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Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc

Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,034 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,334). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$367k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$225k
Net assets
$335k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc does

Mission

Ministry to members and local community

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Missions and outreach outside of the Church

    $131,685 spentof which $99,731 as grants
    48% of program spending
  2. Duke Chapel support

    $6,889 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Ministry to congregation of 500 members

    $134,699 spent
    49% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $273,273.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($358k) Expenses 100 ($404k) Net assets 100 ($220k)2018 Revenue 118 ($422k) Expenses 99 ($400k) Net assets 110 ($241k)2019 Revenue 106 ($381k) Expenses 94 ($378k) Net assets 111 ($244k)2020 Revenue 110 ($394k) Expenses 96 ($388k) Net assets 114 ($250k)2021 Revenue 109 ($390k) Expenses 89 ($361k) Net assets 127 ($279k)2022 Revenue 115 ($412k) Expenses 91 ($369k) Net assets 147 ($322k)2023 Revenue 123 ($442k) Expenses 95 ($385k) Net assets 173 ($379k)2024 Revenue 98 ($350k) Expenses 97 ($393k) Net assets 159 ($350k)2025 Revenue 102 ($367k) Expenses 94 ($382k) Net assets 153 ($335k)
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Revenue (102)Expenses (94)Net assets (153)

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 $336k to $392k (+16%).

$226k
$246k
$246k
$258k
$291k
$336k
$392k
$353k
$336k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$46k
’17
$22k
’18
$3k
’19
$6k
’20
$29k
’21
$43k
’22
$57k
’23
−$43k
’24
−$15k
’25
10
months of
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.

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Listed121111121212121212
Joined·+3+5+7+5+0+0+9+2
No longer listed·45650092
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $50k.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 Congregation at Duke University Chapel 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

Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc.

44%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2021 85% · 2022 44% · 2023 39% — 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

98% of Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $221k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Congregation at Duke University Chapel 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 North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc?
Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,034 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,334). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $225,034 in grants to Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $98,334 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Congregation at Duke University Chapel Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 6 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