Georgia · Nonprofit
GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC
GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,713,750 to it, the largest being Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc ($2,500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Georgia Cities Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to assist cities in their efforts to revitalize and enhance downtown areas by serving as a partner and facilitator in funding capital projects through a revolving loan fund.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The development revolving loan program provides loans based on leadership, accountability, long-term sustainability, and potential for private investment. The projects encourage spin-off development, add jobs, promote downtown housing, or add to cultural enrichment of the community.
$246,198 spent$520,758 earned by the program43% of program spendingThe energy rebate program provides rebates for energy efficient upgrades to commercial buildings up to twenty five percent of the cost of the eligible energy efficiency improvements with a maximum of $100,000 per location.
$237,068 spent41% of program spendingConferences to educate and inform state leaders on the importance of successful downtown development and its role in supporting overall economic development efforts for regions and communities.
$92,529 spent$3,000 earned by the program16% of program spendingAdditional programs to support the mission as stated.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $575,795.
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 2023 to 2024, from $18M to $21M (+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: 2017 77% · 2021 83% · 2023 52% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $34k → $30k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION 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
GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
100% of GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION 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. $250 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of the Treasury$1.8M
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 GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION 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 GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC?
- GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,713,750 to it, the largest being Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc ($2,500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,713,750 in grants to GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION INC?
- Robert W Woodruff Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGIA CITIES FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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