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Top-Rated Nonprofits in Georgia 2026

Georgia has 36 nonprofits with $35.0B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Northside Hospital Inc with an Efficiency Score of 83/100.

Georgia has 36 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.

Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.

Top 20 of 36 Nonprofits in Georgia

#OrganizationCategoryRevenueCEO PayScore
1Northside Hospital IncHealth$6.8B$11.2MA (83)
2Lifeline Animal Project IncEnvironment & Animals$19.2M$148KA (83)
3Kennestone Hospital IncHealth$1.8B$7.4MA (82)
4Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of Georgia IncHealth$2.4B$244KA (80)
5National Foundation For The Ctrs For Disease Contr & Prevention IncArts, Culture & Humanities$278.9M$3.1MB (79)
6South University Member IncEducation$266.7M$2.3MB (79)
7Northeast Georgia Medical Center IncHealth$2.0B$2.3MB (78)
8Grady Memorial Hospital CorporationHealth$2.4B$10.7MB (75)
9Georgia State University Research Foundation IncEducation$136.5M$0B (74)
10Morehouse School Of Medicine IncEducation$264.3M$9.7MB (73)
11Clark Atlanta University IncEducation$177.8M$3.7MB (72)
12University Of Georgia Research Foundation IncEducation$321.0M$0B (71)
13The Barn Group Land Trust IncEnvironment & Animals$60.9M$589KB (69)
14The Corporation Of Mercer UniversityEducation$434.7M$4.2MB (68)
15Childrens Healthcare Of Atlanta IncHealth$2.6B$7.8MB (67)
16EmoryEducation$3.5B$31.1MC (64)
17Georgia Tech Athletic AssociationEducation$129.9M$1.0MC (63)
18Wellstar Health System IncHealth$2.1B$46.9MC (62)
19Savannah College Of Art And Design IncEducation$776.8M$6.4MC (61)
20Emory UniversityEducation$6.3B$38.3MC (59)

Nonprofit financial data for Georgia is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.

Frequently Asked Questions

Northside Hospital Inc is the top-rated nonprofit in Georgia with an Efficiency Score of 83/100 (Grade A) and $6.8B in annual revenue.

Georgia has 36 nonprofits in our database with a combined $35.0B in total revenue.

The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.

Sources: IRS Form 990

Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.