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THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC

THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC (Georgia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $931,412 to it, the largest being Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia Inc ($334,476). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$944k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$931k
Net assets
$1.1M
9/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What The Cottage Sexual Assault Center & Childrens Advocacy Center Inc does

Mission

The cottage raises awareness and facilitates the healing of individuals,families and communities affected by sexual violence and child abuse.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The cottage raises awareness and facilitates the healing of individuals, families and communities affected by sexual violence and child abuse. We believe in the dignity of the individual, the ultimate right to make choices, advocacy for every person and the ability to heal. During the fiscal year, we served over 200 children, over 250 adults, over 1,000 crisis calls, over 350 therapy sessions, and over 2,000 people with community outreach.

    $824,012 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $824,012.

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 ($570k) Expenses 100 ($464k) Net assets 100 ($567k)2018 Revenue 112 ($640k) Expenses 117 ($544k) Net assets 117 ($663k)2019 Revenue 136 ($775k) Expenses 143 ($663k) Net assets 137 ($776k)2020 Revenue 132 ($755k) Expenses 161 ($746k) Net assets 140 ($794k)2021 Revenue 133 ($761k) Expenses 146 ($677k) Net assets 162 ($917k)2022 Revenue 143 ($813k) Expenses 162 ($753k) Net assets 165 ($938k)2023 Revenue 133 ($759k) Expenses 148 ($685k) Net assets 181 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 127 ($726k) Expenses 173 ($804k) Net assets 171 ($968k)2025 Revenue 166 ($944k) Expenses 190 ($883k) Net assets 189 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (166)Expenses (190)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 2020 to 2021, from $802k to $925k (+15%).

$579k
$667k
$785k
$802k
$925k
$946k
$1.0M
$977k
$1.1M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 77% · 2018 77% · 2019 82% · 2020 85% · 2021 85% · 2022 78% · 2023 75% · 2024 81% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$106k
’17
$96k
’18
$111k
’19
$9k
’20
$84k
’21
$60k
’22
$74k
’23
−$78k
’24
$61k
’25
6.2
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.

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Listed121514101315141320
Joined·+6+6+0+6+5+1+5+8
No longer listed·37433261
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $40k → $273k.

4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER 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

THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

77% 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 COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC.

36%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 68% · 2021 29% · 2022 26% · 2023 55% — 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

80% of THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

89% of THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

MO
TN
GA
FL

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. $341k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve6.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 6%Fundraising 1%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC?
THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC (Georgia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $931,412 to it, the largest being Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia Inc ($334,476). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $931,412 in grants to THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC?
Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia Inc is the largest funder on record, with $334,476 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE COTTAGE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER & CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER 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 16 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