cdf

What cdf does

CDF Action, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2010 and headquartered in Clarkston, Georgia, that operates free, community-based early childhood education and family support programs in super-diverse communities across metro-Atlanta, including Clarkston, Stone Mountain, and Norcross in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. Its core product portfolio centers on READY Schools, a multilingual, culturally responsive early-learning program for 3- and 4-year-olds designed with parents to close equity gaps for immigrant and refugee children preparing for Georgia Pre-K; the Family Hub at Peachtree Creek on Ponce, a United Way-partnered Learning Spaces program serving children birth to 6 using the Cox Campus "Literacy and Justice for All" curriculum and ASQ-3 developmental screening; the Enhanced Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential training delivered with Easter Seals North Georgia and Refugee Women's Network; the annual Clarkston Tell Me A Story! literacy festival; the StoryWalk outdoor literacy activity; and the Early Learning Navigation program that connects families to support systems. The underlying technology is an asset-based community development framework layered with established early-childhood curricula (Cox Campus, ASQ-3) and culturally adapted instructional design rather than a software platform; the organization maintains a small staff of approximately six (Executive Director, Program Director, Project Coordinator, and Program Consultants) and has no proprietary software products or app surface.

Revenue mechanics are entirely philanthropic: the organization is funded through individual donations solicited online, foundation grants (W.K. Kellogg Foundation is named), corporate and organizational sponsorships for the festival, and pro bono legal/operational support (Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta). All programs are delivered free of charge to families, so there is no pricing model or direct revenue per participant; growth is governed by grant capture, donor cultivation, and the scale of partner-hosted locations. Go-to-market is community-led rather than commercial: resident engagement, organizational partnerships, and city-wide events drive awareness, while apartment-complex placement and partnerships with refugee-serving agencies, libraries, universities (Georgia State, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia Piedmont Technical College), and the City of Clarkston form the distribution backbone. The City of Clarkston formally appointed CDF Action as facilitator of the Early Learning Task Force in 2020, giving it quasi-official standing in local early-childhood policy.

Name

cdf

Legal name

CDF Action, Inc.

Website

https://cdfaction.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CDF Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free, culturally responsive early childhood education programs (READY Schools, Family Hub, Enhanced CDA Credential) and family literacy events for immigrant, refugee, and other families in super-diverse metro-Atlanta communities including Clarkston, Stone Mountain, and Norcross.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education & Family Support Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Child Care Services (6244), Educational Services (611), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Childhood Education & Childcare Nonprofits (BPAGADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ), Service Coordination / Case Management (IDEA Part C) (EDACAFAK), Assessment, Observation & Documentation Training (Portfolios, DRDP/CLASS/ECERS) (EDACAIAK), Developmental Therapy / Early Childhood Special Instruction (EDACAFAG)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Community-based learning
• Immigrant family services
• Family support programs
• Nonprofit social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Clarkston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: CDF Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on donations from individuals, organizations, and foundations to fund its programs and operations. The organization actively solicits donations through its website and events.
2. Festival Sponsorships: Corporate and organizational sponsorships for the annual Clarkston Tell Me A Story! Festival, with sponsorship tiers offering visibility and promotional benefits.
3. Grant Funding: Funded by foundations such as W.K. Kellogg Foundation for program development and implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CDF Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free, community-based early learning and family support programs for immigrant and refugee families in Clarkston, Georgia. Its work centers on the READY School model, bilingual school-year programming, parent-child literacy events, early childhood educator credentialing, and one-on-one early learning navigation for caregivers of children ages 0–5. The organization also convenes a community advisory task force and offers organizational consulting for other early childhood coalitions.

Product overview

CDF Action operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on early childhood education in super-diverse communities. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected programs including READY Schools (a multilingual early learning program for 3-4 year olds), Family Hub (for children birth to 6 and families with Learning Spaces curriculum), the annual Clarkston Tell Me A Story! Festival, Enhanced CDA Credential training, StoryWalk activities, and the Clarkston Early Learning Task Force coordination. Programs use an asset-based community development approach, centering equity, diversity, and inclusion to serve immigrant, refugee, and all families in Clarkston, Stone Mountain, and Norcross, Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 70 children and families served annually through READY Schools across three locations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and supporting.

• City of ClarkstoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020City of Clarkston co-sponsors the annual Clarkston Tell Me A Story! Festival and passed a resolution in 2020 to create the Early Learning Task Force with CDF Action appointed as facilitator. Partnership includes City Council collaboration.
• National Brimstone Applied Oral Storytelling FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funded the first Festival with W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant awarded to Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia.
• Kuumba Storytellers of GeorgiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReceived initial festival funding from National Brimstone Applied Oral Storytelling Fund through this organization.
• American Learning AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for READY School model implementation serving immigrant and refugee children in the community.
• Scottdale Early LearningcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for READY School model implementation at Scottdale location.
• United Way of Greater AtlantacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with United Way to host the Learning Spaces program at Family Hub, an early learning initiative using the Cox Campus curriculum.
• Easter Seals North GeorgiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to recruit and support students interested in an early learning career through the Enhanced CDA Credential program, aiming to increase qualified bilingual early learning teachers.
• Refugee Women's NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Enhanced CDA Credential program recruitment, supporting bilingual students in early learning careers in Central DeKalb and Gwinnett.
• Peachtree Creek on PoncecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost location for the Family Hub program, the newest CDF program designed for children birth to 6 and their families.
• Atlanta Speech SchoolsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator in strengthening education initiatives within Clarkston and metro-Atlanta area.
• Clarkston Library, Dekalb County Public LibrarysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLibrary collaborator supporting early learning network formed in 2013 to promote literacy and early learning years.
• Georgia State UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity collaborator including Prevention Research Centers and Perimeter campus involvement.
• Emory University Rollins School of Public HealthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on early learning initiatives.
• New American PathwayssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRefugee services agency collaborator supporting immigrant and refugee families.
• Coalition of Refugee Serving AgenciessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition collaborator working to strengthen refugee services coordination.
• Friends of RefugeessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRefugee support organization collaborator.
• Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical college collaborator supporting workforce development in early learning.
• Scottdale Child Development and Family Resource CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChild development center collaborator in Scottdale community.
• Somali American Community CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity center collaborator supporting Somali immigrant families.
• Pro Bono Partnership of AtlantasupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvides pro bono legal and business services to support organizational operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Quality Care for Children: Georgia statewide child care resource and referral organization supporting early childhood education quality and access. Comparable in mission to improve early learning access for Georgia families but operates statewide rather than hyper-locally in refugee communities.
• Sheltering Arms (Atlanta): Atlanta-based early childhood education nonprofit serving at-risk children and families through high-quality early learning centers. Comparable as a metro-Atlanta early childhood education nonprofit but focuses on direct center-based service delivery rather than the community-development model.

Broad incumbents

• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Global humanitarian organization operating refugee resettlement and early childhood programs across the U.S. including Atlanta. Comparable in serving refugee and immigrant families with young children through culturally responsive early learning programs, but operates at vastly greater scale with national infrastructure.
• Catholic Charities Atlanta: Regional office of national Catholic Charities network providing refugee resettlement, immigration services, and early childhood programming in metro-Atlanta. Comparable in serving immigrant and refugee families with young children in the same geographic market but with substantially larger institutional backing.
• United Way of Greater Atlanta: Regional funder and convener of early childhood initiatives including the Learning Spaces program hosted at CDF Action's Family Hub. Comparable as a strategic partner running complementary early learning programs in metro-Atlanta, but operates at significantly greater scale as a regional funding intermediary.

Direct peers

• New American Pathways: Atlanta-based refugee resettlement and integration nonprofit serving newly arrived refugee families with services including early childhood education, workforce development, and youth programs. Direct comparable because of overlapping immigrant/refugee family services, Atlanta footprint, and similar organizational scale.
• Easterseals North Georgia: Disability and early childhood services nonprofit operating across metro-Atlanta including early learning programs and CDA Credential training. Direct comparable as an Enhanced CDA Credential program partner and co-provider of bilingual early learning teacher training in the same region.
• Refugee Women's Network: Atlanta-area nonprofit empowering refugee women through education, advocacy, and economic empowerment programs including early childhood education partnerships. Direct comparable because it is a documented CDF Action partner serving the same refugee community with overlapping early learning and family support services.
• Friends of Refugees: Clarkston-based nonprofit providing refugee resettlement services including early childhood and youth programs. Direct comparable given shared Clarkston, GA location, similar service population, and overlapping organizational mission and partnerships.

Others

• Atlanta Speech School (Cox Campus): Provider of the Cox Campus literacy curriculum (Literacy and Justice for All) used in CDF Action's Family Hub Learning Spaces program. Comparable as a curriculum and content ecosystem enabler whose intellectual property underpins CDF Action's program delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CDFAction
• Instagraminstagram.com/CDF_Action
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cdf-a-collective-action-initiative

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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