Georgia · Public charity
North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation
Provide funding to charitable and community service organizations within the north georgia electric cooperative service area.
- $400k
- Granted FY2022
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Northwest Georgia Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $225k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2022
- $225k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $334k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 28% of the organizations North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 25 | $225k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $224k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $152k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $105k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $99k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Chapel Share & Care Mission Inc | $45,700 | 5 | 7% |
| First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia Inc | $41,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Dalton Organization of Churches United for People | $41,800 | 5 | 4% |
| Here I Am Inc | $39,460 | 4 | 10% |
| Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center | $34,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Whitfield County Schools | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Upward Life Ministries Incorporated | $31,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Wood Station United Methodist Church | $29,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Catoosa County Foster Parent Association | $27,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Food Pantry Inc | $25,050 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 51 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Chapel Share & Care Mission Inc | $45,700 | 5 | 7% |
| First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia Inc | $41,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Dalton Organization of Churches United for People | $41,800 | 5 | 4% |
| Here I Am Inc | $39,460 | 4 | 10% |
| Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center | $34,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Whitfield County Schools | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Upward Life Ministries Incorporated | $31,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Wood Station United Methodist Church | $29,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Catoosa County Foster Parent Association | $27,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Food Pantry Inc | $25,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Varnell United Methodist Church Food Pantry | $23,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Ending Hunger Inc | $22,180 | 3 | 5% |
| Healing Hands Clinic of Gordon County | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Haven - Lafayette | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gordon County Board of Education | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ringgold United Methodist Church | $19,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Pleasant Grove United Methodist | $18,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Crisis Center of Walker Dade Catoosa& Chattooga Coinc | $17,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Operation Appreciation Inc | $16,800 | 2 | n/a |
| The Sexual Assault Victims Advocacy Center | $16,600 | 2 | 2% |
| Communities in Schools of Catoosa | $16,550 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of the Greenhouse Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership | $13,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Boynton United Methodist Church | $12,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Soul Station Ministries | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jonathans House Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ser Familia | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Church Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lafayette Mt Zion No 1 Miss Bap Chu | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deo Clinic Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Partnership for Families Children and Adults Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Comuntiy Housing Resource | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latin American Association | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosswoods Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Refuge Nw Georgia Inc | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Community Outreach | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| North Georgia Community Action Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Disabled Adults & Children Too Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Hope Counseling Svcs | $6,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Community Resource Center of Chattooga | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Gordon Murray and Whitfield Counties Inc | $6,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chattanooga | $5,760 | 1 | 0% |
| Battlefield Post 214 a L Ltd | $5,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Battlefield Post 214 Al Ltd (American Legion Battlefield Post 214 | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Action Ministries Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Murray County Next Step Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Carl Malone Foundation Inc D/B/A Mercy's Door | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church 109 Cherokee St | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc · Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Northwest Georgiainc · The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation · United Way of Greater Chattanooga · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Brown Whitworth Reynolds Foundation · Frank P Pierce Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation
- How much does North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation give?
- North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation reported 25 itemized grants totaling $225,240, out of $400,040 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), Human Services (11%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Christ Chapel Share & Care Mission Inc ($46k), First Fruits Ministry of Northwest Georgia Inc ($42k), Dalton Organization of Churches United for People ($42k).
- Does North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc, Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation based?
- North Georgia Electric Membership Foundation is based in GA.
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