Georgia · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,852 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $351k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Community Sustainability Enterprise Inc does
Mission
Community Sustainability Enterprise (CSE) continued to advance its mission of transforming families, businesses, and neighborhoods into thriving, financially sustainable communities through innovative and community-anchored economic mobility programming. In 2024, CSE implemented a portfolio of impactful initiatives designed to build financial capability, promote homeownership, support youth workforce readiness, and improve the economic stability of underserved communities across the Greater Atlanta region. Population Served Across all 2024 programming, CSE served a population that was approximately 80% low- and moderate-income, with an ethnic composition of 54% Hispanic, 45% African American, and 1% Asian. Our programs remain committed to closing opportunity gaps and driving community-level financial transformation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth Financial Literacy and Capability Programming In partnership with Fifth Third Bank, BankSouth, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, CSE delivered an 8-week Fiscal Fitness and Workforce Development Bootcamp for the Youth Trees Team-an environmental workforce initiative facilitated by Trees Atlanta. This program equipped 70 youth participants, ages 14 to 18, with core competencies in budgeting, saving, responsible banking, and employment readiness. Through targeted savings incentives and coaching, 20 participants collectively saved over $10,000 during the program, demonstrating measurable behavior change and financial goal-setting success.
$3,068 spentof which $10,000 as grants$10,000 earned by the program14% of program spendingFirst-Time Homebuyer and Credit Coaching Program CSE also partnered with Fifth Third Bank to bring first-time homebuyer education and individualized credit coaching to 30 staff members of Trees Atlanta, many of whom represent low and moderate-income households. As part of this effort, 15 participants completed credit assessments and began financial coaching sessions with certified bankers, creating personalized pathways toward credit readiness and homeownership. The program emphasized long-term financial resilience and provided trusted access to banking professionals who could demystify the mortgage process for first-time buyers.
$7,982 spent36% of program spendingFinancial Reality Fair - 2025 Pipeline Development To expand financial education access for immigrant and low-income communities, CSE launched planning for its 2025 Family Financial Reality Fair in partnership with the Meadowcreek High School cluster, located in a 98% low- to moderate-income area that is 78% Hispanic. This inclusive initiative successfully engaged three schools-Lilburn Middle School, Meadowcreek High School, and McClure Health Sciences High School-and recruited 40 volunteer financial coaches from the community to participate in the upcoming fair. The program will simulate real-world budgeting and decision-making scenarios for students and families, fostering intergenerational financial empowerment.
$11,205 spentof which $36,000 as grants$36,000 earned by the program50% of program spendingFinancial Wellness for Minority Small Business Owners In 2024, CSE expanded its service reach to minority small business owners through a partnership with Bank OZK, launching a financial wellness initiative designed to address the personal financial health of entrepreneurs-an essential component for long-term business sustainability. The program served over 40 small business owners, helping them understand the link between personal financial fitness and scalable business growth. Workshops included topics such as personal credit, debt management, emergency savings, and business-owner tax readiness. CSE also formed a strategic alliance with the local faith-based community, integrating its financial wellness curriculum into business-focused ministries and small group networks. These sessions created culturally relevant and trusted entry points for underserved entrepreneurs to access training, resources, and coaching.
$0 spentof which $5,000 as grants$5,000 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,255.
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 2022 to 2023, from $76k to $26k (−66%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Deirdra Cox
Executive Director
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 $15k → $130k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE 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
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
61% 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 COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 100% · 2022 81% · 2023 69% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE 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. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,376 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE 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
25% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE 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 COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC?
- COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $350,852 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $350,852 in grants to COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ENTERPRISE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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