Black Child Development Institute - Atlanta Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851175640
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Duluth, GA, USA
Phone
6789090688
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$349,765
Expenses
$376,821
Assets
$115,816
Liabilities
$722

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tatjyana Elmore (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tatjyana Elmore (Executive Director): $102,251 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and families in Georgia through education and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

BCDI-Atlantas Early Care and Education program strengthens the early childhood workforce through professional development leadership training and culturally responsive education practices. In 2025 BCDI-Atlanta hosted the 6th Annual Culturally Responsive Early Education and Care Leadership Summit providing training sessions focused on early learning literacy family engagement and policy and advocacy. The organization also implemented the Expand ECE Fellowship supporting early childhood educators through leadership development career advancement and educational attainment. Additional professional learning opportunities were provided through Leadership & Equity Advancement Network LEAN sessions. These initiatives supported early childhood educators in implementing culturally responsive practices and strengthening family engagement strategies. In 2025 BCDI-Atlanta impacted 204 early childhood education professionals through training leadership development and professional learning opportunities ultimately improving early learning experiences for children and families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $60.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -46.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $282K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.