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Nonprofits in Georgia

The IRS recognises 62,347 tax-exempt organizations with a Georgia address, rank 8 of 51. 3,572 of them have a Form 990 on record.

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At a glance

62,347
Organizations recognised
Registration, not activity.
55,921
Recognised under 501(c)(3)
The charitable subsection.
3,572
With a Form 990 on record
The only organizations with financial figures here.
557.6
Per 100,000 residents
Census resident population as the denominator.
$112,772,467,274
Revenue reported
Summed across filings, each for a different year.
3.2%
Share of all US organizations
Of 1,964,958 recognised nationally.

Taken from the IRS on September 19, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.

Largest by revenue

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Organizations in Georgia by total revenue on their most recent Form 990
RankOrganizationRevenue
1NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC$8,363,035,234
2EMORY UNIVERSITY$7,861,969,527
3EMORY$4,834,470,516
4NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$3,300,091,756
5WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC$3,081,488,520
6CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC$2,772,950,050
7GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$2,689,147,008
8KENNESTONE HOSPITAL INC$2,304,291,241
9NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER INC$2,231,786,507
10PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE INC$1,871,280,799
11MAP INTERNATIONAL$1,379,040,410
12COBB HOSPITAL$1,301,909,172
13DELTA ACCOUNT BASED MEDICAL TR$1,190,293,159
14MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC$1,155,739,596
15UNITED PARCEL SERVICE VEBA UPS HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN$1,123,346,565

The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.

Largest by assets

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Organizations in Georgia by assets
RankOrganizationAssets
1EMORY UNIVERSITY$24,888,450,281
2CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC$8,497,318,786
3WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC$7,956,351,569
4NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC$6,618,434,828
5NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$6,064,060,160
6NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER INC$3,410,007,674
7GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$2,377,136,159
8PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE INC$2,345,229,049
9EMORY$2,179,336,686
10ROBERT W WOODRUFF FOUNDATION INC$1,897,813,328

Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.

Highest reported compensation

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Organizations in Georgia by reported compensation
RankOrganizationReported compensation
1UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC$13,972,065
2NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC$5,944,335
3FLOYD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT INC$5,358,318
4EMORY$5,344,555
5EMORY & CHILDRENS PEDIATRIC INSTITUTE INC$5,344,555
6EMORY UNIVERSITY$5,344,555
7COBB HOSPITAL$5,069,923
8KENNESTONE HOSPITAL INC$5,069,923
9WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC$5,069,923
10PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC$4,428,574

The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.

What they do

Organizations in Georgia by NTEE major group
CategoryOrganizations
Education499
Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations440
Human Services377
Health Care279
Religion-Related157
Community Improvement and Capacity Building128
Arts, Culture and Humanities127
Housing and Shelter120
Recreation and Sports82
Youth Development65

Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.

Nearest by count

States either side of Georgia by number of organizations
RankStateOrganizations
7Illinois74,798
9North Carolina59,130

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    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

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Compared with North Carolina.

Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, and largest grantmakers, and highest reported officer compensation. All organizations: nonprofits.

What this page cannot show

  • The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
  • Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
  • Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.

Full method at methodology.

Sources

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