The Childrens Haven INC

Tax-deductible

Canton, GA501(c)(3)Since 2000Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 58-2563473Revenue $1.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRScherokeechildrenshaven.org1083 Marietta Hwy, 30114-3622 · Canton, GATax-exempt since Oct 2000Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To promote the health and happiness of children impacted by abuse. We are committed to building successful children by providing programs that ensure their safety, advocate on their behalf and respond to meet their needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 800 volunteers and 20 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $133K a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$87K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 84% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$147K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$598K
FY2021$818K
FY2022$742K
FY2023$874K
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$536K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$646K
FY2023$900K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$674K
FY2021$971K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Oct 2000.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $1.0M Management & general 6% · $65K Fundraising 5% · $54K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $87K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$86,615Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Boardchair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marcie Smith’s $87K as Executive Dir. is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 797 $1–10M civil rights & advocacy 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marcie Smith$86,615$75,150$75,200$70,708$73,348$68,906

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

Helps children affected by abuse become healthy and happy.

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1 program · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Casa Program

To move children out of foster care and into safe, permanent families through reunification, adoption, or guardianship.545 children were served by 184 volunteer advocates.Who donated nearly 10,000 hours of service and drove 63,480 miles to advocate for children they serve.37 new child advocates were trained.WellStar Family Visitation…

$1.0Mprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$65K
Fundraisingcol D$54K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$499K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$147K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$811K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$13K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$499K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$499K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$954K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$147K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 6800
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$161K$499K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M$954K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$184K$147K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.5M
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$87K$57K$17K$13K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$699K$660K$14K$25K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$23K$988$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$58K$53K$2K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$25K$23K$989$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$165$204
Office expensesLn 13$37K$34K$1K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$20K$18K$773$959
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$45K$41K$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$12K$11K$483$600
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$7K$289$357
InterestLn 20$8K$8K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$65K$60K$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$9K$387$480
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$51K$50K$314$247
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.0M$65K$54K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.2M$249K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.1M$166K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $874K$900K−$26K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $742K$646K$95K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $818K$567K$251K$971K 990 PDF
FY2020 $598K$536K$62K$674K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,416,631 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,229,465$1,317,364
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,457$2,248
I-10 Investment income$6,026
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $57,333$90,993
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,289,255$1,416,631
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $802,660$869,020
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $320,716$298,298
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,123,376$1,167,318
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $165,879$249,313
Part VI · Governance 15 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $1,416,631 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$810,560
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$506,804
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$13,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,317,364
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,248$2,248
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,026$6,026
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $90,993$90,993
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,248 · Excluded from tax $97,019$1,416,631
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,167,318 across 31 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 $56,550 · Management $17,400 · Fundraising $13,050$87,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $659,756 · Management $13,641 · Fundraising $25,457$698,854
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $22,802 · Management $988 · Fundraising $1,226$25,016
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,004 · Management $2,297 · Fundraising $2,849$58,150
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,930$13,930
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $22,826 · Management $989 · Fundraising $1,227$25,042
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,799 · Management $165 · Fundraising $204$4,168
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,919 · Management $1,470 · Fundraising $1,823$37,212
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,838 · Management $773 · Fundraising $959$19,570
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $41,283 · Management $1,789 · Fundraising $2,219$45,291
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,152 · Management $483 · Fundraising $600$12,235
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,647 · Management $289 · Fundraising $357$7,293
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,941$7,941
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $59,514 · Management $2,579 · Fundraising $3,199$65,292
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,927 · Management $387 · Fundraising $480$9,794
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $49,969 · Management $314 · Fundraising $247$50,530
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,047,986 · Management $65,435 · Fundraising $53,897$1,167,318
Part X · Balance sheet $1,602,618 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $161,366$498,667
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $158,309$117,006
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $51,510$33,154
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,019,083$953,791
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,390,268$1,602,618
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $35,654$6,829
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $184,200$147,237
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,198,104$1,455,381
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,206,068$1,455,381
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,390,268$1,602,618
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,455,381 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,416,631
XI-2 Total expenses$1,167,318
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$249,313
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,206,068
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,455,381

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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