Georgia · Nonprofit
Collective Learning Academy Inc
Collective Learning Academy Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,825 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($110,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $456k
- Net assets
- $551k
What Collective Learning Academy Inc does
Mission
The primary purpose of the corporation shall be to form, maintain, administer, and operate an independent day school for boys and girls with developmental disabilities, including those with diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, while seeking to develop the whole person for college and for life through superior education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Academy Collective Learning Academy operates an accredited K-12 school offering academic and experiential learning for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 10-22. These students attend school Monday-Friday on a traditional school schedule from August to May. Most every student has an autism diagnosis with coexisting disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy and Down's Syndrome. Students have previously demonstrated they are unable to learn in a large group setting, and our program provides a ratio of three students to every one certified teacher. The small classroom and individualized attention provide the necessary environment for the students to effectively learn and thrive. During the 2024-25 school year we had 7 students across 3 classrooms in the Academy. Students will either graduate and pursue post-secondary studies or move to our Transition Program to develop independent living and workforce readiness skills.
$796,128 spent$801,510 earned by the program77% of program spendingTransition Program In 2022, Collective Learning Academy created a program for students who have "aged out" of high school but who do not have the ability or aspiration to pursue a post-secondary education. These young adults are interested in continued opportunities to learn but focused on developing independent living and workforce readiness skills. In February 2024, we opened the Model Studio Apartment which provides a fully operating kitchen and demonstration island, working laundry room, lounge, and primary bedroom and closet. Student progress is measured individually based on specific skill charts, and person-centered planning (PCP) is employed to establish goals and road map for each student. Some students will "graduate" from this program to join the workforce in some capacity and live at home and/or join a group home setting where they can both work and live "independently." In 2024-25, we served 6 students in this program.
$236,959 spent$315,819 earned by the program23% of program spendingSummer Program Families of students with disabilties often need support during the summer months. Our staff are employed 11 months of the year, and we offer a 6 week summer program for our school-year students and other students who might benefit from our program design. We offer limited academic support and emphasize more the community-based learning experiences and socialization that are a hallmark of our school year program as well. The number of students each week can vary (parents pay by the week) and our enrollment is generally less than the school year enrollment for both the academy and transition program. Enrollment varies week to week in the summer, but we saw an increase in enrollment in the Summer of 2025 that we believe will continue to grow.
$67,005 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,033,087.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $403k to $550k (+37%).
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 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of Collective Learning Academy Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Walter M Deriso Iii
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $35k → $134k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Collective Learning Academy Inc’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
Collective Learning Academy Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
44% 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 Collective Learning Academy Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“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
96% of Collective Learning Academy Inc's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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
Collective Learning Academy Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Collective Learning Academy Inc
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Collective Learning Academy Inc: 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 Collective Learning Academy Inc?
- Collective Learning Academy Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,825 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($110,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Collective Learning Academy Inc have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $455,825 in grants to Collective Learning Academy Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Collective Learning Academy Inc?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Collective Learning Academy Inc 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 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