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FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE

FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$67k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$124k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Friends of Chevy Chase Circle does

Mission

Maintain chevy chase circle for the benefit of the community.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Intall lighting for circle

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE’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

FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

43%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 77% — 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

FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states in all.

NY
NJ
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin82% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

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04Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE?
FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,300 in grants to FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE?
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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