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ANCIENT WAY FARM INC

ANCIENT WAY FARM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,300 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($611,450). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$172k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$868k
Net assets
$671k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 86%
01What it does

What Ancient Way Farm Inc does

Mission

Ancient way farm exists to cultivate the soul of christian leaders through the slow practice of spiritual formation. We do this by offering a place of rest and hospitality, and by creating space for god to work.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Ancient way farm exists to cultivate the soul of christian leaders through the slow practice of spiritual formation by offering a place of rest and hospitality, and by creating space for god to work. We offer retreats that include times of solitude, spiritual direction, and prayer. Meals and overnight accomodations are included. We depend on the generosity of donors who believe in and support our vision and mission to offer these retreats at no cost to participants.

    $132,691 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $132,691.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($100k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2020 Revenue 119 ($118k) Expenses 243 ($116k) Net assets 104 ($54k)2021 Revenue 182 ($182k) Expenses 259 ($124k) Net assets 216 ($112k)2022 Revenue 657 ($654k) Expenses 307 ($147k) Net assets 1195 ($619k)2023 Revenue 183 ($182k) Expenses 307 ($147k) Net assets 1263 ($655k)2024 Revenue 172 ($172k) Expenses 325 ($156k) Net assets 1294 ($671k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (172)Expenses (325)Net assets (1294)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $115k to $621k (+439%).

$52k
$57k
$115k
$621k
$657k
$671k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

88% of ANCIENT WAY FARM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$52k
’19
$2k
’20
$58k
’21
$507k
’22
$35k
’23
$16k
’24
52
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Bart Scarborough

Executive director

Board chair

Jack Key

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202220232024
Listed777
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $46k → $56k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ANCIENT WAY FARM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ANCIENT WAY FARM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANCIENT WAY FARM INC.

70%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 33% · 2020 35% · 2021 31% · 2022 94% · 2023 37% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

50% of ANCIENT WAY FARM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

72% of ANCIENT WAY FARM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $247k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Georgia funders.

NC
AL
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $621k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ANCIENT WAY FARM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve51.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 10%Fundraising 2%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

54%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ANCIENT WAY FARM INC?
ANCIENT WAY FARM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,300 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($611,450). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ANCIENT WAY FARM INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $868,300 in grants to ANCIENT WAY FARM INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ANCIENT WAY FARM INC?
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $611,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ANCIENT WAY FARM INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing