10% |
| Kidspeace National Centers of Georgia | $287,980 | 9 | 1% |
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $275,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Leadership Institute | $261,205 | 7 | 2% |
| Impact International Inc | $253,376 | 9 | 28% |
| Leading the Way With Dr Michael Youssef Inc | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Keep Carroll Beautiful | $247,550 | 8 | 35% |
| Georgia Organics Inc | $233,035 | 6 | 3% |
| Georgia Justice Project Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Ovarian Cancer Institute Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Haralson County School District | $184,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Hands United Christian Ministryinc | $183,442 | 8 | 27% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $175,775 | 4 | 0% |
| Carroll County Economic Development Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 47% |
| Waypoint Ranch Clc Inc | $149,630 | 6 | 24% |
| Partners Advancing Student Success | $141,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Berry College Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Georgia Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $127,152 | 2 | 1% |
| Bowdon Baptist Church | $126,825 | 6 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc | $116,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Margarets Episcopal Church | $112,249 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Haralson Beautiful Inc | $109,698 | 6 | n/a |
| Carroll County Child Advocacy Center Inc | $109,694 | 5 | 20% |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Group Return | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Auburn University Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northside Church United Methodist Congregation | $97,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Oak Grove Montessori School Inc | $97,000 | 3 | 5% |
| West Georgia Regional Library System | $96,816 | 6 | n/a |
| Birds Georgia Corporation | $93,162 | 7 | 2% |
| Rapha Clinic of West Georgia Inc | $92,385 | 6 | 8% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $91,525 | 1 | 0% |
| The Blake House Inc | $90,980 | 3 | 2% |
| UWG Athletic Foundation Inc | $88,000 | 5 | 3% |
| House of Cherith Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| West Georgia Habitat for Humanity | $81,272 | 3 | 8% |
| Bremen City Schools | $80,541 | 2 | n/a |
| Carroll County Family Connection Inc | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Heritage School Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carroll Sav-A-Life Center Inc | $73,850 | 5 | 4% |
| Chase the Victory Corporation | $73,621 | 3 | 17% |
| The George Washington University | $72,958 | 6 | 0% |
| Help the Persecuted Inc | $70,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Red Cross Metro Atlanta Chapter | $70,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church Bremen | $69,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Midway Macedonia Baptist Church of Carroll County | $67,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Your Haven Inc | $66,595 | 4 | 24% |
| Mzc Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Legion | $64,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Heard County Community Partnership Inc | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Turning Point for God | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian & Missionary Alliance | $59,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mt Zion Missionary Bapt Chur | $58,993 | 4 | n/a |
| Tabernacle Baptist Church | $58,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Charleston Day Schoolinc | $56,434 | 6 | 0% |
| Operation Beautiful Feet Inc | $55,513 | 2 | 13% |
| Kidspeace Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Hollins University Corporation | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ccgmp | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $51,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Antioch Baptist Church | $50,401 | 2 | n/a |
| Taylor Brooks Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgia Sheriffs' Youth Homes Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Usher 2020 Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Three Rivers Regional Commission | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Brown Memorial Baptist Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| My Turn Sports League Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwire Cares Inc | $49,864 | 4 | 1% |
| Orphaned Starfish Foundation Inc | $48,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Carrollton First Methodist Church | $48,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Recovery & Restoration Ministries | $47,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Canaan Baptist Church of Temple Inc | $42,975 | 2 | n/a |
| South India Christian Mission Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 10% |
| Moores Chapel United Methodistchurch Inc | $41,940 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $40,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Positive Response Inc | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mt Pleasant Baptist Church | $38,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Overcomers Christian Center Inc | $37,979 | 2 | n/a |
| Techbridge Inc | $36,598 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Board of Commissioners of Carroll County | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum | $34,370 | 4 | 8% |
| Learning Always Means Progress Inc | $32,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Sewell Mill Inc | $32,460 | 2 | 11% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $32,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jsr Inc | $31,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Carroll Symphony Orchestra | $31,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Shepherd Center Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Church of the Good Shepherd | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Atlanta Shakespeare Company Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chabad Lubavitch Russian Center of South Florida Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Albany Museum of Art Incorpora | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Each Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Paulding County High School | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| End the Wait Foundation Inc | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Briarwood Presbyterian Church | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Hope United Methodist Church | $27,750 | 1 | n/a |
| West Georgia Technical College Foundation Inc | $26,662 | 3 | 2% |
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Missions Advance | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| New Life Church of God in Christ | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carroll County Casa Inc | $23,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mt Lowell Missionary Baptist | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Ga First Responder S Corp | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Christian Council | $22,300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Welcome Home of Chattanooga | $22,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Georgia Baptist Foundation Inc | $21,982 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Baptist Church | $21,450 | 1 | n/a |
| King Street Christian Church | $21,002 | 1 | n/a |
| Heard County Schools | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Life | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Harris College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bremen Food & Clothing Bank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Families of Children Under Stress Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Science Language and Arts Int | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowdon Area Historical Society | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kidspeace Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Real Theatre | $20,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Never Alone Widows Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| M-Pack Molding Passionate Active Creative Kids Corporation | $19,250 | 3 | 10% |
| Friends of Whitesburg Public Library | $17,560 | 2 | n/a |
| Hands of Creation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethlehem New Life Church Min | $17,250 | 1 | n/a |
| End the Wait Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Fulton Community Charities Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adell Foundation | $16,260 | 2 | n/a |
| True-Liif C & M Inc | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Forest Foundation | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hearts of Cleburne Family Resource Center | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| First Baptist Chuch of Carrollton | $15,607 | 2 | n/a |
| Pals Animal Alliance Inc | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Backpack Buddies of Georgia Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Tallapoosa | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate Coweta Students Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Families 4 Families | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coweta Samaritan Clinic Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Newnan Coweta Humane Society | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Piney Grove Missionay Baptist | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Btg Community Outreach Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Coweta Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce | $14,500 | 2 | 2% |
| New Canaan Baptist Church | $14,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Disabled Adults & Children Too Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Be the Light Medical Missions Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kerygma Ventures | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| True Light Holiness on Smokey Rd Inc | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bethlehem Temple of a New Beginning | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of West Georgia | $13,452 | 1 | n/a |
| Anotherway Foundation | $13,200 | 2 | 9% |
| Carroll County Genealogical Society | $12,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Neurocritical Care Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Haralson Coalition for Children Youth and Families Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Bowdon | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington and Lee University | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of West Georgia Centeries | $10,541 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Pure Holiness Church | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Promise686 Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Goserv Global Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nicholas House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Executive Committee of the Baptist Convention of the State of Ga | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cms Instrumental Music Boosters Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glory Outreach Assembly - US Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Georgia Tech Athletic Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Neva Lomason | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charleston Digital Corridor Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nchof Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Bible Church Highlands | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Golden Rule Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Agnes Scott College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Antioch Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anita Renfroe LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| BowerComm Inc | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Haralson County Veterans Association of Tallapoosa | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundant Technologies Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coweta Organization for Riding Rehabilitation and Learning Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 8% |
| One Roof Ecumenical Alliance O | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Inn at Oak Lawn Farms | $8,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Extension 4-H Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin Housing & Redevelopment | $8,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Victory Tabernacle Ministries | $7,632 | 1 | n/a |
| Jonathan Jones Next Step Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rutledge Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Georgia Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Mission Ministries | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Newnan-Coweta Angel's House Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Riverlife Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Coweta Pregnancy Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coweta Force Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| I-58 Mission Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Earn2give Inc | $7,280 | 1 | n/a |
| West Ga Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society Inc | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Zachariah Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Hearts Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The West Georgia Prevention & Advocacy Resource Center | $6,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Sva Alumni Society Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Carrollton Kiwanis Foundation | $6,100 | 1 | 10% |
| Carroll County Sheriff's Office | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Senior Center | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Griffin Chapel United Methodist Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community First United Methodist Church Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strong House Foundation Corp | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Campus Outreach Serve Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Westside Full Gospel Baptist Church Inc | $5,631 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Walnut Grove Community Cemetery | $5,164 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Foundation of W Georgia supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 136 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 136.
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 IncGA40.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Cole Family Charitable Foundation Co Charles Edwin Cole Trustee · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Clothes Less Traveled Thrift Shop Inc · Carroll Electric Membership Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Coweta Community Foundation Inc · Coweta-Fayette Trust Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main
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.
About Community Foundation of W Georgia
- How much does Community Foundation of W Georgia give?
- Community Foundation of W Georgia reported 98 itemized grants totaling $8,285,017, out of $8,558,713 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 85 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Community Foundation of W Georgia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Philanthropy (16%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are Community Foundation of W Georgia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Carrollton ($4.4M), The Carrollton City Schools Education Foundation ($1.7M), Carrol County Board of Education ($1.6M).
- Does Community Foundation of W Georgia fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of W Georgia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Cole Family Charitable Foundation Co Charles Edwin Cole Trustee, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is Community Foundation of W Georgia based?
- Community Foundation of W Georgia is based in GA.
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