Tennessee · Nonprofit
CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY
CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $323,730 to it, the largest being 50CAN INC ($307,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $324k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Circles of Success Learning Academy does
Mission
State approved charter school
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic achievement and tsi removal: our school achieved significant academic growth as demonstrated by improved tcap test scores. This progress resulted in our removal from the targeted support and improvement (tsi) designation. The accomplishment reflects our staff's committment to data-driven, instruction, targeted interventions, and continuous student support.
$2,361,296 spent80% of program spendingSuccessful relocatio to temporary facilities: we planned and implemented a seamless transition of our entire school program to temporary facilities for the 2025-2026 school year. This move was accomplished with minimal disruption to instruction and student services, ensuring continuity of learning and maintaining a safe, supporting environment for all students and staff.
$396,460 spent13% of program spendingEnhanced student support services: this year, we expanded access to student support services by increasing availability of academic tutoring, mental health counseling, and individualized learning plans. These efforts resulted in improved student attendance, higher engagement, and better overall student-wellbeing, supporting our academic goals and positive school culture.
$202,994 spent7% 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: $2,960,750.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.0M to $3.6M (+253%).
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: 2018 0% · 2020 0% · 2023 23% · 2024 20% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Daryl Leven
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $184k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY’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
CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, 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 1 state 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
CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY: 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 CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY?
- CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $323,730 to it, the largest being 50CAN INC ($307,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $323,730 in grants to CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY?
- 50CAN INC is the largest funder on record, with $307,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIRCLES OF SUCCESS LEARNING ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 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