Georgia · Nonprofit
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,152,934 to it, the largest being Marcia & Mark Miller Family Foundation ($381,795). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Families of Children Under Stress Inc does
Mission
The mission of focus is to embrace and equip families of children with disabilities to make everyday life better. Children participating in focus programs range in age from birth to 29 years old and have a wide range of physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, and/or complex medical conditions, including rare genetic syndromes, cerebral palsy, autism, and down syndrome. Focus families come from diverse backgrounds but share the common experience of caring for a child with significant needs that often require ongoing or lifelong support. As a result, their parents and caregivers often need access to resources, guidance, and a supportive community that understands and embraces their child. To fulfill its mission, focus provides a variety of programs and services, including family activities, support groups, educational workshops and conferences for parents and caregivers, children's recreational programs and summer camps, teen and young adult social and recreational programs, m
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Activities for children, teens, and young adults with disabilities focus provides inclusive recreational, therapeutic, and social programming for children, teens, and young adults with disabilities to promote self- confidence and meaningful social connections. These programs offer participants opportunities to engage in enriching activities while supporting families through specialized care and accessible recreational experiences. In 2025, focus operated camp hollywood, an adapted summer day camp serving 248 children over nine weeks at multiple metro atlanta locations. The program was staffed by special educators, paraprofessionals, nurses, and music therapists to ensure individualized support for campers with diverse needs. Activities included arts and crafts, cooking, science, recreation, and music therapy. Post-program evaluations indicated that 99% of parents were very satisfied with their child's camp experience and the program's ability to meet their child's unique needs. Focus also operated fast fins, an adaptive swim program for children with developmental and physical disabilities. The program provided two eight- week sessions at five locations, serving 86 participants in…
$490,268 spent$87,495 earned by the program47% of program spendingMedical equipment grants and loan program focus assists families of children with significant medical needs by providing access to essential adaptive equipment that is not covered by medicaid, private insurance, or other funding sources. Assistance may include therapeutic seating, adaptive mobility strollers, home accessibility modifications such as stair lifts, and vehicle adaptations to support safe transportation and increased participation in daily activities. In 2025, requests for assistance were reviewed every other month by a multidisciplinary committee of medical and allied health professionals who evaluated both clinical necessity and financial need. Through this process, focus helped families obtain equipment and modifications that enhanced safety, mobility, independence, and participation in home, school, and community settings. To maximize resources and extend services to additional families, focus maintained a loaned equipment library that provided items such as feeding chairs and therapeutic strollers. Equipment was returned, cleaned, and redistributed when no longer needed, ensuring continued access for children whose needs changed over time while reducing financial…
$171,556 spentof which $92,707 as grants$750 earned by the program16% of program spendingFamily engagement activities focus provides accessible recreational and community engagement opportunities that reduce social isolation and promote inclusion for children with disabilities and their families. These programs create opportunities for families to build social connections, strengthen support networks, and participate in recreational activities designed to accommodate a wide range of abilities and needs. In 2025, focus hosted 13 family-centered events serving 2,375 participants. Activities included outings to community venues such as six flags over georgia, the georgia aquarium, and zoo atlanta, as well as inclusive social gatherings conducted in partnership with community organizations. All events were carefully designed to ensure accessibility and to provide welcoming environments that accommodate the diverse needs of participating children. Focus also conducted two weekend family retreats at camp twin lakes in 2025, offering families shared recreational experiences in an adaptive setting. Participants engaged in activities such as archery, rock climbing, biking with specialized equipment, paddle boating, fishing, swimming, and farm visits, in addition to structured…
$227,706 spent$39,215 earned by the program22% of program spendingParent and family support program focus provides education, resources, and peer support to families of children with disabilities through digital outreach, in-person programming, and community-based services. The organization maintains a mobile-friendly website, active social media platforms, and private online groups that connect families with educational materials, community resources, and one another in a supportive environment. In 2025, focus offered ten educational workshops addressing topics relevant to raising a child with a disability. These workshops were recorded and made available on demand through the organization's website, expanding access for families. Focus also hosted its annual in-person educational conference, serving 150 parent attendees with 14 instructional sessions, peer discussion groups, and participation from community resource exhibitors representing a variety of professional disciplines. Focus coordinated ongoing parent support groups, including a bereavement group, led by trained volunteer facilitators in 2025. These groups met at multiple locations throughout metro atlanta and virtually to increase accessibility. Participants reported enhanced…
$161,954 spent$3,556 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,051,484.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $2.7M (+100%).
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 10% · 2021 10%. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $97k → $296k.
15 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
55% 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 FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 60% · 2019 42% · 2020 30% · 2021 50% · 2022 17% · 2023 17% — 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
37% of FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $936k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC?
- FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,152,934 to it, the largest being Marcia & Mark Miller Family Foundation ($381,795). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $2,152,934 in grants to FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC?
- Marcia & Mark Miller Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $381,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing