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United Way of Forsyth County Inc

United way of forsyth county fights for the health, education, financial stability/basic needs/economic mobility of every person in our community.

$427k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$123k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$1.0MYouth Development$750kHuman Services$719kFood & Nutrition$537kCrime & Legal$369kPhilanthropy$292kEducation$248kPublic Safety & Disaster$133kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $222k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $176k
$21,620
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA HIGHLANDS MEDICAL SERVICES$123,000
CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALIN$53,400
RAPE RESPONSE INC$42,080
BOY SCOUTS$36,350
MENTOR ME NORTH GEORGIA$27,500
BALD RIDGE LODGE$27,238
GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC OF DAWSON INC$24,000
CASA OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC$21,620
AMERICAN RED CROSS$11,945
OTHER - LESS THAN 5000$11,275
FORSYTH COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL$10,290
ST VINCENT DEPAUL$10,000
JESSE'S HOUSE$9,558
NO ONE ALONE$7,000
DAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION$5,535
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $749k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $130k → 4%NO ONE ALONE: $8k → 12%ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $10k → 14%NOA: $8k → 12%ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $10k → 14%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $55k → 4%NO ONE ALONE: $7k → 12%ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $10k → 14%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $53k → 4%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $53k → 4%DC FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ST VINCENT DEPAUL): $11k → 8%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $53k → 4%DAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION: $10k → 8%DAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION: $9k → 8%DAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION: $9k → 8%DAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION: $6k → 8%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $32k → 4%BALD RIDGE LODGE: $27k → 4%CREATIVE ENTERPRISES: $25k → 4%CREATIVE ENTERPRISES: $19k → 4%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $11k → 4%JESSE'S HOUSE: $46k → 4%JESSE'S HOUSE: $46k → 4%JESSE'S HOUSE: $46k → 4%JESSE'S HOUSE: $46k → 4%JESSE'S HOUSE: $10k → 4%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.
$4.1M · 24 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
8

Total granted

$4.1M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+0%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GH
    GEORGIA HIGHLANDS MEDICAL SERVICES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $561k · revenue +45%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING
    5× · 2020–2024 · $312k · revenue +28%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $292k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • LN
    Literacy Network of North Georgia
    one grant, 2020 · $38k · revenue -57% · 46% of their budget
  • FC
    FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
    one grant, 2020 · $19k
  • FC
    Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue 0%
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
Dougherty County Casa Inc

Dougherty County CASA, Inc. supports children who have experienced abuse or neglect by providing specially trained community volunteers to advocate for their best interests -- promoting their safety, stability, and permanent connections to…

Civil Rights
2
Family Services Inc

To strengthen the well-being and development of families and individuals through professional human services programs, including therapy, counseling, education, special assistance, and advocacy.

Human Services
3
Dyslexia Network Forsyth County
—
4
Carroll County Child Advocacy Center Inc

The Carroll County Child Advocacy Center exists to champion the needs of sexually, physically, and emotionally abused children in Carroll, Haralson and Heard counties through prevention, intervention and collaboration.

—
5
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Inc

The Georgia center for child advocacy's mission is to champion the needs of sexually and severely physically abused children through prevention, intervention, therapy, and collaboration.

Human Services
6
Sharehouse Inc

The Organization is a non-profit organization providing crisis intervention and the continuum of care to address the causes and effects of family violence.

—
7
The Childrens Haven Inc

To promote the health and happiness of children impacted by abuse. We are committed to building successful children by providing programs that ensure their safety, advocate on their behalf and respond to meet their needs.

Civil Rights
8
Forsyth County Family Haven Inc

To provide comprehensive services to individuals and their children who have experienced family violence, to educate and train the community on the issue of family violence/sexual assault, to increase self-sufficiency and to reduce…

Human Services
9
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…

Civil Rights
10
Central Georgia Casa Inc

Central georgia casa provides high quality volunteer advocacy to child victims of abuse and neglect who have been adjudicated dependent by the juvenile court and placed in foster care. providing this high-quality volunteer advocacy…

Civil Rights
11
Southwest Georgia Children's Alliance Inc

Southwest georgia children's alliance, inc. is a nonprofit corporation organized under the georgia nonprofit corporation act, having for its principal purpose is to be the prominent regional collaborative community resource for children…

Crime & Legal
12
Child Enrichment Inc

To provide and coordinate comprehensive intervention, stabilization, & advocacy & prevention in the best interests of abused, neglected & sexually abused children.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Place of Forsyth County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Georgia Extension 4-H Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 32 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNER FARMS: $536,818 · OtherCORNER FARMSMentor Me - North Georgia Inc: $260,701 · OtherMentor Me - North Georgia IncFORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $191,248 · OtherFORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIO…SISU OF GEORGIA INC: $70,810 · OtherSISU OF GEORGIA INC+8 more: $128,696 · Other+8 moreGEORGIA HIGHLANDS MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $560,822 · HealthGEORGIA HIGHLANDS MEDICAL SE…CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING: $311,843 · HealthCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE &…GOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC OF DAWSON COUN: $90,220 · HealthGOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC OF DAWS…RAPE RESPONSE INC: $88,837 · HealthRAPE RESPONSE INCBALD RIDGE LODGE INC: $242,144 · Human ServicesBALD RIDGE LODGE INCJESSES HOUSE INC: $191,958 · Human ServicesJESSES HOUSE INCThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $174,178 · Human ServicesThe Place of Forsyth Co…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $133,330 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red C…CREATIVE ENTERPRISES INC: $43,750 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC: $41,000 · Human ServicesDAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION INC: $32,635 · Human Services+1 more: $22,964 · Human ServicesBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $229,019 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC: $175,919 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $47,498 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts o…GEORGIA EXTENSION 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $31,973 · Youth DevelopmentGEORGIA EXTEN…UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $291,586 · PhilanthropyCASA OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $246,270 · Crime & LegalLiteracy Network of North Georgia: $37,675 · EducationNEXT GENERATION YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $5,001 · Education
Other$1,188,273Health$1,051,722Human Services$881,959Youth Development$484,409Philanthropy$291,586Crime & Legal$246,270Education$42,676

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 HIGHLANDS MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $560,822 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING: $311,843 over 5y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $291,586 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetMentor Me - North Georgia Inc: $260,701 over 5y, 25% of budgetCASA OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $246,270 over 5y, 11% of budgetBALD RIDGE LODGE INC: $242,144 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $229,019 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJESSES HOUSE INC: $191,958 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC: $175,919 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $174,178 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $133,330 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CLINIC OF DAWSON COUN: $90,220 over 4y, 13% of budgetRAPE RESPONSE INC: $88,837 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetSISU OF GEORGIA INC: $70,810 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $47,498 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE ENTERPRISES INC: $43,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC: $41,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Network of North Georgia: $37,675 over 1y, 46% of budgetDAWSON COUNTY FAMILY CONNECTION INC: $32,635 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetN O AS ARK INC: $22,964 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHALL DAWSON CASA PROGRAM INC: $15,275 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetForsyth County Child Advocacy Center: $14,750 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $8,037 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEXT GENERATION YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $5,001 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGIA DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

North Georgia Communi…Georgia Power Foundat…Benjamin F Brady Char…Jackson Emc Foundatio…Roy C Moore FoundationPatterson Barclay Mem…Publix Super Markets …Lanier Forsyth Rotary…Synchrony FoundationAssurant FoundationThe Community Foundat…McKesson Foundation I…
North Georgia Community Foundation IncGA23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Georgia Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Benjamin F Brady Charitable Foundat · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · Roy C Moore Foundation · Patterson Barclay Memorial Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Lanier Forsyth Rotary Club · Synchrony Foundation · Assurant Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · McKesson 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 United Way of Forsyth County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Forsyth County Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 32 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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