See what's normal for nonprofits your size: months of reserves, deficits, overhead, payroll and benefits. Pick your type, state and budget. Every figure comes from 370,000+ public IRS Form 990 filings.
2,396 Form 990s: human services nonprofits in Georgia, mostly fiscal 2024–2025.
Human services · Georgia
13% of human services nonprofits in Georgia get most of their revenue from government, compared with 10% nationally.
Each revenue source as a share of the total. The line on each bar is all U.S. nonprofits.
Georgia ranks 40th of 50 states plus DC, highest first. Human services nonprofits in each state. Click any measure to rank it.
Source: IRS Form 990 e-filings, latest filing per nonprofit (mostly fiscal 2024 and 2025). Analysis: Thrive Benefits Group.
Each nonprofit's latest full Form 990 e-filing, from IRS releases 2024–2026: about half are fiscal year 2025 and most of the rest 2024. One filing per nonprofit, refreshed every quarter as new filings arrive. Form 990-EZ and 990-N filers are not included. Types use NTEE codes from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, and groups with fewer than 30 filings are not shown.
"What changed" compares the same 253,157 nonprofits in fiscal 2023 and 2024, so the trend isn't driven by which organizations happened to file. Cash means cash and savings, not investments. Employee counts are W-2 forms, so part-time staff count. These figures describe what organizations report; they are not ratings or advice. How costs are split between programs, admin and fundraising varies by auditor, so read those ratios as rough.
IRS Form 990 e-filings from 378,795 tax-exempt organizations, the latest full Form 990 for each, refreshed every quarter as the IRS releases new filings. Nonprofit types come from NTEE codes in the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, and groups with fewer than 30 filings are not shown.
No. Only organizations that file the full Form 990 are included, because the shorter forms don't report the expense, payroll and balance sheet detail these benchmarks need.
The median nonprofit holds about 4.7 months of expenses in cash and savings, and 35% hold less than three months (about 90 days).
38% of nonprofits reported spending more than they took in on their latest Form 990.
The median nonprofit spends about 10% of expenses on management and general. The middle half run about 2% to 20%. Very low can be as much of a warning sign as very high.
Among the same 253,157 nonprofits, total revenue rose 10.1% and payroll 7.5%, while the median cash cushion fell from 4.9 to 4.6 months.
Pick the number tied to the decision in front of you, such as reserves before a budget vote. Then bring one checkable line: "Nonprofits our size in [state] hold a median of X months of expenses in cash. We hold Y (IRS Form 990 data, [year])."