Georgia · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC (Georgia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,142,474 to it, the largest being Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc ($600,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $17M
What United Way of Northwest Georgiainc does
Mission
Improving lives. Inspiring donors. Uniting community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To be the preferred organization investing in education, basic needs, and health in our community. Education: getting kids ready for kindergarten, reading at grade level by 3rd grade, and graduating on time with skills to be career and life ready. Basic needs: reduce the long term need for food, housing, and utility assistance through life skills education and financial counseling. Health: support prevention services so youth and adults are healthy and avoid risky behaviors.
$3,023,500 spentof which $3,023,500 as grants$4,331,617 earned by the program76% of program spendingUnited way works year-round to raise awareness of programs that are available to help families and individuals in our community. We are committed to connecting people who need help with those that can help them. By offering impact tours to our local businesses, associates are able to tour several united way community partner agencies so they can see first- hand the impact that each partner is making. We advocate within local businesses and community groups by demonstrating united way's commitment to improving lives. We offer free resource guides to the community so they can get connected to services in our area. We also have a 2-1-1 information and referral services where community members can call in and be connected to available resources. To raise awareness of united way's impact and life- changing work, we share our story on our website and all major platforms of social media. We also work with the newspaper and local television station to promote how united way is fighting for the education, basic needs, and health of every person in our community.
$236,062 spent6% of program spendingThe volunteer center mobilizes volunteers, provides leadership development, and recognizes volunteers. The volunteer center programs that mobilize volunteers are the volunteer center cabinet, corporate and custom group projects, a searchable website for volunteer opportunities in the community, little free libraries, and service events such as make a difference day. The leadership development programs are leaders united, youth united, volunteer project leaders training, and volunteer vacation, and career exploration. Volunteers are recognized each year through presidential service awards, the connie woodward award, the elaine butler award, and the elbert shaw memorial scholarship. Last year, projects were completed by 2,336 volunteers giving 14,706 hours of service through the united way volunteer center.
$220,738 spent6% of program spendingInformation services, community solutions, and education.
$483,760 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,964,060.
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 $13M to $15M (+19%).
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.
72% of UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Jill Schubert
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $61k → $531k.
13 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $680k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
54% 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 UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 42% · 2019 34% · 2020 21% · 2021 53% · 2022 22% · 2023 41% — 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
57% of UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
68% of UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC
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
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC?
- UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC (Georgia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,142,474 to it, the largest being Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc ($600,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,142,474 in grants to UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC?
- Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST GEORGIAINC 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.
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 31 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