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THE ORANGE DUFFEL BAG INITIATIVE INC

EIN 27-1845671 ATLANTA, GA

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Revenue 2023
$470,780
Expenses 2023
$471,828

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
2100
Street
1801 PEACHTREE ST NE STE 300

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ODBI SERVES ACADEMICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS EVIDENCE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PROGRAMS AND PROVEN METHODOLOGY OF CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE-LEVEL COACHING TO EMPOWER EACH INDIVIDUAL TOWARD SELF-ADVOCACY, SELF-RELIANCE, IMPROVED EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES. ODBI'S SERVICES ARE A HUMAN INVESTMENT IN THE LIVES OF THESE STUDENTS, OFFERING THEM A PATHWAY OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH SELF-EXPLORATION, IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING, ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND A FOCUS ON EDUCATION RETENTION AND COMPLETION.ODBI'S HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE COACHING PROGRAMS ARE DATA-INFORMED AND INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATED, WITH KEY STUDENT OUTCOMES ACHIEVED BEING: 1) IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING 2) IMPROVED ATTENDANCE AND GPA 3) IMPROVED SELF-ESTEEM 4) REDUCED ANGER 5) IMPROVED RETENTION AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS 6) GRADUATION ACHIEVEMENT 7) ACCELERATED CAREER EXPLORATION AND POSTSECONDARY PLANNING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ODBI SERVES ACADEMICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS EVIDENCE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PROGRAMS AND PROVEN METHODOLOGY OF CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE-LEVEL COACHING TO EMPOWER EACH INDIVIDUAL TOWARD SELF-ADVOCACY, SELF-RELIANCE, IMPROVED EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES. ODBI'S SERVICES ARE A HUMAN INVESTMENT IN THE LIVES OF THESE STUDENTS, OFFERING THEM A PATHWAY OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH SELF-EXPLORATION, IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING, ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND A FOCUS ON EDUCATION RETENTION AND COMPLETION. ODBI'S HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE COACHING PROGRAMS ARE DATA-INFORMED AND INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATED, WITH KEY STUDENT OUTCOMES ACHIEVED BEING: 1) IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING 2) IMPROVED ATTENDANCE AND GPA 3) IMPROVED SELF-ESTEEM 4) REDUCED ANGER 5) IMPROVED RETENTION AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS 6) GRADUATION ACHIEVEMENT 7) ACCELERATED CAREER EXPLORATION AND POSTSECONDARY PLANNING.

  • FROM 2010 THROUGH 2023, ODBI COACHED MORE THAN 1,800 AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO WERE HOMELESS, IN FOSTER CARE OR EXPERIENCING HIGH POVERTY, DELIVERING 115 12-SESSION COACHING PROGRAMS LED BY EXECUTIVE-LEVEL LIFE COACHES: 89 PROGRAMS DELIVERED TO 1,338 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; 26 COACHING FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION (CCC) PROGRAMS DELIVERED TO 465 POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS.IN 2023, FOLLOWING COVID, ODBI SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO OUR TRADITIONAL COLLEGE CAMPUS PROGRAM DELIVERY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR FOSTER CARE IN TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE UNABLE TO ATTEND SESSIONS IN-PERSON, ODBI DELIVERED COACHING VIRTUALLY. ODBI CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NSORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TO DELIVER THE ODBI COACHING FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION (CCC) PROGRAM TO NSORO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE ACROSS THE NATION. IN ADDITION TO RENEWED CONTRACTING WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) AND GEORGIA'S 5TH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HOMELESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ODBI CONTINUED ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLACE OF FORSYTH TO SERVE STUDENTS IN NEED. ODBI CONDUCTED A SECOND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ODBI COACHING CERTIFICATION WITH EDUCATORS IN CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CCPS). CCPS CERTIFIED COACHES SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED PROGRAMMING TO STUDENTS IN NEED UNDERSCORING THE IMPACT AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THE COACHING MODEL AND CURRICULUM. GEORGIA ENACTED THE FOSTERING SUCCESS ACT TAX CREDIT IN 2023, AND ODBI BECAME A QUALIFIED FOSTER CHILD ORGANIZATION, ALLOWING DONORS TO CLAIM A DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR TAX CREDIT FOR PRE-APPROVED DONATIONS MADE TO ODBI. ODBI WAS AGAIN INVITED TO PRESENT AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE GEORGIA CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN AUGUSTA, GA. ODBI CONTINUED TO BROADEN CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SPONSORSHIP AND AWARENESS IN SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAMMING SERVICES. ODBI PARTNERED WITH TWO NEW RESOURCES - NORTH RIVER CHURCH AND AMERIGROUP. ODBI CONTINUED TO RECEIVE GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION THROUGH FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORSHIPS AND SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS. THE NOBLIN FOUNDATION, THE PRIMERICA FOUNDATION, SKY RANCH FOUNDATION, LOCUM TENENS AS WELL AS THE ECKER FAMILY AND THE LISLE FAMILY CONTINUED THEIR SUPPORT. ODBI OFFICERS CONTINUED STRATEGIC MEMBERSHIP IN THE FOLLOWING IN 2023: GEORGIA YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES INITIATIVE (GYOI) DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC POSSIBILITIES (LEAP) TOGETHER GEORGIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN & YOUTH ODBI HAS ITS FINANCIALS INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED EACH YEAR. IN 2023, ODBI EXCEEDED ITS GOAL OF 85% IN THAT 86% OF ITS REVENUE FROM CONTRIBUTIONS WENT DIRECTLY TO STUDENT/PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $414,860

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Echo M Garrett

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Lisle

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Joseph Bushey

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Reggie Pope II

    BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chris Chan

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alison Chafee

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bryan Bennight

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Ecker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mariline Guise

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wasiq Kabir

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Daly

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $68,251
    From this org
    $68,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Diana Black

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $55,020
    From this org
    $55,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $470,780
    Expenses
    $471,828
    Contributions
    $445,511
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $481,693
    Expenses
    $442,492
    Contributions
    $435,443
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $518,457
    Expenses
    $442,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $308,817
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $375,803
    Expenses
    $362,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,079
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $559,505
    Expenses
    $522,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $185,017
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $533,978
    Expenses
    $490,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,854
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $471,527
    Expenses
    $463,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,587
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $311,429
    Expenses
    $247,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,615
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $367,792
    Expenses
    $438,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,115
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $503,028
    Expenses
    $428,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,119
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $415,640
    Expenses
    $450,037
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,976
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $178,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,194

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.