Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
25 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.
Shari Martin’s $135K as President & CEO is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shari Martin | $135,282 | $130,701 | $127,300 | $110,000 | $102,500 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Mobilizes resources, manages charitable funds, and awards grants to strengthen local nonprofits and improve the quality of life in Cobb County and metro Atlanta.
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Donors contributed nearly $1.5 million to various types of donor funds established at cobb community foundation. Including earnings on investments, donor funds grew by over $2.4 million. Likewise, just under $1.6 million was awarded in grants in 2020 to 175 charitable organizations serving in the areas of health, human services…
Our 2020 grantmaking was originally planned to focus on addressing needs identified in those areas identified as "red zones" in our 2019 cobb county human services needs assessment and asset mapping study.
Cobb community foundation staff expended significant time and energy to facilitate discussions among various nonprofits and government agencies to ensure that cobb's needs were being met. One resulting initiative was the cobb community food fleet.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 | FY16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $718K | $724K | $638K | $700K | $622K |
| Given inLn 1b | $6K | $9K | |||
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $59K | $34K | $36K | $13K |
| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $408K | $234K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $13.0M | $14.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $13.6M | $14.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $3.0M | $3.7M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $10.6M | $11.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $104K | $73K | $21K | $10K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $112K | $61K | $48K | $4K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $5K | $3K | $2K | $260 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $18K | $11K | $6K | $1K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $18K | $18K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $55K | $55K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $75K | $66K | $9K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $33K | $33K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $43K | $35K | $7K | $2K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $4K | $2K | $1K | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $25K | $15K | $8K | $2K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $29K | $4K | $5K | $21K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $25K | $15K | $3K | $7K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $5K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $130K | $80K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS May 12, 2025 | $17.7M | $7.3M | $10.4M | $25.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 7, 2024 | $5.2M | $5.5M | −$337K | $13.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2023 | $5.1M | $2.5M | $2.6M | $13.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 6, 2022 | $3.6M | $2.8M | $758K | $12.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 1, 2021 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $41K | $11.1M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $2,489,733 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,489,733 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,448,431 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $14,778,282 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,112,954 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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