Oregon · Nonprofit
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,518 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $630k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $360k
- Net assets
- $201k
What Circle of Friends School does
Mission
Circle of Friends School is a female-founded 501c3 in Lane County Oregon serving children and youth with complex disabilities and those who love them. We are building a community that is founded on opportunities. Every person has value.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Circle of Friends School continued is operations of a private alternative K-8 program in Cottage Grove Oregon to serve children and youth with complex disabilities. The school offers individualized instruction tailored to each students needs emphasizing functional skill development mobility enhancement and independence. Educational activities are designed to integrate multidisciplinary goals incorporating movement breaks and recreational opportunities to support holistic learning. Collaborations with local school districts facilitate inclusive experiences allowing students to apply acquired skills in broader community settings. The program is structured to accommodate students requiring specialized mobility aids adaptive equipment and alternative communication methods ensuring a supportive environment that addresses both educational and physical care needs.
$585,305 spentof which $40,000 as grants$403,465 earned by the program96% of program spendingDuring 2024 Circle of Friends School provided summer camp sessions for youth ages 7-13 with severe disabilities. The camps purpose served up to 10 youth per session specifically youth who have a physical disability and severe communication impairment which traditionally impact their ability to attend camps offered through other public organizations. During camp youth participated in games that focused on strengthening their gross and fine motor skills use of sensory based activities that encouraged exploration curiosity problem solving and creativity all while modeling their individualized Augmentative and Alternative Communication AAC systems. Lastly all camp activities integrated the use of adaptive equipment or supports which included but were not limited to switch-accessed toys light up musical instruments and games as well as sensory based activities that support language development and motor skills.
$21,790 spent$25,030 earned by the program4% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $607,095.
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 2022 to 2023, from $76k to $272k (+260%).
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.
34% of CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $20k → $121k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 FRIENDS SCHOOL’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 FRIENDS SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 99% · 2022 73% · 2023 41% — 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
84% of CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k 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
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL: 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 FRIENDS SCHOOL?
- CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL (Oregon) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,518 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($116,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $359,518 in grants to CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $116,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIRCLE OF FRIENDS SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 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