Georgia · Nonprofit
Barrow County Family Connection Inc
Barrow County Family Connection Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,284 to it, the largest being Athens Area Community Foundation Inc ($10,243). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Barrow County Family Connection Inc does
Mission
Our nonprofit is dedicated to creating a thriving Georgia where every child is healthy educated and successful supported by strong families within vibrant communities. Through monthly collaborative meetings we bring together nonprofits and local leaders to enhance coordination and support for individuals in need. Each year we analyze data to pinpoint gaps in services and barriers to access within our county. Our approach includes three strategy teams composed of engaged community members who work together to address these challenges providing practical assistance and fostering collaboration to drive positive change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Monthly collaborative meetings were instrumental in laying the groundwork for advancing the mission of Family Connection. Through analysis of our data it became evident that our primary areas of focus should center around housing mental health and early learning and care. To effectively address these key areas we established three strategy teams. Within the Early Learning and Care team we further divided efforts into three subcommittees: Birth to 5 Literacy School-Aged Literacy and Childcare Access Solutions. These strategic divisions allowed us to target specific needs within the community and tailor our initiatives accordingly.
$3,031 spent55% of program spendingIn 2024 our Collaborative was reignited with the hiring of a new coordinator in September. This pivotal move set the stage for the resumption of monthly meetings in January 2025. The reinstatement of regular gatherings marked a significant step towards reinvigorating our shared mission and enhancing collaboration among our partners.
$2,490 spent45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,521.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $12k to $7k (−40%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Barrow County Family Connection Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Jennifer Newkirk
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20 → $11.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Barrow County Family Connection Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Barrow County Family Connection Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Barrow County Family Connection Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
60% of Barrow County Family Connection Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Georgia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Barrow County Family Connection Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Barrow County Family Connection Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Barrow County Family Connection Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Barrow County Family Connection Inc?
- Barrow County Family Connection Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,284 to it, the largest being Athens Area Community Foundation Inc ($10,243). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Barrow County Family Connection Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $17,284 in grants to Barrow County Family Connection Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Barrow County Family Connection Inc?
- Athens Area Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,243 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Barrow County Family Connection Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing