Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc
ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a bias for action and is committed to accomplishing this mission in the most effective way possible. Accordingly, the ACP operates based on the following principles:1. Focus principally on the city of Atlanta but coordinate its activities with other organizations to ensure maximum impact for the region as a whole.2. Focus on a limited number of issues critical to economic development.3. Work through existing organizations to accomplish its goals whenever possible.4. Address issues with analytical rigor, including the use of clear work plans, metrics, milestones, and deadlines.5. Make decisions through its board of directors, a member only body (no substitutes) consisting of Chief executive-level position.
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc at a glance
In short: Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc gave $20K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $20,170
- +34.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,085
- -32.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,085
- Total assets
- $2,352,324
- +9.8% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- District of Columbia (74% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was United Negro College Fund ($15K). Together the top 2 received $20K.
Grant Size Distribution
15 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 15 (53%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
Cities
How Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc gives
- Giving fell 98% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2019) to $814K (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $20K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| United Negro College Fund Washington, DC | Unrestricted | $15,000 |
| Grove Park Atlanta, GA | Unrestricted | $5,170 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,352,324 | $1,245,000 | $1,042,180 | $20,170 | 2 |
| 2024 | $2,142,549 | $1,830,000 | $1,384,386 | $15,000 | 1 |
| 2023 | $1,730,101 | $1,340,000 | $825,036 | $35,363 | 3 |
| 2022 | $1,184,030 | $1,760,000 | $1,742,299 | $813,781 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1,166,579 | $1,555,000 | $1,643,111 | $758,626 | 5 |
| 2020 | $1,253,107 | $1,340,000 | $1,468,402 | $594,020 | Total only |
| 2019 | $1,382,154 | $1,175,000 | $1,066,257 | $15,000 | 1 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc
Based on IRS filings
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc is a public charity, based in Atlanta, GA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $20K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc is led by Kathy Waller, Executive Director on every filing since 2022; 1 of 37 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathy Waller
Executive Director
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$438K (2022) → $500K (2025)
Michael Russell
Chair Person
Director → Chair Person, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alex Taylor
Director
Director → Chairperson, 2020
Chairperson → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David A. Thomas
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna Hyland
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Hertz
Director
Chairperson → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Quincey
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Haupert
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Bronfman
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Judge
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Marshall
Director
Director → Chairperson, 2022
Chairperson → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Taylor
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tony Ressler
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Stewart
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angel Cabrera
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Tome
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Colin Connolly
Director
Chairperson → Chair Person, 2024
Chair Person → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ed Bastian
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Fischer
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Venessa Harrison
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Womack
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Reade Fahs
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Blake
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George French
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ted Decker
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Schlossberg
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christian Fischer
Director- Upto September
Director → Director- Upto September, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Cummings
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jolyon Bulley
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Greene
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rich McKay
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Oliver
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Cathy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Saez
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roz Brewer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Claire Arnold
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Dorton
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (34)
- Former: Dan Cathy (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Raphael Bostic (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Greg Fenves (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Jenna Kelly (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: David Sewell (2021–2024) — Director- Upto July
- Former: Dimitris Psillakis (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Helene Gayle (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Alan Shaw (2023–2024) — Director- Upto Sept
- Former: Arthur M. Blank (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Elie Maalouf (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: James Hannan (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Martin L. Flanagan (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Mike Hayford (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Russell Stokes (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Fay Twersky (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jeff Sloan (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jim Squires (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark Begor (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Craig Menear (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Becker (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mary Schmidt Campbell (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Shan Cooper (2019–2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Keisha Lance Bottoms (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Steve Voorhees (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: W. Paul Bowers (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Claire Sterk (2019) — Director
- Former: David Abney (2019) — Director
- Former: Dietmar Exler (2019) — Director
- Former: Edward Bastian (2019) — Vice Chairman
- Former: Gp Peterson (2019) — Director
- Former: Jeff Sprecher (2019) — Director
- Former: Klaus Zellmer (2019) — Director
- Former: Larry L. Gellerstedt III (2019) — Director
- Former: William Rogers Jr. (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $500K, to Kathy Waller (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc
How much does Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc give each year?
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc gave $20K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $15K across 1 grant.
How large is Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc?
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc reported $2.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.
Where does Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc operate?
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc has awarded grants in Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia.
What is Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc's EIN?
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-1216496. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 7, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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