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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 FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Human Services$2.2MYouth Development$737kHealth$609kFood & Nutrition$213kReligion$124kCrime & Legal$117kHousing & Shelter$77kCommunity Improvement$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $279,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $291,740 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,490 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $273k
$24,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA$40,000
SALVATION ARMY$32,000
ALBANY ARC$31,000
LIBERTY HOUSE$27,000
DOUGHERTY CO FAMILY LITERACY$27,000
GIRLS SCOUTS$24,000
FEEDING THE VALLEY FOOD BANK$22,000
STRIVE 2 THRIVE$22,000
OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE$18,750
SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING$15,300
LILY PAD$14,000
EASTER SEALS$6,200
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 (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 28%, against an area that typically sits at 22%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 22%YMCA: $60k → 28%YMCA: $51k → 28%YMCA: $50k → 28%YMCA: $50k → 28%YMCA: $50k → 28%YMCA: $46k → 28%YMCA: $45k → 28%YMCA: $40k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $35k → 28%YMCA: $39k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $35k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $32k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $31k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $30k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $28k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $28k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $26k → 28%ALBANY ARC: $23k → 28%CUTLIFF GROVE FAMILY RESOURCE: $77k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $52k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $43k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE (ALBANY): $42k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $39k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $38k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $37k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $35k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $34k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $34k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $33k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $32k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $30k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $30k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $30k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $30k → 28%OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE: $27k → 28%LIBERTY HOUSE: $27k → 28%OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE: $25k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $25k → 28%OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE: $25k → 28%OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE: $25k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $25k → 28%OPEN ARMS THE BRIDGE: $24k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $24k → 28%STRIVE 2 STRIVE: $23k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $22k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $21k → 28%SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $21k → 28%STRIVE 2 THRIVE: $21k → 28%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 18 repeat orgs$250k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$3.9M
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-4%

Still filing today

78%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • ES
    EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $334k · revenue +16%
  • LH
    LIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +80%
  • SC
    SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING
    9× · 2017–2025 · $301k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SG
    SOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +83%
  • ST
    ST TERESAS CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ALBANY
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Appling County Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to provide free food to needy families in appling county.

Food & Nutrition
2
Albany Housing Iii Inc

The organization rents group homes to individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
3
Albany Housing Iv Inc

The organization rents group homes to individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
4
Albany Housing V Inc

The organization rents apartments to individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
5
Albany Housing Inc Ii

The organization rents group homes to individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
6
Albany Housing Incorporated

The organization rents group homes to individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
7
Fluvanna Meals On Wheels

The organization's purpose is to provide meals to the ederly, disabled, and homebound in fluvanna county, virginia.

Food & Nutrition
8
The Anchorage Inc

The anchorage is an in-patient rehabilitation center for alcohol and drug abuse treatment for over 150 individuals. the anchorgae provides counseling services, meals, and room and board for individuals in the program. the anchorage…

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9
Caring for Citizens of Alabama

Social services

Human Services
10
Colquitt Food and Clothing Bank Inc

The purpose of this organization is to provide food to low income and needy families/individuals of Colquitt County, Georgia. Counseling in health and nutrition to these families/individual residents of Colquitt County is also provided.…

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11
Community Share Ministry Co

Community Share's mission is to feed, clothe, and house people in need within the Polk County, GA and surrounding communities.

Housing & Shelter
12
Senior Citizens of Fulton County Inc

Provide meals & services to senior citizens

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Southern Georgia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Middle Flint Area Council On Aging. 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBANY INC: $431,648 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBANY INCLIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC: $302,953 · Human ServicesLIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INCSOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $300,750 · Human ServicesSOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGINGTHE ARC OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $268,888 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INCSTRIVE2THRIVE INC: $202,890 · Human ServicesSTRIVE2THRIVE INCOPEN ARMS INC: $187,892 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS INCCUTLIFF GROVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $112,100 · Human ServicesCUTLIFF GROVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC+3 more: $43,182 · Human ServicesTHE SALVATION ARMY: $476,916 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST GA: $285,892 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST GASHERWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH: $90,000 · OtherSHERWOOD BAPTIST CHURCHNEW VISIONS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $53,000 · Other+13 more: $194,999 · Other+13 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ALBANY INC: $434,119 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC: $334,445 · HealthEASTER SE…PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · Health+1 more: $7,500 · HealthFeeding the Valley Inc: $165,500 · Food & NutritionMount Olive Community Outreach Center Inc: $77,108 · Community ImprovementMount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp: $54,500 · Community ImprovementFLINT RIVER FRESH INC: $8,000 · Community ImprovementTHE LILY PAD SANE CENTER INC: $117,266 · Crime & LegalTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $10,518 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$1,850,303Other$1,100,807Youth Development$434,119Health$357,945Food & Nutrition$165,500Community Improvement$139,608Crime & Legal$117,266Arts & Culture$10,518

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ALBANY INC: $434,119 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBANY INC: $431,648 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC: $334,445 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC: $302,953 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetSOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING: $300,750 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $268,888 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSTRIVE2THRIVE INC: $202,890 over 9y, 28% of budgetOPEN ARMS INC: $187,892 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $165,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LILY PAD SANE CENTER INC: $117,266 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetCUTLIFF GROVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $112,100 over 4y, 24% of budgetMount Olive Community Outreach Center Inc: $77,108 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp: $54,500 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION POST #30: $30,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHERO'S FOR SUCCESS INC: $18,182 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetPHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMITCHELL COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ALBANY- DOUGHERTY COUNTY INC: $14,349 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $10,518 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMISSION CHANGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetFLINT RIVER FRESH INC: $8,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetALBANY AREA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE FLINT AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $5,417 over 1y, 0.1% 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOWEGA COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIVE2THRIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding the Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LILY PAD SANE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CUTLIFF GROVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Mount Olive Community Outreach Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mount Zion Community Reinvestment Corp ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEGION POST #30 ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST GA PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HERO'S FOR SUCCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MITCHELL COUNTY CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ALBANY- DOUGHERTY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LORDS PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA ↗
  • Who funds MISSION CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds FLINT RIVER FRESH INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY AREA PRIMARY HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE FLINT AREA COUNCIL ON AGING ↗

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.

Phoebe Putney Memoria…Georgia Power Foundat…The Greater Cincinnat…Herbert and Marian Ha…Fisher-Crum FoundationThe Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital IncGA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Herbert and Marian Haley Foundation Regions Trust · Fisher-Crum Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Southwest Georgia Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    13report 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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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