Minnesota · Nonprofit
CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC
CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,174 to it, the largest being ADX FOUNDATION ($352,940). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $723k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $610k
- Net assets
- $305k
What Circle of Discipline Inc does
Mission
Providing greater access to opportunites that increase knowledge of and practice toward 360 degrees of physical, spirtual and mental wellness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We continue to support youth through our three core programs. The lifestyles fit program supports youth with amateur boxing and fitness classes providing mentorship and building discipline and character skills. 360 advocacy aids youth and their parents by connecting with school staff, and administration in academic support through check-ins and tutoring. Pursuit of discipline develops youth leaders and builds confidence and decision-making skills through weekly leadership sessions and mentorship.
$320,000 spent$512,219 earned by the program64% of program spendingWe continue to offer three additional programs that we curated through youth input and requests. Art of sound engages youth with music through structured programming as an outlet for self-expression and emotional release. Zero to 100 provides arts experiences that nurture their creativity, self-expression, and personal growth. Drive supports youth and families by providing key insights about educational institutions, programs, scholarships, and financial aid options for post-secondary planning. Youth continue to be referred through hennepin county probation for our linked circle collaboration.
$179,289 spent$180,000 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $499,289.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $172k to $332k (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 49% · 2021 28% · 2022 78% · 2023 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Sankara Frazier
Executive director
Board chair
James Holmes
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $30k → $49k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE 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
CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 41% · 2021 46% · 2022 100% · 2023 84% — 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
25% of CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
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
94% of CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k 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.
Against its field
CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE 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
90% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE 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 CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC?
- CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,174 to it, the largest being ADX FOUNDATION ($352,940). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $610,174 in grants to CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE INC?
- ADX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $352,940 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIRCLE OF DISCIPLINE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 8 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