C F Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581743909
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4042334339
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,723,890
- Expenses
- $12,744,739
- Assets
- $59,479,892
- Liabilities
- $2,810,465
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CYNTHIA KUHLMAN (EDUCATION): $270,200 total reported compensation
- TIFFANY PADOLSKY (OFFICER): $138,885 total reported compensation
- SHERIE DUCASSE (EMPLOYEE): $132,023 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organized & operated to support the community foundation for greater atlanta, inc.
What it reported doing in 2024
The cf foundation, inc seeks to invest in innovative ideas and capable leaders and to sustainably grow long-term solutions that address root causes of inequity. The foundation targets investment in the following focus areas in order to contribute to a healthy ecosystem of resources within communities:- community wellness: access to mental and physical health services; access to healthy, sustainable food choices and infrastructure; empowerment of safe, thriving communities- educational opportunities: investments in early childhood education to positively impact long-term health outcomes; access to equitable k-12 educational opportunities; targeted interventions and programs to lead students to college and career readiness- economic empowerment: resources for individual/family economic mobility; programs targeting small business growth & sustainability; access to job training and financial planning services- housing security: access to stable, safe housing options; access to resources and programs to create housing security; creation of high quality, sustainable affordable housing- community arts: investments in community fine arts; investments in historical sites and museums
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.67; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 55 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 55 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.