Together Georgia Provider Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581724936
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4045726170
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$563,003
Expenses
$559,790
Assets
$343,195
Liabilities
$15,008

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUANITA STEDMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHERI CODY (President)
  • BRIAN RUSSELL (Vice President)
  • NIKKI RAYMOND (Past President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUANITA STEDMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $162,169 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Together Georgia Provider Alliance, Inc. supports vulnerable children and families by strengthening agencies that serve them. Together Georgia Provider Alliance, Inc. (TG), a not-for-profit organization, is a statewide membership association of private agencies that provide out-of-home, in-home care, and behavioral health services to vulnerable children and families. TG provides information, education, technical assistance, advocacy, and lobbying services to its member agencies. TG facilitates communication and collaboration between members, other child welfare organizations, and state entities. TGs primary role is to work on behalf of member agencies that serve vulnerable children and families. TGs collective efforts increase awareness about the plight of vulnerable children and youth and the services needed to improve the quality of life for these children and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

For the year ended December 31, 2025, TG operated the following programs:(i)TG facilitates an annual three-day multi-disciplinary conference designed to support the stakeholder community in developing excellence in policy and practice and afford certified training to providers at a reasonable cost. The conference provides over 10 hours of certified educational units (CEUs) for direct care, clinical and administrative staff. (ii)TG sponsors a two-day retreat for executive directors of its member agencies to educate them on issues and programs that directly affect their organizations.(iii) TG facilitates training opportunities on all aspects of child welfare services to staff, private provider agencies, foster parents, and public agency child welfare staff. (iv) TG, in partnership with the Department of Human Services and Department of Juvenile Justice offers twice per year a New Provider Orientation. The orientation updates participants on the current child welfare provider environment, assessment of need, and licensure/requirements.(v) TG supports the activities of the National Organization of State Associations for Children (NOSAC).(vi) TG offers corporate partner opportunities to sponsors who provide products or services that support the work of member agencies. (vii) TG provides advocacy and lobbying at all levels in Georgia for vulnerable children and their families and those agencies that serve them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $94.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $478K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.