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CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC

CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,960 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W GEORGIA ($621,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$159k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$661k
Net assets
$67k
4/8 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Circles of West Georgia Inc does

Mission

Circles of west georgia was created as a local chapter of the national circles campaign. (circles) is an innovative, community-driven way to solve poverty. Circles' mission is to inspire and equip families and communities to thrive and end poverty. The circles approach comines best proactices in several disciplines including community organizing, case management, grassroots leadership, s.m.a.r.t goal setting, financial literacy, mentoring, peer-to-peer counseling and learning, and child/youth development/

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. In May 2023, Circles launched Cohort #8, supporting (10) financially vulnerable individuals("Leaders") and their (8) children. By December 2024, (5) Leaders successfully graduated,partnered with 10 Allies. Graduates achieved significant milestones, including increased savings and retirement contributions, improved credit scores, and debt reduction. Two Leaders secured employment, one pursued a career as an insurance agent, and another completed training to establish an evening childcare business. Several Leaders experienced salary increases, three relocated for enhanced opportunities, two moved to new residences, and one received loan approval for homeownership. Additionally, participants addressed previously neglected medical needs.In September of 2024, Cohort 9 started with (7) Circles Leaders and (5) children with (14)allies. By December 2024, Cohort 9 had completed the 12 weeks of Circles Leaders training to begin the journey to transform their lives.

    $65,326 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $65,326.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($99k) Expenses 100 ($106k) Net assets 100 ($882)2018 Revenue 125 ($124k) Expenses 112 ($119k) Net assets 676 ($6k)2019 Revenue 90 ($89k) Expenses 87 ($92k) Net assets 291 ($3k)2020 Revenue 114 ($112k) Expenses 87 ($92k) Net assets 2639 ($23k)2021 Revenue 93 ($92k) Expenses 86 ($91k) Net assets 2717 ($24k)2022 Revenue 62 ($61k) Expenses 73 ($77k) Net assets 901 ($8k)2023 Revenue 107 ($106k) Expenses 98 ($103k) Net assets 1229 ($11k)2024 Revenue 161 ($159k) Expenses 97 ($103k) Net assets 7597 ($67k)
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Revenue (161)Expenses (97)Net assets (7597)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $11k to $67k (+518%).

$882
$6k
$3k
$23k
$24k
$8k
$11k
$67k
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Total assets

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’17
$5k
’18
−$3k
’19
$21k
’20
$684
’21
−$16k
’22
$3k
’23
$56k
’24

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Fred O'Neal

Interim Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $125k → $114k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA 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

CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94% 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 CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC.

94%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 99% · 2019 98% · 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 99% · 2023 93% — 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.

How long its funders stay

60% of CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

94% of CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA 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 $40k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 3 states.

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TN
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $621k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC?
CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,960 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W GEORGIA ($621,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $660,960 in grants to CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF W GEORGIA is the largest funder on record, with $621,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CIRCLES OF WEST GEORGIA INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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