2026-08-26T18:16:54-07:00 2025-12-31 922053187 Hezlep Nonprofit Advisors 3050 Five Forks Trickum Rd SW Suite Lilburn GA 30047 990 2025-01-01 582372950 Agape Community Center AGAP 4043551877 2210 MARIETTA BLVD NW ATLANTA GA 30318 Nell Benn CEO 2026-08-26 true ADAM HEZLEP P03216230 7705127600 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Nell Benn 4486151 false X WWW.agapeatlanta.org/ X 1997 GA Agape empowers and supports underserved families within its community to discover and embrace their full potential. 31 30 60 1130 0 2986362 3491921 0 157473 114501 379733 599887 3523568 4206309 49637 74676 0 2416341 2533012 0 707469 1472467 1473424 3938445 4081112 -414877 125197 12810775 12985457 154846 106614 12655929 12878843 Agape empowers and supports underserved families within its community to discover and embrace their full potential.Agape achieves this mission by offering programs and services that are responsive to a variety of needs for school-age children, senior citizens, and families of NW Atlanta. false false 2897507 74676 Agape serves over 200 school-age children year-round in innovative in-school, after-school and summer academic support programs; and 25 senior citizens providing a vibrant, social, safe community.Agape serves its Alumni ages 18 - 25, through a college and career program, offering coaching, support and guidance through their post-secondary pathways. Agape provides a supervised, safe haven in the after-school programs at a time of day when teen crime and teen pregnancy spike among unsupervised youths.Students and mentors are often paired in elementary school and the relationship may last through high school graduation. The average Agape high school senior has been enrolled at Agape for 10-12 years, offering a remarkable opportunity to influence behavior and perspective. Agapes innovative in-school and after-school program model is complemented by Agape services and outreach that fulfill a holistic approach to guiding each child to discover and embrace their full potential. Students in Agapes programs receive 947 hours of programs and services each year. This deep investment in each childs life, over the course of years, changes the trajectory of each childs life and points them in the direction self-sufficiency. Students who remain in Agapes programs through 12th grade have a higher chance of graduating high school with a post-secondary plan. Since 2009, Agape has had a 96% high school graduation rate. Once graduated, 54% enroll in two-year technical schools or four-year colleges being the first in their families to go to college, and 46% gain employment. Our current programs include, but are not limited to:-In-School and After-school for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students.-NAVIGATE - A college and career program for Agape Alumni.-Ragtime, A Day Program for Senior Citizens.-Emergency Assistance and Referrals for Families.-GOGIRLGO! and F.I.T. Camp for Boys - Reading & Math, Athletic, Health, and Wellness based Summer Camp.-Camp Jump Smart - a summer early reading/STEAM program for rising kindergarten, first and second graders.-The Back to School Bonanza serving Agape students with backpacks, school supplies and clothes for school.-Extreme Bedroom Makeover providing bedroom make-overs for Agape children.-Holiday Gift Store - serving 500+ children in the community each year. 2897507 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false true false true false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 60 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 31 30 false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true true true true false false GA X X NELL BENN 4043551877 2210 MARIETTA BLVD NW ATLANTA GA 30318 NELL BENN LCSW CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 240597 0 22876 DANIELLE BOYD CHIEF DEV OFF 40.00 0.00 136635 0 12032 ERIN PARKER CHIEF OPER OFF 40.00 0.00 126769 0 13886 JOHN MORI Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ELAINE ARMSTRONG Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BONNIE FLOURNOY Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MAGGIE FOSTER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MILLAR FREEMAN Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHANNON GERBER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEWAYNE GRIFFIN Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PHIL HANDLER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LACY HERNANDEZ Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NATHAN HINES Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CLARA JEFFERSON Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMAR JOSHI Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUJA KATARYA Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATIE KITTREDGE Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALLYSON MASKE Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BECKY MATHERNE Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARTIN MCLENDON Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 YENDELELA NEELY Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARIA CLAUDIA PALACIOS Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LUCILLE PERRY Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN ROGERS Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MALIA SHARPE Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA SMITH Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LUCY STRONG Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 APRIL TESMER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHIP THOMPSON Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE TRAINOR Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FREDA WALKER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JESSE WELLNER Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH WICKLAND Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 504001 48794 3 false true false 0 246935 3244986 148175 3491921 0 114501 114501 0 0 0 0 791485 279842 511643 511643 0 0 MISC REVENUE 88244 88244 88244 4206309 88244 626144 0 74676 74676 0 0 244389 134414 48878 61097 0 1925146 1395759 168943 360444 25385 17904 2549 4932 169943 119861 17062 33020 168149 118596 16882 32671 0 0 12945 12945 0 0 0 124783 2885 31936 89962 0 10745 7578 1079 2088 12460 8788 1251 2421 0 212224 181876 25042 5306 372 263 37 72 0 0 0 0 378142 324067 44621 9454 127735 90891 15810 21034 OTHER 297985 135912 79175 82898 SUPPLIES 231969 231969 VEHICLE/van 44555 44555 Postage and Shipping 10652 7513 1069 2070 8857 8857 4081112 2897507 476136 707469 426670 701124 2854084 3226385 1032240 840111 0 0 0 0 0 40440 23149 9779804 2687483 7419096 7092321 1037486 879212 223155 0 0 759 0 12810775 12985457 154846 106614 154846 106614 X 10532662 10572856 2123267 2305987 12655929 12878843 12810775 12985457 125197 97717 X false true X true false X 3327293 3366479 2666049 2986362 3491921 15838104 0 0 3327293 3366479 2666049 2986362 3491921 15838104 1208780 14629324 3361 5782 141875 198391 116621 466030 0 340 5399 13865 88244 107848 16411982 2771584 0.89140 0.87930 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1159849 134053 46405 1247497 1038922 41578 102638 23289 1159849 1000000 38922 1038922 1000000 1000000 0.83500 0.16500 false false false 1038500 1038500 6957382 1816806 5140576 633507 73910 559597 741577 389883 351694 408838 406884 1954 7092321 X 4304026 97717 97717 4206309 4206309 4081112 4081112 4081112 Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits of the position. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there are no known items which would result in a material accrual related to where the Organization has federal or state attributable tax positions. Generally, a taxing authority has three years to examine a tax return from the later of the filing date or extended due date. false SPRING BENEFIT 495687 495687 174088 FLOURISH 215954 215954 63900 2 79844 79844 41854 791485 791485 279842 279842 511643 true 0 0 SCHOLARSHIPS 46 63582 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 28 11094 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Scholarship recipients are selected based on documented eligibility criteria; awards are paid directly to educational institutions. Emergency assistance is approved by program staff based on demonstrated need and paid directly to vendors where practicable. Staff retain documentation for each grant and report to the Board. X X X false false false false false false false true false NELL BENN LCSW CEO 221899 18698 10865 12011 263473 Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above The Board may award the CEO a discretionary bonus based on annual performance; the 2025 bonus was $18,698, approved by the Executive Committee. X 7686 38430 FMV X BACKPACK 2286 43565 FMV X GIFT 4459 66180 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A complete copy of the Form 990 is provided to the Executive Committee for review prior to filing. The full Board receives the return upon filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Directors and officers complete annual written conflict-of-interest disclosures, which are reviewed by the Executive Committee; conflicted members are recused from related deliberations and votes. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Committee, composed of independent directors, annually reviews and approves the CEOs compensation using comparability data, and contemporaneously documents its deliberation and decision in the meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements available upon written request. Prior Year Restatement The 2024 financial statements were restated to reclassify $118,271 of accumulated donor-restricted endowment earnings from net assets without donor restrictions to net assets with donor restrictions. Beginning net asset classes on Part X reflect the restated amounts; total net assets were unchanged.