Georgia · Nonprofit
CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA
CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA (Georgia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,597,804 to it, the largest being THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund ($4,193,733). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $873k
What Construction Education Foundation of Ga does
Mission
To inspire and prepare people of all ages and backgrounds for a rewarding career in construction.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Construction Ready contributes to workforce development, economic growth, and community impact across Georgia and beyond through two core programs: K-12 School Programming and Pre-Apprenticeship Skills Training. K-12 Programming Services support construction programs in public schools through teacher training and retention, classroom support, large-scale student events such as CareerEXPO. Programming provides students with access to training and industry-recognized credentials, promotes skilled trade career pathways, and partners with the construction industry to facilitate Construction Program Excellence certifications. These efforts equip students with practical skills and real-world exposure to foster careers in the skilled trades. The Pre-Apprenticeship Program delivers in-class training for adults seeking to enter the construction workforce. Participants gain hands-on experience and are connected directly with employers for job placement. This program supports individual career advancement, addresses industry labor shortages, and strengthens the construction workforce in Georgia and beyond.
$4,536,419 spentof which $10,000 as grants$243,843 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,536,419.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $465k to $1.8M (+280%).
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: 2017 68% · 2018 68% · 2019 77% · 2020 87% · 2021 28% · 2022 42% · 2023 32% · 2024 20% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Scott Shelar
President & CEO
Board chair
Brad Hutto
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $277k → $1.4M.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $180k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Associated General Contractors of Georgia). These are real filings, and they are not money CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA raised.
From the IRS filings of CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA’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
CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 74% · 2019 40% · 2020 53% · 2021 36% · 2022 66% · 2023 86% — 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
30% of CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
96% of CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $379k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA?
- CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA (Georgia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,597,804 to it, the largest being THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund ($4,193,733). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $10,597,804 in grants to CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA?
- THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund is the largest funder on record, with $4,193,733 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 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