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ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 26-1838979 ATHENS, GA

Revenue 2023
$10,859,005
Expenses 2023
$7,030,415

Program services were 97.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1543

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ATHENS, GEORGIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH GIFTS AND INVOLVEMENT. COMMITTED TO CONNECTING DONORS WITH WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT THROUGH CHARITABLE GIVING AND BY SERVING AS WELL-INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE GRANT-MAKER WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE GIVING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT ATHENS, GEORGIA AND SURROUNDING AREA AND WHO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH GIFTS AND INVOLVEMENT. COMMITTED TO CONNECTING DONORS WITH WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT THROUGH CHARITABLE GIVING AND BY SERVING AS A WELL-INFORMED AND EFFECTIVE GRANT-MAKER WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE GIVING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.

  • THE FOUNDATION'S PURPOSE IS TO MANAGE AND DISBURSE FUNDS TO VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN THE ATHENS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

    Expenses $6,861,012 · Grants $6,056,358 · Revenue $353,825

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SARA SCHRAMM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MYRON DOWN

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICIA BATTLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARK BROWN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RHODES MCLANAHAN

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY BEMENT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BRADLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SALLY COENEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER FRUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK GARRARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY GIRTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEIDI HENSLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BAVAN HOPPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JODY PATTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIRK SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY STOWE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH MCKINNEY

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,774
    From this org
    $111,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,968
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,859,005
    Expenses
    $7,030,415
    Contributions
    $10,180,556
    Grants paid
    $6,056,358
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,249,622
    Expenses
    $3,799,649
    Contributions
    $3,824,677
    Grants paid
    $3,209,914

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,823,024
    Expenses
    $4,015,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,781,232

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,399,070
    Expenses
    $2,569,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,324,439

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,612,771
    Expenses
    $2,680,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,204,711

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,612,771
    Expenses
    $2,680,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,204,711

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,452,625
    Expenses
    $2,233,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,384,660

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,980,426
    Expenses
    $1,430,249
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,857,288

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,651,286
    Expenses
    $941,590
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,819,261

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $862,445
    Expenses
    $606,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,595,019

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,314,796
    Expenses
    $718,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,227,753

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $546,015
    Expenses
    $239,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,354,094

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST - 1

    T · TRUST · GA · controlled entity

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST - 1

    T · TRUST · GA · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.