The mission of the Cobb Collaborative is to convene community stakeholders to facilitate the sharing of ideas, expertise and resources to meet needs and resolve issues in Cobb County. The vision is that all individuals, families, and communities will have the resources, skills and opportunity to thrive.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$53K 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $60K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$53K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$101K
50% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 50% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$313K
+116% vs prior year
Spent
$285K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$102K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$313K
FY2021▲ +116%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$145K
FY2021$313K
FY2022$483K
FY2023$787K
FY2024$778K
FY2025$985K
Expenses
$285K
FY2021▲ +96%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$145K
FY2021$285K
FY2022$453K
FY2023$698K
FY2024$791K
FY2025$759K
Net assets
$102K
FY2021▲ +39%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$73K
FY2021$102K
FY2022$132K
FY2023$221K
FY2024$208K
FY2025$435K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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 Dec 1999.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $253K Management & general 8% · $23K Fundraising 3% · $9K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $53K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$53,097Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Irene Barton’s $72K as Executive Director is at the 49th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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

NameFY2025FY2021FY2020
Irene Barton$72,308$53,097$50,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Brings community leaders together to solve local problems and share resources.

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1 program · $253K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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During the year the Collaborative hosted various capacity building training and networking events. Overall attendance increased and we had just over one thousand individauls attend workshops, seminars, meetings networking events, etc.

$253Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$313K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$302K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Money outPt IX
$285K
Ln 25
Programscol B$253K
Managementcol C$23K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$102K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$184K
Total assetsLn 16$203K
LiabilitiesLn 26$101K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$302K
Government grantsLn 1e$42K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Total revenueLn 12$313K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$184K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$184K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$203K
LiabilitiesLn 26$101K
Net assetsLn 32$102K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 643
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$52K$184K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$82K$203K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K$101K
Net assetsLn 32$73K$102K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$53K$37K$8K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$53K$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$7K$609$609
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$6K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$24K$24K$466
Office expensesLn 13$23K$21K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$4K$3K$726
TravelLn 17$1K$233$806
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$4K$1K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$460$460
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$103K$98K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$285K$253K$23K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $985K$759K$227K$435K 990 PDF
FY2024 $778K$791K−$13K$208K 990 PDF
FY2023 $787K$698K$90K$221K 990 PDF
FY2022 $483K$453K$30K$132K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $313K$285K$29K$102K 990 PDF
FY2020 $145K$145K−$4$73K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $313,266 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $135,350$302,153
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,860$11,113
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $145,210$313,266
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $74,022$114,532
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $71,192$170,077
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $145,214$284,609
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4$28,657
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $313,266 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$42,317
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$259,836
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$302,153
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$11,113
VIII-12 Total revenue$313,266
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $284,609 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $37,167 · Management $7,965 · Fundraising $7,965$53,097
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $53,485$53,485
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,732 · Management $609 · Fundraising $609$7,950
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,517 · Management $2,815$8,332
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,755 · Management $466$24,221
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,745 · Management $2,401$23,146
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,869 · Management $726$3,595
IX-17 TravelPrograms $233 · Management $806$1,039
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,249 · Management $1,079$5,328
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,320$1,320
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $460$460
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $98,359 · Management $4,277$102,636
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $253,111 · Management $22,924 · Fundraising $8,574$284,609
Part X · Balance sheet $202,971 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $51,835$184,484
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $26,250$16,222
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,585$2,265
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $81,670$202,971
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,084$22,386
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,538$70,518
X-25 Other liabilities$8,360
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,622$101,264
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $58,048$48,036
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,000$53,671
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $73,048$101,707
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $81,670$202,971
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $101,707 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$313,266
XI-2 Total expenses$284,609
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$28,657
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$73,048
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$101,707

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