Georgia · Nonprofit
CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being AARON'S FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $559k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $487k
What Charter System Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Foundation is supported by voluntary contributions from the city and county school systems that have charter systems status under Georgia law and is governed by a seven-member board comprised of system superintendents. We provide workshops for our systems to share ideas, provide training, publish a newsletter, and work with policymakers to let them know about the good work charter systems are doing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation provided several workshops to provide a forum for charter systems to exchange innovative ideas and to provide guidance to systems that were considering or in the process of applying to the state BOE for charter system status under Georgia law.The Foundation began development of a training program to be delivered by consultants under contract with the Foundation. The training targets local school board members, superintendents, central office staff, and school level governance team and administrators. The training focuses on school governance issues and the use of flexibility to advance student achievement.
$336,661 spentof which $20,000 as grants76% of program spendingThe Foundation arranges meetings between charter system superintendents and state policymakers to give the superintendents the opportunity to speak about the good work their systems are doing.
$58,060 spent13% of program spendingThe Foundation also speaks with policymakers concerning legislation that may be important to charter systems.
$23,264 spent5% of program spendingThe Foundation began publishing a monthly newsletter and developed a website (www.charter-system.org) to distribute information on charter systems on a variety of issues.
$23,224 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $441,209.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $691k to $478k (−31%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 32% · 2018 23% · 2019 21% · 2020 21% · 2021 22% · 2022 18% · 2023 18% · 2024 24% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Michele Taylor
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: 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 CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being AARON'S FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- AARON'S FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARTER SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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