Virginia · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE
CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,747 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($155,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $240k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $277k
- Net assets
- $155k
What Center for Spirituality in Nature does
Mission
Through spiritual practice and ecological study we encourage people to come back home to the sacred ground in which they live - and to delight inthose that share this home. We re-imagine community in the context of sacred space where humans are seen as part of the community rather thanseparate from it and in which all participate in the divine mystery.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Spiritual communities - Under dedicated leadership for the program the Center has broadened the reach of its Spirituality in Nature Groups SING program that facilitates establishment of groups within and outside of faith communities. Formed cohorts of SINGs based on denominational affiliations in communities across the nation. The Center conducted regular online training and support for SING Leaders.
$69,134 spent$14,789 earned by the program46% of program spendingOnline programs - Building on pandemic experiences and rich content in a variety of areas the Center has established a strong online presence with courses group sessions blogs. These programs are supported by a rich variety of publications and other learning aids.
$33,663 spent$14,901 earned by the program22% of program spendingOutreach to individuals - Created and led spiritual experiences with nature in-person and online including Spiritual Backpacking trips Monday Notes from Nature series Lenten mediations series Solstice and Equinox in-person and virtual walks online presentations spiritual guidebooks blogs and social media to encourage individuals to find connection with the divine through relationship with the natural world.
$27,930 spent$15,006 earned by the program18% of program spendingEmpowering other non-profits Teaching and academic instruction including leading lectures seminars and retreats for churches and other non-profits and retreats for leaders of faith-based environmental groups. It also provides lectures at various churches and seminaries.
$20,291 spent$8,693 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,018.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $80k to $155k (+94%).
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.
78% of CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $49k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE’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
CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 78% · 2021 99% · 2022 90% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
87% of CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE'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 $37k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $240k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE?
- CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,747 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($155,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $276,747 in grants to CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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