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Childrens Development Academy INC FY2020 filing

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Roswell, GA501(c)(3) EIN 58-1085443Revenue $1.8M in FY2020Latest return filed Apr 16, 2026

On file with the IRScdakids.org89 Grove Way, 30075-4532 · Roswell, GATax-exempt since Nov 1969Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Mission: affording all children in our community high quality early education. Vision: best start. Brightest future. Every child.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$112K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $57K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$112K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $393K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$586K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 27 voting members
Looks good: 27 of 27 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.3M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$3.0M
FY2025$3.0M
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1969.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $1.7M Management & general 11% · $246K Fundraising 10% · $216K

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

28 people listed on the 990; $112K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Margaret Decan
CEO & Exec.
$111,570Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brock Darby
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Angela Medley
Development
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kay Lucas
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jim Sturm
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ron Hancock
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tim Wynkoop
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Margaret Decan—$115,903$146,644$110,381$110,973$111,570
Shelia Sillitto$80,271—————

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

Provides high-quality early education to all local children for a brighter future.

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2 programs · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Children's Center

In 2019-2020, the cda served over 250 children, providing full-day early childhood education in the cda community center. This facility has ten vibrant classrooms-seven for toddlers and preschoolers, three for prekindergarten children-with well-qualified teachers nurturing and educating 156 youngsters each day ages one to five years.

$1.4Mprogram expense
02

Georgia Prek

Since august 2010, the cda has had three ga prek classrooms and has retained all its prek classrooms, despite extensive budget cuts across the state, which is a testament to the quality of our program and its value to our families served. The state raised class size to 22, so we are able to serve 66 prek children.

$279Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
The Goizueta Foundation INCFY2024$250K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$35K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$33K
American Endowment FoundationFY2024$22K
The Sandy Springs Society INCFY2024$16K
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn INCFY2024$10K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$7K
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta INCFY2024$5K
Total grants receivedfrom 11 funders$393K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $22K · 2019–2019
Unitemized GrantFY2019$22,400

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$245K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$246K
Fundraisingcol D$216K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$661K
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$586K
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$834K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$245K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$88K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$661K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$661K
Accounts receivableLn 4$52K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$24K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$215K
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$586K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 557
VolunteersI 6204
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY20FY19FY18FY17FY16
End of yearLn 1g$215K$209K$206K$194K$179K
SpentLn 1d–1f$14K$13K$3K$3K$3K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$819K$661K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$209K$215K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$459K$586K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M$2.4M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$22K$22K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$112K$91K$10K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$118K$126K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$19K$3K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$47K$40K$3K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$116K$94K$10K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$6K$751$728
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$8K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$114K$101K$10K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$15K$2K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$48K$31K$15K$2K
TravelLn 17$856$856
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$100K$65K$31K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$17K$12K$5K$626
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$159K$108K$16K$36K
All other expensesLn 24e$24K$16K$389$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.7M$246K$216K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 16, 2026 $3.3M$3.0M$332K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2025 $2.8M$3.0M−$210K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 5, 2024 $2.6M$2.7M−$135K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 17, 2023 $2.9M$2.5M$375K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 2, 2022 $2.3M$2.0M$311K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 16, 2021 $1.8M$2.2M−$333K$2.4M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,817,912 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,844,523$1,645,222
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $337,495$244,696
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,655−$86,278
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $130,679$14,272
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,323,352$1,817,912
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$22,400
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,559,635$1,602,893
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $607,168$526,114
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,166,803$2,151,407
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $156,549−$333,495
Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27
VI-1b Independent voting members27
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,817,912 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$834,216
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$811,006
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$14,434
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,645,222
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $244,696$244,696
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,387$1,387
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$87,665−$87,665
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14,272$14,272
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $171,303 · Excluded from tax $1,387$1,817,912
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,151,407 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $22,400$22,400
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,740 · Management $10,082 · Fundraising $10,747$111,569
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,060,370 · Management $117,821 · Fundraising $125,592$1,303,783
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $19,463 · Management $3,071 · Fundraising $2,538$25,072
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,788 · Management $3,422 · Fundraising $3,636$46,846
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $94,013 · Management $10,460 · Fundraising $11,150$115,623
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,698$21,698
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,997 · Management $751 · Fundraising $728$7,476
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,154 · Fundraising $4,803$12,957
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $101,071 · Management $9,904 · Fundraising $3,267$114,242
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,492 · Management $1,756 · Fundraising $3,777$21,025
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,968 · Management $14,769 · Fundraising $1,906$47,643
IX-17 TravelPrograms $856$856
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $64,935 · Management $30,969 · Fundraising $3,996$99,900
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,743 · Management $4,854 · Fundraising $626$17,223
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $107,637 · Management $15,574 · Fundraising $36,195$159,406
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $16,228 · Management $389 · Fundraising $7,071$23,688
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,689,855 · Management $245,520 · Fundraising $216,032$2,151,407
Part X · Balance sheet $2,948,781 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $819,246$660,967
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $68,009$51,725
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $41,185$24,121
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,018,884$1,996,753
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $192,572$171,969
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $15,980$43,246
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,155,876$2,948,781
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $49,464$66,091
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $409,818$230,388
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$289,900
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $459,282$586,379
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,367,567$2,086,927
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $329,027$275,475
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,696,594$2,362,402
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,155,876$2,948,781
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,362,402 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,817,912
XI-2 Total expenses$2,151,407
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$333,495
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,696,594
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$697
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,362,402

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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