About Us

Celebrating 75 years since 1944

 

History of Us

On June 6, 1944 an organizational meeting was held in order to form “Griffin-Spalding County Community Chest”. This was led by a group of volunteers in the community. Griffin-Spalding County Community Chest was approved in 1945, by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 C (3) organization. In 1964, the name Griffin-Spalding County Community Chest was changed to Griffin-Spalding County United Fund. Our organization eventually joined the United Way effort and became the Griffin-Spalding County United Way, along with 32 other United Ways in Georgia. In 2019, the Griffin-Spalding County United Way celebrates 75 years of service in Griffin-Spalding County.