Georgia · Nonprofit
CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,537,045 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($1,504,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $390k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $69k
What Clarkston Development Foundation does
Mission
Clarkston Development Foundation, Inc., CDF Action, a not-for-profit created in 2010, uses an asset based community development approach, connecting and engaging the Clarkston community and surrounding areas by working alongside residents to recognize and develop the individual capacities of each person. By supporting participation and collaboration among community members, the goal is to build a community whose residents drive and direct the development of activities and services. Through a series of dialogues, early learning was selected by the community as a priority, and early learning was selected by the CDF Board of Directors as the focus of the organization.In 2021, the Board and staff completed a strategic planning process, led by Civitas, using Civitas Finding your North Star framework. As a result of the planning process, CDF developed a comprehensive document that included vision, mission, principles, approach, and 3-year strategic directions.Vision: CDF envisions communitie
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Theory of Change:Clarkston Development Foundation (CDF) catalyzes community change by focusing on three interconnected levers: resident engagement, organizational collaboration, and innovative solutions. Through these strategies, CDF builds on community strengths, mobilizes resources, and pilots scalable projects that promote equity, education, and family wellbeing.Program Service Accomplishments 2024:In 2024, CDF continued its mission to improve early learning access and family engagement for refugee, immigrant, and low-income families in Central DeKalb County. Through the 2Gen Community Literacy Program, CDF provided early literacy kits, family workshops, and multilingual learning opportunities to over 80 children and caregivers.CDFs Ready Schools Initiative operated sites in Clarkston, Stone Mountain, and La Escuelita, supporting kindergarten readiness through culturally responsive instruction and parent engagement. The organization also convened quarterly Early Learning Advisory Committee meetings to strengthen collaboration among educators, families, and community partners.CDF expanded professional development for multilingual early educators, distributed over 300 literacy…
$270,487 spentof which $149,266 as grants100% of program spendingStrategic Goals (20242026):. Increase the number of multilingual early learning teachers in Central DeKalb.. Expand access to quality early learning programs for refugee, immigrant, and low-income children and families.. Strengthen community-based early learning partnerships within and beyond Clarkston.. Build CDFs internal capacity to sustain and scale its innovative early childhood initiatives.
In fiscal year 2024, Clarkston Development Foundation received major financial support from United Way of Greater Atlanta, which contributed $205,000, and from the City of Clarkston, which provided $5,000. These generous contributions played a vital role in advancing CDFs mission to expand access to early learning opportunities and strengthen family engagement programs throughout Central DeKalb County. Support from these partners helped sustain initiatives such as the 2Gen Community Literacy Program and the Ready Schools Initiative, which continue to improve educational outcomes for refugee, immigrant, and low-income families.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,487.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $101k to $171k (+70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 11% · 2023 50% · 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Adam Nykamp
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $115k → $165k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,537,045 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($1,504,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,537,045 in grants to CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,504,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLARKSTON DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing