Southwest Georgia Community Action Council
Legal name: Southwest Georgia Community Action Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 580957513
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Moultrie, GA, United States
- Phone
- (229) 985-3610
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $33,009,923
- Expenses
- $33,816,592
- Assets
- $12,370,522
- Liabilities
- $6,103,589
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RANDY WELDON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- RANDY WELDON (CEO): $130,211 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To Collaborate with Community Partners to Provide Low-income Individuals Comprehensive Services that Promote Lifelong Economic Security and Self-sufficiency. Efforts to develop timely service offerings that alleviate the causes of poverty and meet the ever-changing needs of the impoverished in Southwest Georgia are ongoing. Although service emphasis may differ from county to county to meet the diversity of local needs, services fall under three major service categories: Community Services handsCommunity services encompass a variety of services for individuals of all ages. Examples of services include emergency rent and utility bill payment assistance, homeless prevention and rehousing, case management, congregate and home-delivered meals for senior citizens, transportation, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), food pantries, and a.
What it reported doing in 2024
Child and adult care food program provides aid to child and adult care institutions and family or group day care homes for the provision of nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, healty growth, and development of young children, and the health and wellness of older adults and chronically impaired disabled persons.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $33.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 25 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1M reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.