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← COMMON GOOD ATLANTA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON GOOD ATLANTA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$411,334
Total expenses
$326,524
Contributions and grants received
$411,334
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$357,127
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$357,127
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$162,132
Management and general expenses
$114,534
Fundraising expenses
$49,858
Program service expenses (Part III)
$162,132

Program services were 49.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $411,334

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $101,333 · program services $47,000 · management and general $30,333 · fundraising $24,000

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,762 · program services $4,161 · management and general $2,640 · fundraising $1,961

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,050 · management and general $1,050

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $374 · program services $374

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,038 · management and general $3,038

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEE CONSULTANT

    total $77,009 · management and general $68,259 · fundraising $8,750

  • 24b · Other expenses: SITE DIRECTORS

    total $37,500 · program services $37,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: INTERNS

    total $25,250 · program services $13,000 · fundraising $12,250

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $21,450 · program services $21,450

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,758 · program services $38,647 · management and general $9,214 · fundraising $2,897

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $272,317 · end of year $357,127

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $272,317 · end of year $357,127

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Common Good Atlanta provides incarcerated people with broad, democratic access to higher education so they can develop a better understanding of both themselves and the societal forces at work around them.

  • CGA's 2023 Program Accomplishments:Expanded educational programming with new faces joining the Common Good Atlanta (CGA) teamReceived a generous donation from the Howell Fund, enhancing programming and supporting CGA's mission of providing higher education in correctional facilities.Continued providing accredited classes at five correctional sites: Phillips State Prison, Whitworth Women's Facility, Metro Reentry Facility, Burruss Correctional Facility, and the Community Class Clemente Course.Over the course of 2023, 18 students graduated * Atlanta transitional Center: 8 graduates * Burruss Correctional Training Center: 7 graduates * Arrendale Transitional Center: 3 graduatesExpanded programming to three transitional centers: Atlanta, Arrendale and Augusta Transitional Centers, with classes held via Zoom to connect students across locations.Added two more nights of programming at Metro Reentry Facility, with new college preparatory classes in partnership with Morehouse College Ambassadors and a Bureau of Justice assistance grant.An Alumni Outreach Coordinator continued to oversee CGA's community based program and edited the next issue of the Hourglass Journal. The journal is compiled of pieces from CGA's alumni and is a testament to the powerful, generous, brilliant, whole and deeply kind people who have served time in prison.A new Alumni Outreach Coordinator is focused on live training for CGA alumni with support from the Laughing Gull Foundation.Partnered with UGA students to bring interactive art card collections and programming to the CGA classroom, winning a Silver Medal from the Southeastern Museums Conference.Hosted successful community events, including a cooking class at Irwin Street Cooking School, a cookout with disc golf at a board member's residence, and a film, art and spoken work event in Decatur.Participated in the End the Exception moral project along the Beltline, advocating to end the exception clause in the 13th Amendment.Prepared for the continued expansion of the Community Class in 2024, including additional transitional centers and co-learning initiatives with Kennesaw State University.Received funding from the Katz Foundation to hire an executive director in 2024, marking a transformative shift in leadership and organizational capacity.

    Expenses $162,132

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Pendergrass

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • John Sparrow

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lynda Roberts

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gregory Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tariq Baiyina

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janine Solursh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sonia Toson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aliya Bhatia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kipton Jensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas Rumph Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Preston Townsend

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Higinbotham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shanard Linsey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443189349309269

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