Georgia for Georgia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814177288
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4046266090
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$389,790
Expenses
$375,994
Assets
$489,187
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LYNN SABORSKY BANKS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • GARY RAYMOND SCHNEEBERG (SECRETARY/TR)
  • JEAN ANDREA NOTTINGHAM (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Georgia for Georgia, inc. Is to break the cycle of generational poverty through education in the country of Georgia. By focusing on education, we can help youth in Georgia remain healthy, stay in school, learn job skills in high school, and then hopefully attend either vocational school or university. This way, students can obtain the knowledge and the skill sets to support their families. Self-sustaining families are the best way to address generational poverty.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sponsor a child: provided nutritious lunch, new winter coats and boots, summer sport shoes, wood for heating schools in winter and medical checking and needed medicines for over 380 impoverished children in four schools in the imereti region of the country of Georgia. Provided canning supplies in the summer to the families of our students in order for them to preserve some produce for the harsh winter. Provided university and vocational school scholarships to 36 graduates of three of the four schools that we serve (one is for the special needs children). Funded the leadership/volunteer clubs which we established at three of our four schools. We fund their projects ~ the students provide the labor. Served middle school and high school with vocational classes in sewing, hairstyling, accounting, and computers at the 3 1st-12th schools. Provided culinary and wool-making classes at chiatura special needs school. Provided needed teaching and school supplies and books. Also, provided cleaning supplies for all four schools. Provided winter food relief, in a program called project hope & love, during the four harshest months ~ december-march. Each family received a month's supply of oil, flour, sugar, beans, pasta and rice. Funded 'christmas joy' for all the children ~ father christmas visited each school, bringing bags of goodies and treats. Each family also received a 'project hope & love' ~ december food staples. Served three cycles of classes to approximately 90 students in an after- school refugee/vulnerable youth program at the kutaisi youth house (non- government facility - privately owned) in the city of kutaisi. Specific programs included computer, accounting, english, german, hairstyling, sewing, art, dance, tutoring in chemistry, math, and english. Preparatory classes for national exams. Began efforts to fund a zestaponi youth house in the town of zestaponi. Purchased a new much-needed vehicle for the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $58.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $358K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.