Georgia · Nonprofit
The Children's School
The Children's School (Georgia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,207,332 to it, the largest being GRASS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($920,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Children's School does
Mission
The mission of The Children's School is to enrich minds and inspire dreams. The Children's School is a progressive elementary school serving students from age 3 through eighth grade in a diverse community in midtown atlanta. Grounded in principles of excellence, innovation and play, The Children's School graduates passion-driven young adults who lead lives of purpose in an interconnected world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Elementary school education services provided to 326 students from age 3 - grade 8 for 171 instructional days. The Children's School's curriculum strives to instill in each child the confidence to take responsibility for their education at an early age. We incorporate a hands-on approach to learning, encouraging creativity and self-reliance. Scholastic records prove students realize not only academic potential but also strengthened self-image, emotional skills and lifelong learning skills.
$7,122,678 spentof which $1,271,171 as grants$8,502,383 earned by the program79% of program spendingThe extended day and summer learning program (edsl) includes discovery & epic open until 6 pm each school day, serving196 students; an enrichment program, offering over12classes serving97 students; a vibrant performing arts program, with chorus, band, tcs players, and jr. Players serving64students in4classes; and athletic programs serving102students in7sports.
$912,253 spent$749,840 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe learning strategies and academic support services program provides essential academic support through executive functioning coaching, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology (slp) services, and literacy support. Lsass serves 77 students from 3 years old to 8th grade. Our specialists offer one-on-one sessions, small group instruction, and collaborate with classroom teachers to ensure all students have access to necessary learning materials. Additionally, they play a key role in facilitating digital assessments and implementing learning accommodations to meet diverse student needs. By integrating these services, we strive to create an inclusive and supportive educational environment. Our commitment to personalized learning ensures that every student receives the tools and strategies needed for academic success.
$823,111 spent$194,549 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$153,847 spent$379,369 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,011,889.
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 $25M to $23M (−9%).
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 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Sarah Scalia
Treasurer/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $185k → $183k.
11 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 The Children's School’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
The Children's School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 The Children's School.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 54% · 2019 48% · 2020 52% · 2021 59% · 2022 69% · 2023 62% — 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
44% of The Children's School's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
56% of The Children's School's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $980k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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.
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 The Children's School: 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 The Children's School?
- The Children's School (Georgia) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,207,332 to it, the largest being GRASS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($920,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Children's School have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,207,332 in grants to The Children's School, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Children's School?
- GRASS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $920,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Children's School 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 21 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