Fund for Southern Communities Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$678k
year to 30 June 2024
Expenses
$680k
year to 30 June 2024
Total assets
$4.7m
$269k liabilities
Net assets
$4.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
7.1 years on average
Staff
2
employees, year to 30 June 2024
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Darren Holmes
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Fund for Southern Communities Inc's network
7 people4 organisationsi7 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Holmes Chair | Chairman | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Brian K Sanders | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Chrystal Morris | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Demetria Ledbetter | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Imara Canady | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Shanon Pazdera | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Shelia Moore | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Eason Jenkins | Executive Dir. | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Eason Jenkins | Executive Dir. | 40 | $111k | $6k | |
| Darren Holmes | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Demetria Ledbetter | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Imara Canady | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shelia Moore | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Chrystal Morris | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Shanon Pazdera | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Brian K Sanders | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Fund for Southern Communities Inc
- EIN
- 581426028
- Address
- 4153c Flat Shoals Pkwy Ste 314, Decatur, GA, 30034-4858
- State
- Georgia
- Mission
- The Fund for Southern Communities is a public foundation that supports and unites organizations and donors working to create just and sustainable communities that are free of oppression and that embrace and celebrate all people. Through grant-making and related activities the Fund for Southern Communities fosters social change initiated by community-based groups in Georgia, North Carolina... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T70Z Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1981
- Principal officer
- Alice Eason Jenkins (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 1981
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDarren Holmes
≥7years on the filingsBrian K Sanders
≥7years on the filingsChrystal Morris
≥7years on the filingsDemetria Ledbetter
Latest return
year to 30 June 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.7m
- Total liabilities
- $269k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $459k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $507k
- Employees
- 2
Grants paid
22 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trans Forming | Trans forming | $40k |
| Black Girls Film Camp | Black girl dream fund | $38k |
| New Vision MSK | Neighbohood planning | $38k |
| Hh Sisters Hazlehurst Haile | Black Girl Dream Fund | $30k |
| 3d Girls | $30k | |
| Black Girls Smile Inc | Black Girl Dream Fund | $30k |
| Find Design | Neighbohood planning | $30k |
| Hope for Youth Inc | Black girl dream fund | $28k |
| Koinonia Community Solutions | Black Girl Dream Fund | $28k |
| Every Black Girl | Black Girl Dream Fund | $27k |
| E3 Educate Empower Elevate | Neighborhood planning | $23k |
| The Beautiful Project | Black girl dream fund | $19k |
| The Generation Gap | $17k | |
| Gifted Girls of Grace Inc | Black Girl Dream Fund | $15k |
| The Sally R Brasley Fnd | Black Girl Dream Fund | $15k |
| Our Neighbors House | Neighborhood planning | $12k |
| Summerhill Neighborh Develop | Neighborhood planning | $11k |
| The Simple Vue Academy | Black girl dream fund | $10k |
| Xhibition Perform & Visual | Black Girl Dream Fund | $10k |
| Urban Oak Initiative | Neighborhood planning | $10k |
| Peoplestown Revitalization Co | Support entrpreneurship | $6k |
| Barack & Michelle Obama Acade | Black girl dream fund | $5k |