Georgia · Public charity
United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc
The organization's primary purpose is to raise and distribute funds for the community's needs and to bring the various voluntary, charitable, educational, health and social service organizations in the southwest georgia area together to maximize the benefits given by all and to bring the various voluntary, charitable, educational health…
- $292k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $279k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $279k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $394k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $394k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $440k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $453k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $686k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $492k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $553k | 35% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $476,916 | 9 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany Inc | $434,119 | 8 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Albany Inc | $431,648 | 9 | 3% |
| Easter Seals Southern Georgia Inc | $334,445 | 9 | 0% |
| Liberty House of Albany Inc | $302,953 | 9 | 6% |
| Sowega Council on Aging | $300,750 | 9 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Southwest Ga | $285,892 | 9 | n/a |
| The Arc of Southwest Georgia Inc | $268,888 | 9 | 0% |
| Strive2thrive Inc | $202,890 | 9 | 28% |
| Open Arms Inc | $187,892 | 9 | 2% |
Show all 36 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $476,916 | 9 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany Inc | $434,119 | 8 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Albany Inc | $431,648 | 9 | 3% |
| Easter Seals Southern Georgia Inc | $334,445 | 9 | 0% |
| Liberty House of Albany Inc | $302,953 | 9 | 6% |
| Sowega Council on Aging | $300,750 | 9 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Southwest Ga | $285,892 | 9 | n/a |
| The Arc of Southwest Georgia Inc | $268,888 | 9 | 0% |
| Strive2thrive Inc | $202,890 | 9 | 28% |
| Open Arms Inc | $187,892 | 9 | 2% |
| Feeding the Valley Inc | $165,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Lily Pad Sane Center Inc | $117,266 | 9 | 2% |
| Cutliff Grove Family Resource Center Inc | $112,100 | 4 | 24% |
| Sherwood Baptist Church | $90,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mount Olive Community Outreach Center Inc | $77,108 | 3 | 2% |
| Mount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp | $54,500 | 5 | 6% |
| New Visions Community Development Corporation Inc | $53,000 | 3 | n/a |
| American Legion Post #30 | $30,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Southwest Ga Project for Community Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Teresas Catholic Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Albany | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hero's for Success Inc | $18,182 | 1 | 7% |
| Girls Inc | $17,083 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoebe Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mitchell County Children and Youth Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Communities in Schools of Albany- Dougherty County Inc | $14,349 | 1 | 22% |
| Hope City United Church Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lords Pantry Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Albany Museum of Art Incorpora | $10,518 | 1 | 1% |
| 517 Made New Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Change Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Harvest Time Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dougherty County School System | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint River Fresh Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Albany Area Primary Health Care Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle Flint Area Council on Aging | $5,417 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc
- How much does United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc give?
- United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $279,250, out of $291,740 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (53%), Youth Development (18%), Health (15%).
- Who are United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($477k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany Inc ($434k), Young Men's Christian Association of Albany Inc ($432k).
- Does United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc based?
- United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc is based in GA.
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