2025-01-23T07:22:26-08:00 2024-06-30 201403280 FULTON & KOZAK LLC 7187 JONESBORO RD STE 100A MORROW GA 30260 990 2023-07-01 204036923 GEORGIA APPLESEED INC GEOR 6784264640 1600 PARKWOOD CIRCLE SE 200 ATLANTA GA 30339 RICHARD M WALLER Executive Dir. 2025-01-15 true true SHEILA M KOZAK CPA P00687026 7709614200 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z RICHARD M WALLER 1600 PARKWOOD CIRCLE SE 200 ATLANTA GA 30339 3103531 false X WWW.GAAPPLESEED.ORG X 2005 GA The mission of Georgia Appleseed is to increase justice in Georgia through law and policy reform and community engagement. 29 29 10 200 0 1437603 2985652 1500 3000 2909 39894 0 1442012 3028546 0 0 877639 901599 0 118581 369628 405327 1247267 1306926 194745 1721620 1700569 3423860 52522 54193 1648047 3369667 The mission of Georgia Appleseed is to increase justice in Georgia through law and policy reform and community engagement. false false 1064477 3000 We advance justice across Georgia for the state's marginalized children. Our two main program initiatives are School Justice and Housing Justice. The School Justice initiative aims to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline by keeping children and youth in school with the supports they need to succeed and reducing the number of children and youth who enter the juvenile justice system. Within this initiative, we operate a range of programming to improve school climate, make school discipline more fair, and reduce racial disparities in education outcomes. A few examples include: expanding school-based behavioral health services across Georgia; providing school children with attorneys and trained advocates to secure critical educational and behavior supports, and; developing relevant legislation and agency policy.Our Housing Justice initiative advocates for statewide and local policy reforms to create and sustain healthy, stable housing for low-income children and their families. Children living in unsafe housing conditions are more likely to suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses and experience housing instability. These children often change schools, do more poorly on standardized tests, have lower graduation rates, and are at increased risk of juvenile system and foster care involvement.Recent achievements from our School and Housing Justice initiatives include:- New state laws and policies protecting children from dangerous housing conditions and requiring schools to provide needed support to children in foster care.- Ongoing convening of statewide coalitions for housing justice and school justice comprising more than 100 membership organizations.- 391,000 fewer kids suspended from school since our targeted school justice efforts started in 2010.- A referral system connecting children in foster care across Georgia with legal support to help them stay in school, which protects an average of 122 school days per student.- Training each year for more than 1,100 parents, teachers, case managers, and others across Georgia to be informed and confident advocates for children.- Published guidance and a resource toolkit for schools to implement school-based behavioral health programs.- Development of Georgia's first 10-year Strategic Housing Advocacy Plan.- Expansion of an innovative eviction diversion program that has protected more than 3,000 families from homelessness.- Testimony before the U.S. Senate to bring nationwide attention to Georgia's unhealthy, unsafe housing conditions. 1064477 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 false 10 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 29 29 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false GA X X X KATHERINE SWETT 6784264640 1600 PARKWOOD CIR SE SUITE 200 ATLANTA GA 30339 RICHARD M 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Revenue Code and, accordingly, is only subject to federal or state income taxes on specific types of income from activities that are unrelated to its exempt purpose. Georgia Appleseed, Inc. had no income from unrelated activities and has no income taxes due as of June 30, 2024 and 2023.Georgia Appleseed Inc.s management believes there are no material unrecognized income tax benefits, including any potential risk of loss of its not-for-profit tax status. Georgia Appleseed, Inc. is no longer subject to examination by federal, state or local tax authorities for periods before 2020. false ROARING FOR JUSTICE 335779 260794 74985 8725 31324 12538 22398 335779 260794 74985 8725 31324 12538 22398 74985 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b the finance committee first reviews the federal return. Upon approval, the return is forwarded to the full Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c georgia appleseed requires board members to annually recertify that they have no conflict of interests through signed agreements, which are kept on file. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a When hiring a new Executive Director, the Personnel Committee reviews and compares outside sources for example, the Council on Foundations and makes a recommendation to the Board. Pursuant to the personnel policies manual, the Executive Director establishes competitive salary ranges for the law-related nonprofit community for each job within the organization. The Executive Director reviews compensation for employees annually. Periodic Compensation Benchmark reviews may be performed by outside organizations at the request of the Personnel Committee. The Board reviews salary ranges and pay increases periodically as part of the annual budget process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 georgia appleseed makes form 1023 and form 990 available for public inspection upon request. in addition, form 990 is available on the organization's website and through other published, public sites.