Minnesota · Nonprofit
CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC
CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,714 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($36,696). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $446k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $239k
What Christos Center for Spiritual Formation Inc does
Mission
The mission of christos center for spiritual formation, as stated in the bylaws is: "to strengthen the christian body through the development of a deeper and more committed prayer life by, for example, giving retreats, seminars, forming communities, spiritual direction, spiritual formation programs, devotional literature, and/or other additional forms, etc."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
One of the longest-standing programs nationwide, christos center's, tending the holy program has been preparing women and men for the ministry of spiritual direction since 1990. Tending the holy is a christian ecumenical program that rests on the premise that we receive the gift to be present and listen to another's story in a healthy way through our own prayerful practices and contemplative experiences of god. The two-year program begins in september each year in two locations (st. Paul and chicago) and is also available online via distance learning. Upon completion of all course requirements, students will receive a certificate of completion of the tending the holy training program through christos center for spiritual formation. Our graduates offer spiritual direction in locations all over the world.
$316,625 spent$340,406 earned by the program88% of program spendingThroughout the seasons, we offer opportunities to develop and nurture spiritual awareness. Each event or workshop is designed to strengthen participants' connection with god's presence, in themselves, with others, and the world. Christos hosts a variety of workshops, prayer experiences, and group learning opportunities at retreat centers in the twin cities and chicago.
$41,338 spent$44,443 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe st. Paul location is located on 25 acres of wooded land that provides walking paths and spaces for people to sit in quiet contemplation-a perfect setting for personal spiritual retreats. The on-site facility provides comfortable places to read, contemplate or pray, along with several small rooms specifically designed for offering and receiving spiritual direction. It provides the meeting space for the st. Paul tending the holy classes and houses the business office.
$2,520 spent$2,709 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $360,483.
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 2021 to 2022, from $127k to $189k (+49%).
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.
12% of CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $9k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION 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
CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION 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 CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC?
- CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,714 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($36,696). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $43,714 in grants to CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $36,696 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTOS CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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