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Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

The georgia chamber of commerce foundation undertakes activities, which educate the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community the foundation primarily focuses on the issues of health care and work force development in the state of georgia.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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$1.2MRecreation & Sports$100kScience & Tech$80kCommunity Improvement$67kEmployment$20kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $998,901, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,959,378 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $960,477 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

  • Under $10k6 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $853k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$50,000
FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS$50,000
MERIWETHER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM$49,605
BERRIEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$49,520
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$48,824
DECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS$48,813
BACON COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOLS$48,503
TATTNALL COUNTY SCHOOLS$48,426
CHATTOOGA COUNTY SCHOOLS$47,645
CLINCH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$46,218
IRWIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$34,100
LANIER COUNTY SCHOOLS$33,397
MCDUFFIE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$32,254
BRANTLEY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM$29,209
VIDALIA HIGH SCHOOL$28,010
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DADE COUNTY SCHOOLS: $28k → 11%GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $32k → 13%CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $49k → 16%FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS: $50k → 16%BRANTLEY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $29k → 16%MERIWETHER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $50k → 17%CRAWFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $9k → 17%MCINTOSH COUNTY ACADEMY: $11k → 17%MCDUFFIE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $32k → 18%CHATTOOGA COUNTY SCHOOLS: $48k → 18%WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $25k → 19%IRWIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $34k → 19%LANIER COUNTY SCHOOLS: $33k → 19%APPLING COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $9k → 20%COOK COUNTY SCHOOLS: $8k → 21%VIDALIA HIGH SCHOOL: $28k → 21%CLINCH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $46k → 22%GRADY COUNTY SCHOOLS: $25k → 22%BURKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $11k → 22%BERRIEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $50k → 22%WORTH COUNTY SCHOOLS: $16k → 22%SUMTER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $20k → 22%DECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS: $49k → 23%BACON COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $49k → 23%SEMINOLE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $21k → 23%TATTNALL COUNTY SCHOOLS: $48k → 24%EARLY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $10k → 24%DOOLY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $27k → 24%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $100k → 27%BEN HILL COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $17k → 27%JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $50k → 27%RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOLS: $12k → 27%CHOOSE OUTDOORS INC: $100k → 7%GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: $32k → 13%WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $25k → 19%FURLOW CHARTER SCHOOL: $12k → 22%DOOLY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $23k → 24%UGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30k → 27%GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: $25k → 13%UGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30k → 27%GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: $25k → 13%UGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20k → 27%GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: $24k → 13%GEORGIA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $20k → 13%GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE INC: $15k → 13%GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: $12k → 13%GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE: $10k → 13%GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE: $10k → 13%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.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$233k · 3 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$233k
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $974k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • GP
    GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $118k · revenue +15%
  • UO
    University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $80k · revenue +79%
  • GT
    GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $35k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • CO
    CHOOSE OUTDOORS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -97%
  • GC
    GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $32k · revenue +27%
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
Georgia Council on Economic Education

The mission of the georgia council on economic education is to help k-12 teachers teach economics and personal finance in the public and independent schools of georgia.

Social Science
2
Georgia Economic Developers Association Inc

The Organization's mission is to serve as the resource for networking, professional development and public policy for Georgia's economic development community.

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3
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Inc

The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute works to advance lasting solutions that expand economic opportunity and well-being for all Georgians. We produce research and state budget analysis to show Georgia ways to provide equitable education,…

Public Benefit
4
Georgia Tech Research Corporation

The georgia tech research corporation (gtrc) is organized and operated to support the research activities of the georgia institute of technology in the areas of innovative research, technical assistance, and economic development.

Health
5
Georgia Public Policy Foundation Inc

To improve the lives of georgians through public policies that enhance economic opportunity and freedom.

Social Science
6
The Foundation for Public Education in Georgia Inc

The foundation for public education in georgia, inc. focuses on meeting students where they are wherever they are and providing unding to support rural public schools, computer science technology and needs, dual language immersion,…

Education
7
American Council of Engineering Com of Georgia Inc

Acec georgia champions the business of engineering by driving impactful public policy advocacy, delivering unmatched business development opportunities, empowering member firms with essential business resources, providing future-focused…

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8
Georgiaforward Inc

Georgiaforward's mission is to improve the state of georgia by working as a catalyst to promote cross-sector, statewide conversations and partnerships by engaging young professionals and business, political, academic, and civic leaders.

Civil Rights
9
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The georgia tech applied research corporation (gtarc) is organized and operated to support the research activities of the georgia institute of technology in the areas of innovative research, technical assistance and economic development.

Health
10
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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11
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce

To promote business, economic development, and community development within the greater macon area.

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12
Georgia Research Alliance Inc

To allow business, research universities and state government to collaborate to build a technology-driven economy fueled by innovative university research.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Choose Outdoors 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

9 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. 9 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACHOOSE OUTDOORS INC: $100,000 · OtherCHOOSE OUTDOORS INCDOOLY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $50,000 · OtherJOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $50,000 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS: $50,000 · OtherWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $49,935 · OtherMERIWETHER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM: $49,605 · OtherBERRIEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $49,520 · OtherCHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $48,824 · OtherDECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS: $48,813 · OtherBACON COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $48,503 · OtherTATTNALL COUNTY SCHOOLS: $48,426 · OtherCHATTOOGA COUNTY SCHOOLS: $47,645 · OtherCLINCH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $46,218 · Other+24 more: $431,474 · Other+24 moreGEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $117,972 · EducationGEORGIA PARTNERS…University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $80,100 · EducationUniversity of Ge…FURLOW CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $11,938 · EducationFURLOW CHARTER S…+1 more: $2,500 · EducationGEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,218,963Education$212,510Community Improvement$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $117,972 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCHOOSE OUTDOORS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $80,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetGEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $32,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFURLOW CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $11,938 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA EDUCATORS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% 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 GEORGIA PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHOOSE OUTDOORS INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds FURLOW CHARTER SCHOOL 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA1.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Georgia Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    2report 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 43 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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