United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley is a public charity based in Columbus, Georgia, formed in 1952. It brings community resources together to support work in health access, economic mobility, and educational equity, and makes grants to organizations serving community needs.
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc at a glance
In short: United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc gave $4.3M across 26 grants in 2025 (avg $165K), mostly in Georgia. 19% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,300,000
- -6.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 26
- +4.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $165,385
- -10.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $138,000
- Total assets
- $15,254,317
- +4.7% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 19% first-time grantees (5 of 26, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Georgia (98% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 1005 Front Avenue, Columbus, GA 31901
Phone: (706) 327-3255
Website: https://unitedcv.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Boys and Girls Club of the Chattahoochee Valley ($607K). Together the top 10 received $3.2M.
Grant Size Distribution
119 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 46 grants of 119 (39%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization’s 2023 filing says its 211 program serves eight counties. Community Schools United is described as serving three schools in Muscogee County, Georgia, and Phenix City Elementary School in Russell County, Alabama. In 2025, 98% of reported grant dollars went to recipients in Georgia and 2% to recipients in Alabama.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 26 itemized grants.
Cities
Is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc open to new grantees?
19%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 5 of 26 grantees (19%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $36K; repeat grants $196K. How we count
Medians: $25K first-time, $157K repeat.
- 81% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−7%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4.2M (2021) to $4.9M (2020). In 2025 it made 26 grants totaling $4.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of the Chattahoochee Valley Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $607,000 |
| Easter Seals of West Georgia Inc Fortson, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $565,000 |
| Feeding the Valley Inc Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $385,000 |
| Girls Inc of Columbus and Phenix Cityrussell CO Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $377,500 |
| Hope Harbour (Columbus Alliance for Battered Women) Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $272,000 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Columbus Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $243,000 |
| Mercymed of Columbus Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $220,000 |
| House of Time Inc Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $210,000 |
| Safehouse Ministries Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $170,000 |
| Chattahoochee Council Boy Scouts of America Columbus, GA | Support of Donee Programs | $162,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,254,317 | $10,987,554 | $10,234,582 | $4,300,000 | 26 | $212,586 |
| 2024 | $14,568,690 | $10,859,446 | $11,426,314 | $4,591,532 | 25 | $204,964 |
| 2023 | $14,458,497 | $10,910,331 | $9,679,312 | $4,444,706 | 22 | $133,849 |
| 2022 | $12,467,806 | $8,956,958 | $8,086,761 | $4,607,066 | 22 | $428,465 |
| 2021 | $11,427,804 | $8,637,789 | $6,574,718 | $4,221,650 | 24 | $111,567 |
| 2020 | $8,877,562 | $6,653,604 | $6,758,693 | $4,937,589 | 25 | $65,474 |
| 2019 | $8,686,146 | $6,717,349 | $6,589,325 | $4,834,016 | 24 | $85,367 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization states that its mission is to lead and unite community resources to transform lives. It says funding decisions are based on meeting a community need, measurable outcomes, and good stewardship. Its stated priority areas are health access, economic mobility, and educational equity.
The 2025 grants support a range of organizations. For example, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley says its mission is to help young people reach their potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens; Feeding the Valley says it works to ensure neighbors have access to food. Columbus Alliance for Battered Women describes its work as providing emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not United Way’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, United Way reported 26 grants totaling $4,300,000. Grant amounts ranged from $9,000 to $607,000, with a median of $138,000. The listed grant purposes are “support of donee programs.”
Among the largest reported grants were $607,000 to Boys and Girls Club of the Chattahoochee Valley, $565,000 to Easter Seals of West Georgia, $385,000 to Feeding the Valley, $377,500 to Girls Inc. of Columbus and Phenix City-Russell County, and $272,000 to Hope Harbour. Other large grants included $243,000 to YMCA of Metropolitan Columbus, $220,000 to MercyMed of Columbus, and $210,000 to House of T.I.M.E.
The organization’s 2023 filing says volunteers who are donors and leaders review and assess programs to determine funding.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Ms. Terry Bargy, Melissa Gauntt, and Keith Pierce on the executive committee. Listed directors include Kevin Blair, Catherine Budzynski, Craig Burgess JD, Dr. Brenda Coley, Isaiah Hugley, Rodney Mahone, and Rinkesh Patel.
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc is led by Ben Moser, CEO on every filing since 2020; 5 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ben Moser
CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$57K (2020) → $281K (2025)
Randi Warren
Chair
Director → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brenda Coley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Budzynski
Director
Executive Committee → Treasurer, 2021
Treasurer → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Isaiah Hugley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jack Turner
Director
Director → Campaign Chair, 2023
Campaign Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jackie Screws
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Len Sexton
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Burns
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Blair
Director
Executive Committee → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rob Ward
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
W. Clark Turner
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andy Roddenbery
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rabbi Beth Schwartz
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rodney Mahone
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Burgess JD
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rinkesh Patel
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robbie Raybon
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Teddy Reese
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Hinton
CFO & Secretary
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Andrew Hilmes
Executive Vice President of Economic Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$142K (2025)
Jennifer Bickerstaff
Chief of Staff & General Counsel
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$136K (2025)
Jennifer St John
Senior Vice President of Impact
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$112K (2025)
Chief Raymond Smith
Executive Committee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gwendolyn Ruff
Executive Committee
Executive Committee → Board Chair, 2022
Board Chair → Executive Committee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Pierce
Executive Committee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Gauntt
Executive Committee
Director → Executive Committee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Bargy
Executive Committee
Director → Executive Committee, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Drdionne Rosser-Mims
Executive Committee
Director → Executive Committee, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Schoonover
Executive Committee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (27)
- Former: John Greenhaw (2019–2024) — Finance Chair & Treasurer
- Former: D. Melody Trimble (2021–2024) — Executive Committee
- Former: Erika Cottigham (2022–2024) — CFO
- Former: Dawn Jenkins (2024) — Executive Committee
- Former: David Mitchell (2019–2023) — Executive Committee
- Former: Randy Burt (2019–2023) — Executive Committee
- Former: Sebastian Dixon (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jensen M. Melton (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Erica Walker (2020–2022) — Executive Committee
- Former: Hamish Guthrie (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Ron Daniel (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Cheryl Burns (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lorette Hoover (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Steve Davis (2019–2021) — Executive Committee
- Former: Lisa Smith (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Christine Robins (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dan Jones (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Fred Friedel (2019–2020) — Executive Committee
- Former: Len Williams (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Lindsey Braxton (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Scott D. Ferguson (2019–2020) — CEO
- Former: Ahley Steele-Hawthorne (2020) — Director
- Former: Alison Dowe (2019) — Director
- Former: Mike Cleghorn (2019) — Executive Committee
- Former: Robert Kidd (2019) — Director
- Former: Sallie Martin (2019) — Executive Committee
- Former: Sherriff Heath Taylor (2019) — Executive Committee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $281K, to Ben Moser (CEO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc
How much does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc give each year?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc gave $4.3M across 26 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.6M across 25 grants.
What is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's typical grant size?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's median grant in 2025 was $138,000, and its average grant was $165,385, across 26 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc that year got $36K on average.
Where does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc give grants?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc gives mostly in Georgia: 98% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Columbus, GA (22 grants).
Does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 26 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support of Donee Programs" (26 grants).
Who are United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's largest grantees?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Boys and Girls Club of the Chattahoochee Valley ($607,000), Easter Seals of West Georgia Inc ($565,000) and Feeding the Valley Inc ($385,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 36% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc reported $15.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.0M.
What does United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc fund?
The organization states that its mission is to lead and unite community resources to transform lives. It says funding decisions are based on meeting a community need, measurable outcomes, and good stewardship. Its stated priority areas are health access, economic mobility, and educational equity. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check unitedcv.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's EIN?
United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 58-0572434. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 4, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 22, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 24, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 20, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 3, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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