Georgia · Nonprofit
THE SHELTERING ARMS INC
THE SHELTERING ARMS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,969,739 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($7,960,862). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $26M
What The Sheltering Arms Inc does
Mission
Sheltering arms' mission is to nurture and educate children, strengthen families, and build communities by providing high quality early care and educations that prepare young children to succeed in school and that is accessible to all, regardless of family income.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Head start and early head start: each day, the sheltering arms serves over 3,500 children in 16 centers in 5 metro atlanta counties from 0-5 in our head start (hs) and early head start (e/hs) program. Hs and e/hs play a key role in preparing our children for school. Our teachers, classrooms and family support program, combined with supervised interaction with other children, help a growing child develop important social and emotional skills, as well as a healthy concept of their personal identity. Our family support program which uses the two generation approach focuses on the entire family by equally and intentionally providing services and opportunities for the parent and the child. Our organization also addressed the health, safety, and financial strain brought on by the global covid-19 pandemic. We've committed staff time and financial resources to ensure we have proper protocols and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of the child we serve and all our employees.
$16,454,249 spent$4,419,826 earned by the program67% of program spendingOur georgia pre-k program and sheltering arms georgia training institute trained and credentialed 828 and 650 individuals, respectively, for early childhood and family support professionals each year. Our program focuses on social-emotional health and overall kindergarten preparedness. Our children practice collaborative problem-solving skills, engage in play-based learning and benefit from family support services that facilitate success in school and in life. Our highly trained teachers utilize a research-based curriculum that promotes cooperative learning, critical thinking and incorporates outdoor playtime to help each child meet developmental milestones for kindergarten success. We've committed staff time and financial resources to ensure we have proper protocols and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of the child we serve and all our employees.
$5,335,322 spent$207,152 earned by the program22% of program spendingChild & adult care food program (cacfp): the food program that is used for breakfast, lunch, and snack for each of the children in the early education and family centers. We've committed staff time and financial resources to ensure we have proper protocols and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of the child we serve and all our employees.
$2,862,992 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,652,563.
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 2023 to 2024, from $38M to $34M (−12%).
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 65% · 2018 73% · 2019 71% · 2020 67% · 2021 71% · 2022 80% · 2023 73% · 2024 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Blythe Robinson
President/CEO
Board chair
Nicole Layne
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 33 funders, grant income fell $5.5M → $4.7M.
11 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SHELTERING ARMS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 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
THE SHELTERING ARMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 SHELTERING ARMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 59% · 2019 45% · 2020 42% · 2021 35% · 2022 28% · 2023 66% — 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
44% of THE SHELTERING ARMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
78% of THE SHELTERING ARMS INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding THE SHELTERING ARMS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $113.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$113.4M
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.
Organizations like THE SHELTERING ARMS 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Sheltering Arms NMTC LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SHELTERING ARMS INC?
- THE SHELTERING ARMS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,969,739 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($7,960,862). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHELTERING ARMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $21,969,739 in grants to THE SHELTERING ARMS INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHELTERING ARMS INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,960,862 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHELTERING ARMS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 83 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