Arizona · Private foundation
The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $135k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $293k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $196k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $220k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $155k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $137k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $167k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Lukes in the Desert Inc | $900,500 | 9 | 15% |
| Andrews University | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gospel Rescue Mission Inc | $70,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Stuttering Foundation of America | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Beads of Courage Inc Dba Center for Arts in Nursing | $51,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gratitude and Grace Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Faith Community Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($326k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc with peer funders
About The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (61%), Education (15%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Lukes in the Desert Inc ($901k), Andrews University ($200k), Gospel Rescue Mission Inc ($70k).
- Does The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- The Charis Charitable Foundation Inc is based in AZ.
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