State agencies awarded more than $1.8 billion to nonprofit organizations in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, according to a new state report.

Nearly $588 million in state awards and $1.26 billion in federal awards were doled out by state agencies through 4,701 contracts to hundreds of nonprofits.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, part of the University System of Georgia (USG), distributed the most in-state funding: almost $173 million. USG money primarily went to public and private universities — including some out of state — for collaboration on research and physician training.  

Universities winning the biggest contracts from the state were Mercer ($31.9 million), Emory ($31.3 million), Morehouse School of Medicine ($28.5 million), Duke ($9.5 million), and Michigan ($8.1 million).

The other state agencies that gave out the highest cumulative contract awards included the Department of Human Services, with $138 million; the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, with $75 million; and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which gave out $56 million.

Top 10 state agencies awarding state funds to nonprofits

RANK	FUNDING AGENCY	NUMBER OF CONTRACTS	STATE AWARD	FEDERAL AWARD	STATE PAYMENT*	FEDERAL PAYMENT*
1	GA Institute of Technology (University System of GA)	361	$172,920,467	$172,405,127	$40,977,931	$172,405,127
2	Dept. of Human Services	505	$138,408,500	$351,937,951	$127,986,619	$96,561,237
3	GA Board of Health Care Workforce	55	$74,654,336	$0	$74,654,336	$0
4	Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities	279	$55,654,735	$60,472,809	$51,050,301	$60,472,809
5	Dept. of Early Care and Learning	724	$31,374,436	$114,708,693	$31,374,436	$114,708,693
6	Dept. of Community Health	30	$24,121,915	$18,884,961	$3,137,001	$24,746,955
7	Criminal Justice Coordinating Council	1211	$21,895,020	$65,620,049	$13,783,932	$65,620,049
8	Dept. of Juvenile Justice	33	$17,396,206	$0	$17,396,206	$0
9	Dept. of Public Health	119	$11,465,666	$24,730,648	$10,243,005	$20,296,631
10	Dept. of Corrections	5	$8,805,871	$0	$7,791,344	$0

Outside of higher education institutions, the nonprofits that received the most state funding included two agencies providing foster care and wraparound services for children. NECCO, Inc received $17.9 million, and the Multi-Agency Alliance For Children received $17.6 million.  

Other large contracts went to nonprofits providing housing and other support services to children, families, seniors and disabled people; mental health; addiction recovery and other health care services; support for victims of crime, including domestic violence; and funding to train doctors specializing in primary care, family practice and prenatal care. 

Top 35 nonprofits receiving largest state awards

Rank	Nonprofit Organization	State Award	Federal Award
1	Mercer University	$31,924,314	$522,364
2	Emory University	$31,316,668	$31,042,713
3	Morehouse School of Medicine	$28,522,105	$888,900
4	Ena, Inc. dba NECCO, Inc.	$17,869,899	$5,551,625
5	Multi-Agency Alliance For Children, Inc.	$17,587,685	$4,106,913
6	Heritage Foundation, Inc.	$10,198,111	$3,262,782
7	Grady Memorial Hospital Corp.	10,137, 129	4,505, 979
8	Duke University	$9,489,544	$10,421,153
9	Spectrum Health Systems, Inc	$8,160,528	$0
10	Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin	$8,132,635	$8,262,610
11	University of Michigan	$8,128,077	$8,260,239
12	University of Chicago	$7,740,527	$15,246
13	Easter Seals of Southern Georgia, Inc. (Albany)	$7,393,250	$500,000
14	Carnegie Mellon University	$6,924,990	$7,006,229
15	Twin Cedars Youth Services, Inc.	$6,815,730	$2,065,494
16	University of Southern California	$5,773,580	$5,820,236
17	ARC of Southwest Georgia, Inc. (Albany Advocacy Resource Center, Inc.)	$5,500,000	$52,070
18	Devereux Foundation, Inc.	$5,333,144	$713,109
19	Ninth District Opportunity, Inc.	$5,050,607	$21,506,300
20	University of Illinois	$4,787,121	$4,909,080
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$4,685,452	$4,727,302
22	Georgia Community Support and Solutions, Inc. dba InCommunity Atlanta	$4,515,620	$39,000
23	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$4,356,353	$4,420,546
24	United Way of Greater Atlanta	$4,000,000	$634,463
25	Zion Foundation	$3,939,665	$15,732
26	Community Friendship, Inc.	$3,865,085	$920,735
27	Goshen Valley Foundation	$3,763,286	$2,354,384
28	Ohio State University	3,716, 238	$3,864,931
29	Creative Community Services, Inc.	$3,650,275	$427,293
30	Regents of the University of California	$3,587,922	$3,752,525
31	Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference, Inc.	3,492, 530	1,532, 837
32	Alliant Health Solutions (Georgia Medical Care Foundation)	$3,410,064	$12,870,736
33	Southwest Key Program, Inc.	$3,294,592	$0
34	University of Puerto Rico	$3,206,835	$3,206,835
35	CHRIS 180	$3,025,635	$1,295,876

Not all of the contract funds awarded to nonprofits were paid out during the fiscal year. State agencies reported making a total of slightly more than $1 billion in payments to nonprofits — $394.7 million in state payments and $648.9 million in federal payments.  

While the report is generated by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, it is not an audit. State law simply requires state agencies to provide the information to the Department of Audits and Accounts, which shares the information with the governor, lawmakers and public. 

“The purpose of such reporting is to ensure that nonprofit organizations expending state and/or federal funds in excess of specified thresholds adhere to the financial reporting requirements,” State Auditor Greg S. Griffin noted in the report.

Contact Jill Jordan Sieder on Twitter @journalistajill or at [email protected].

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