Georgia · Nonprofit
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,269 to it, the largest being AARP FOUNDATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $154k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Economic Opportunity for Savannah- Chatham County Area Inc does
Mission
To provide community-based services which empower citizens to attain economic independence and a higher quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Headstart program funded by the u.s. Dep't. Of health and human services, providing comprehensive early childhood development for economically disadvantaged pre-school children, some of whom are handicapped.
$7,727,461 spent67% of program spendingLow-income home energy assistance - the objective of this program is to help low-income people meet the costs of home energy, defined as heating and cooling of residences, as well as the costs of drinking water and wastewater of residences. A primary purpose is meeting immediate home energy and water utility needs. The target population is low income households, especially those with the lowest incomes and the highest home energy and water costs or needs in relation to income. Additional targets are low-income households with members who are especially vulnerable, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, and young children.
$2,315,447 spentof which $2,085,647 as grants20% of program spendingCommunity services block grant-the community services block grant (csbg) is a federally funded block grant in the office of community services, administration for children and families, united states department of health and human services. Csbg funded services and activities including housing, and utility assistance; employment, education, and other income and asset building services; crisis and emergency services; and community asset building initiatives, among other things.
$589,147 spentof which $103,318 as grants5% of program spendingUsda child & adult food program,hud austin house program, duffy street single room occupancy program, payee program, retired and senior volunteer program, and foster grandparent program.
$959,825 spentof which $146,077 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,591,880.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $8.5M to $9.9M (+16%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 98% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Bernadette Ball-Oliver
Interim CEO
Board chair
Karen Bogans
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $27k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 8 funders by total. 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
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 70% · 2022 73% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
53% of ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA 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 $73k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $82.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$77.0M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$3.1M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA 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.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC?
- ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,269 to it, the largest being AARP FOUNDATION ($60,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $154,269 in grants to ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA INC?
- AARP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVANNAH- CHATHAM COUNTY AREA 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 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