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Hands on Atlanta Inc

Hands on Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,049,852 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($670,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.6M
Funders on record
95
Grants received
$4.0M
Net assets
$4.0M
46/95 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Hands on Atlanta Inc does

Mission

We mobilize the Atlanta community to tackle our city's most pressing needs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hands On Atlanta Served over 13,500 K-12 students in FY25 through our wraparound education programs, partnering with five local school districts. Fifty (50) AmeriCorps members served as teaching assistants and student support coaches at 17 partner sites, supporting 375 elementary, middle, and high school students. Our Discovery program focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math along with health and fitness was attended by 22,793 duplicated students. We proudly provided 13,296 families with snacks or meals through our Meals4Kids program, delivering supplemental nutrition before school and holiday breaks.

    $1,697,189 spentof which $523 as grants$6,590 earned by the program
    56% of program spending
  2. Hands On Atlanta creates custom volunteer events and programs that connect company employees to nonprofits, schools, and parks that need help.

    $1,131,643 spent$783,027 earned by the program
    38% of program spending
  3. In FY25, Hands On Atlanta had 150 nonprofit partners through its Hands On Partner Services Program, engaging in more than 71,000 volunteers. Participating nonprofits receive access to Golden, our volunteer management platform, which enables organizations to store volunteer contact information, manage volunteers, and track volunteer hours. Partners can also post volunteer opportunities on the Hands On Atlanta website, access workshops, and have their volunteer needs amplified through Hands On Atlanta's social media channels and e-newsletters. In addition, Hands on Atlanta offers a Civic Leadership Program and coordinates large-scale days of service, including Hands On Atlanta Week and MLK Day, during which thousands of volunteers serve alongside nonprofit partners and schools.

    $177,601 spent$67,700 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,006,433.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.7M) Expenses 100 ($3.8M) Net assets 100 ($2.1M)2018 Revenue 70 ($2.6M) Expenses 68 ($2.6M) Net assets 98 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 74 ($2.7M) Expenses 71 ($2.7M) Net assets 98 ($2.1M)2020 Revenue 78 ($2.8M) Expenses 65 ($2.5M) Net assets 117 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 83 ($3.0M) Expenses 69 ($2.6M) Net assets 136 ($2.9M)2022 Revenue 122 ($4.5M) Expenses 89 ($3.4M) Net assets 185 ($3.9M)2023 Revenue 117 ($4.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.8M) Net assets 208 ($4.4M)2024 Revenue 88 ($3.2M) Expenses 98 ($3.7M) Net assets 192 ($4.0M)2025 Revenue 100 ($3.6M) Expenses 104 ($3.9M) Net assets 189 ($4.0M)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (104)Net assets (189)Peer revenue range

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 $3.2M to $4.9M (+53%).

$2.4M
$2.4M
$2.3M
$3.0M
$3.2M
$4.9M
$4.8M
$4.3M
$4.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 28% · 2019 30% · 2020 31% · 2021 39% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% · 2024 45% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

74% of Hands on Atlanta Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,053 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$145k
’17
−$33k
’18
−$15k
’19
$369k
’20
$401k
’21
$1.1M
’22
$473k
’23
−$522k
’24
−$295k
’25
2.7
months of
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

Jay Cranman

President/CEO

Board chair

Adrienne White

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed392822222020252726
Joined·+1+8+4+3+5+9+6+11
No longer listed·12144554412
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $120k → $481k.

15 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Hands on Atlanta Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 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

Hands on Atlanta Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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

30% 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 Hands on Atlanta Inc.

17%
largest funder
38%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 29% · 2019 44% · 2020 28% · 2021 38% · 2022 27% · 2023 31% — growing more concentrated.

“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

34% of Hands on Atlanta Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

84% of Hands on Atlanta Inc's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $505k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hands on Atlanta Inc's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 27 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding Hands on Atlanta Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $411k on record.

Federal$411k
grants $411kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Corporation for National and Community Service$411k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 12%Fundraising 12%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hands on Atlanta 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 Hands on Atlanta Inc?
Hands on Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,049,852 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($670,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hands on Atlanta Inc have?
IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $4,049,852 in grants to Hands on Atlanta Inc, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hands on Atlanta Inc?
THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $670,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hands on Atlanta 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 95 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