Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy

What Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy does

Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 517 East Congress Street in Savannah, Georgia. Established as the Savannah office of the Georgia Advocacy Office in 1978 and incorporated as an independent nonprofit in 1983, the organization recruits, matches, and provides ongoing support for local citizens who enter voluntary one-to-one citizen advocacy relationships with people with developmental disabilities who have been excluded from typical community life. Across 48 years of operation, the organization has facilitated close to 1,000 advocacy matches and currently sustains more than 100 active advocate-protégé pairs.

The core service is relationship-driven and human-mediated rather than technology-enabled: the organization runs no proprietary technology platform, exposes no APIs or SDKs, and relies on a small operational staff (three full-time equivalents including a Coordinator/Executive Director, Associate Coordinator, and Administrative Coordinator) supported by a 13-member Board of Directors and 16 ex-officio past board members. Complementary educational outputs include the "Our Town: Our Time" and "Building A Bigger We" booklets, a Dropmark-hosted resource library, and a quarterly newsletter with archives dating to 2008.

Revenue is generated through a diversified mix of individual donations (approximately 300 grassroots donors, majority contributing $25-$1,000 annually), corporate/business and faith-community contributions, government pass-through funding from the Georgia Advocacy Office (the State of Georgia's Protection and Advocacy organization), and event-based fundraising led by the annual Oysters on the Bluff fundraiser and the Covered Dish Supper. FY26 actual revenue was $355,202.21 with an FY27 budget of $338,600, serving exclusively the Chatham County, Georgia market.

Name

Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy

Legal name

Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy

Website

https://savannahcitizenadvocacy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Savannah, Georgia that recruits, matches, and supports community volunteers in one-to-one advocacy relationships with people with developmental disabilities, operating since 1978.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Rights & Accessibility Advocacy (BPAGAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Disability advocacy services
• Volunteer matching program
• Community inclusion support
• Developmental disability services
• Citizen advocacy network

Headquarters

HQ city

Savannah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: 300 grassroots donors, majority donate between $25 and $1,000 annually. Growing number of monthly and quarterly recurring donors.
2. Corporate/Business Donations: Local businesses, churches, synagogues, civic clubs, and family foundations provide financial support.
3. Government Funding: Funding received through Georgia Advocacy Office, the State of Georgia's Protection and Advocacy organization.
4. Event Revenue: Annual events like Oysters on the Bluff and Covered Dish Supper generate sponsorship revenue and ticket sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that recruits, matches, and supports local citizens in voluntary one-to-one citizen advocacy relationships. One partner is a person with a developmental disability who has been excluded from typical community life, and the other is a community member who serves as a freely given advocate, friend, and ally. The organization supplements this core matching and support program with educational booklets, an online resource library, a quarterly newsletter, and community fundraising events.

Product overview

Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy is a community-based nonprofit organization that operates a single core service: recruiting, matching, and supporting local citizens in voluntary one-to-one citizen advocacy relationships. One partner is a person with a developmental disability who has been excluded from typical community life, and the other is a citizen living a good, ordinary life in the community. The organization complements its core advocacy program with educational resources (Our Town: Our Time and Building A Bigger We booklets), an online resource library, quarterly newsletters, and community events including the annual Covered Dish Supper and Oysters on the Bluff fundraiser.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Citizen Advocacy Matching and Support Program The organization's core service recruits, matches, and supports local citizens in voluntary one-to-one citizen advocacy relationships. One partner is a person with a developmental disability who has been excluded from typical community life, and the other is a citizen living a good, ordinary life in the community, serving as advocate, friend, mentor, and ally.
• Our Town: Our Time Booklet A downloadable PDF booklet providing an introduction to citizen advocacy in Savannah, used for community education and outreach to potential advocates, donors, and community partners.
• Building A Bigger We Booklet A downloadable PDF booklet introducing the principles of citizen advocacy relationships, used to educate advocates and community members about the program's approach and philosophy.
• Savannah Citizen Advocacy Resource Library An online resource library, accessible via Dropmark, containing educational materials on citizen advocacy, inclusion, disability rights, and community building for advocates, beneficiaries, and the broader community.
• The Citizen Advocate Newsletter A quarterly newsletter featuring stories, updates, and reflections from staff and advocates on citizen advocacy work, available by subscription and distributed to supporters, advocates, and community partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 advocacy matches made in 48 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Georgia Advocacy OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1978State of Georgia's Protection and Advocacy organization that provides funding and oversight. Savannah office was originally part of Georgia Advocacy Office until 1983. Georgia Advocacy Office audits CSCA's reviewed financial statements annually.
• JIT Logistics (Benjamin Goldberg)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Oysters on the Bluff annual fundraiser
• Café M (Cristine Tindall)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Oysters on the Bluff annual fundraiser
• Moon River BrewingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Oysters on the Bluff annual fundraiser
• Georgia Ports AuthorityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Oysters on the Bluff annual fundraiser
• Benedictine Military SchoolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBC Lunch tradition for over 25 years - alumni host luncheons for Citizen Advocacy

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Atlanta Citizen Advocacy: A Georgia-based citizen advocacy organization that recruits and matches community volunteers with people with developmental disabilities in one-to-one relationships — the same service model CSCA operates, but in metro Atlanta.
• Best Buddies International: National nonprofit that creates one-to-one friendships between people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and community members — closely mirrors CSCA's relational matching model at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Beverly Farm Foundation: Regional disability services organization that historically operated citizen advocacy-style programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities, providing a comparable model outside Georgia.

Broad incumbents

• National Disability Rights Network: National membership network of federally mandated Protection and Advocacy systems for people with disabilities — operates at the federal/state level with legal advocacy rather than the local one-to-one matching CSCA delivers.
• Easterseals: Large national disability services nonprofit providing therapy, employment support, and community-based services for people with disabilities and their families — overlaps with CSCA's mission through community disability support.
• The Arc of the United States: National disability advocacy organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through chapter-based programming, policy advocacy, and direct services — operates at scale across advocacy, family support, and community living.
• Georgia Advocacy Office: Georgia's federally mandated Protection and Advocacy organization that provides funding and oversight to CSCA; serves a broader population of Georgians with disabilities through legal advocacy and systemic reform rather than one-to-one citizen advocacy.

Others

• Inclusion International: Global federation advocating for the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities — addresses the same population CSCA serves but at international policy and advocacy level rather than direct service.
• BBI (Baptist Benevolent Institutions of the Inland Empire) / Sample Citizen Advocacy Programs: Citizen Advocacy USA (citizenadvocacy.org), the national network that supports local citizen advocacy programs across the U.S. — directly comparable peer organization operating in the same community-advocacy niche at a network level.

Emerging players

• Special Olympics Georgia: Georgia chapter of Special Olympics providing sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities — adjacent mission focused on community inclusion through athletic participation rather than advocacy relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Citizenadvocacysav
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chatham-savannah-citizen-advocacy-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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