Georgia · Nonprofit
FAMILIES FIRST INC
FAMILIES FIRST INC (Georgia) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,035,871 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($2,703,843). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 93
- Grants received
- $7.0M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Families First Inc does
Mission
Families first strengthens family resiliency so children and families can thrive. Through a prevention-based, two-generation approach, the organization provides behavioral health services, intensive navigation and case management, and parenting and adoption support services that address basic needs, mental health, family stability, and long-term opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the fiscal year, families first served 16,858 children, youth, and adults across 88 georgia counties, exceeding annual service targets. Of the 1,140 clients who exited programs, 83% achieved all identified goals, reflecting improved family stability, resiliency, and well-being. Program services focused on three primary impact areas: navigator services, behavioral health services, and parenting & adoption support services.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Families first's navigator services provide intensive, wraparound case management to families experiencing complex challenges related to housing instability, economic insecurity, health access, and caregiving. Navigators develop individualized care plans, connect clients to community resources, and track progress using standardized resiliency and social determinants of health tools.in fy 2025, families first served 468 households through community navigator services, providing 2,477 community referrals to 310 clients, including 726 referrals for basic needs such as food, housing, and utilities. Clients demonstrated measurable improvements in housing stability, economic security, food access, healthcare access, and social connectedness.navigator services also include two-generation programs:- teenage pregnancy & parenting program (tapp): served 57 pregnant and parenting teens. Outcomes included 100% safe housing, 90% on track to achieve educational goals, and 88% delaying a subsequent unplanned pregnancy while enrolled.- chispa (parents as teachers model): served 45 caregivers, conducted 968 home visits, and delivered 104 play-and-learn sessions. 91% of participating caregivers…
$1,340,039 spentof which $54,547 as grants$241,100 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe lucy c. Vance center for behavioral health provides outpatient counseling, psychiatry, skill-building, peer support, and case management for low-income children, adults, and families experiencing trauma, chronic stress, and mental health challenges.in fy 2025, clinicians delivered 1,777 behavioral health sessions to 241 individuals, representing a 20% increase from the prior year. 49% of clients showed measurable progress on treatment goals, exceeding the annual performance target. The organization earned tier ii community medicaid core provider certification, expanded access to care, and implemented a new electronic health record system to improve service delivery and billing.the vance center also advanced workforce development by hosting master's-level interns, psychiatry residents, and fellows, helping build georgia's behavioral health pipeline.
$1,271,556 spent$88,563 earned by the program31% of program spendingFamilies first provides statewide parenting education, co-parenting support, adoption and foster care preparation, and post-placement services to strengthen family stability and permanency.in fy 2025:- 734 individuals completed national training and development curriculum (ntdc) pre-service training.the georgia center for resources & support delivered 20,528 services, including 14,637 completed trainings for adoptive, foster, kinship, and guardianship families.- 1,993 individuals sought adoption reunion registry services, including searches and non-identifying records.parenting plus / access & visitation services supported 303 individuals, with 1,113 individual counseling sessions, 266 group sessions, and 163 parents increasing parenting time.these services improve co-parenting relationships, reduce family conflict, and promote safe, stable placements for children.
$1,511,943 spentof which $30 as grants$20,841 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,123,538.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $20M (+44%).
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: 2017 45% · 2018 50% · 2019 39% · 2020 40% · 2021 35% · 2022 51% · 2023 17% · 2024 58% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of FAMILIES FIRST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Paula Moody
CEO
Board chair
Brian Mandigo
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 36 funders, grant income fell $989k → $929k.
19 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 FAMILIES FIRST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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
FAMILIES FIRST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 FAMILIES FIRST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 75% · 2019 60% · 2020 38% · 2021 21% · 2022 15% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“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
48% of FAMILIES FIRST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
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
79% of FAMILIES FIRST INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
FAMILIES FIRST INC's revenue fell 58% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FAMILIES FIRST 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Families First Endowment Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAMILIES FIRST 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 FAMILIES FIRST INC?
- FAMILIES FIRST INC (Georgia) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,035,871 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($2,703,843). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILIES FIRST INC have?
- IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $7,035,871 in grants to FAMILIES FIRST INC, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILIES FIRST INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,703,843 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILIES FIRST 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 93 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing