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United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc

The mission of united way is to lead and unite our community resources in transforming lives. Funding is based on meeting a community need, measurable outcomes, and good stewardship. United way of the chattahoochee valley ranks in the top 75 united ways nationwide based on total revenue.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$140,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$607,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$15M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$4.3M19%
FY202425$4.6M8%
FY202322$4.4M0%
FY202222$4.6M0%
FY202124$4.2M0%
FY202025$4.9M4%
FY201924$4.8M4%
FY201826$5.1M12%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$14MHuman Services$11MHealth$6.2MFood & Nutrition$3.3MHousing & Shelter$3.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MReligion$1.3MCrime & Legal$881kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Easter Seals West Georgia Inc$5,180,000915%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc$4,940,082915%
Girls Incorporated of Columbus and Phenix-Russell$3,699,140935%
Feeding the Valley Inc$3,310,000915%
The Family Center of Columbus Inc Dba the Family Center$3,102,470855%
Young Men's Christian Association Inc$2,422,925910%
Columbus Alliance for Battered Women Inc dba Hope Harbour$1,977,300913%
Open Door Community House Inc$1,858,600917%
Chattahoochee Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,742,200919%
House of TIME Inc$1,705,500920%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,624,71090%
Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc$1,555,00094%
The Salvation Army$1,547,4009n/a
Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services Inc$1,378,63291%
Chattahoochee Valley Jail Ministry Inc Dba Safehouse Ministries$1,159,682919%
Russell County Child Advocacy Ctr$880,514929%
Mercymed of Columbus Inc Attn Tony Nguyen$868,00094%
Teen Advisors Inc$801,227922%
The Stewart Community Home Inc$630,000533%
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities Fmrly Homeless Resource Network Inc$619,742934%
Crisis Center of Russell County$217,700225%
St Anne Community Outreach$178,0507n/a
Ferst Readers Inc$148,00081%
Teens Empowerment Awareness With Resolutions Inc$121,86157%
Valley Healthcare System Inc$85,00020%
Bridge of Columbus Inc$74,000710%
Columbus Hospice Inc$70,0001n/a
Columbus Community Center Inc$65,000145%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc$50,0001n/a
Safe Kids of Georgia Inc$30,000116%
Pastoral Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc$20,00020%
Urban League of Greater Columbus Inc$20,00023%
Goodwill Ind of the Southern Rivers Inc$10,00010%
Enrichment Services Programinc$8,00010%
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Southeastern Vet to Vet Peer Suppor$4,6671n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEaster Seals West Georgia Inc: $5,180,000 over 9y, 15% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc: $4,940,082 over 9y, 15% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Columbus and Phenix-Russell: $3,699,140 over 9y, 35% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $3,310,000 over 9y, 15% of budgetThe Family Center of Columbus Inc Dba the Family Center: $3,102,470 over 8y, 55% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Inc: $2,422,925 over 9y, 9.9% of budgetColumbus Alliance for Battered Women Inc dba Hope Harbour: $1,977,300 over 9y, 13% of budgetOpen Door Community House Inc: $1,858,600 over 9y, 17% of budgetChattahoochee Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,742,200 over 9y, 19% of budgetHouse of TIME Inc: $1,705,500 over 9y, 20% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,624,710 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $1,555,000 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetTwin Cedars Youth and Family Services Inc: $1,378,632 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetChattahoochee Valley Jail Ministry Inc Dba Safehouse Ministries: $1,159,682 over 9y, 19% of budgetRussell County Child Advocacy Ctr: $880,514 over 9y, 29% of budgetMercymed of Columbus Inc Attn Tony Nguyen: $868,000 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetTeen Advisors Inc: $801,227 over 9y, 22% of budgetThe Stewart Community Home Inc: $630,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetSouthwest Georgia Housing Opportunities Fmrly Homeless Resource Network Inc: $619,742 over 9y, 34% of budgetCrisis Center of Russell County: $217,700 over 2y, 25% of budgetFerst Readers Inc: $148,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTeens Empowerment Awareness With Resolutions Inc: $121,861 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetValley Healthcare System Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBridge of Columbus Inc: $74,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetColumbus Community Center Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetSafe Kids of Georgia Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGeorgia Center for Opportunity Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUrban League of Greater Columbus Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGoodwill Ind of the Southern Rivers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnrichment Services Programinc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbus State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA58.3× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation · The Jordan Foundation Inc · WL Amos Sr Foundation Inc co William L Amos III · McClure Family Foundation Inc Co Truist Foundations & Endowments Spec · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Lipham 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.

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About United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc

How much does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc give?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc reported 26 grants totaling $4,300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (34%), Human Services (26%), Health (15%).
Who are United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Easter Seals West Georgia Inc ($5.2M), Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc ($4.9M), Girls Incorporated of Columbus and Phenix-Russell ($3.7M).
Does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley 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 the Chattahoochee Valley Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc.
Where is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc based?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc is based in GA.

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 38 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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