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SANCTUARY IN THE CITY

SANCTUARY IN THE CITY (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,209 to it, the largest being COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($160,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$21k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$333k
Net assets
$3k
3/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Sanctuary in the City does

Mission

The provide wellness programming to community members on a complimentary basis.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Womens abuse program that provides emergency relief stipends and wellness programming to approximately 50 women this fiscal year.

    $1,860 spentof which $1,854 as grants
    6% of program spending
  2. Disordered eating monthly group that provides services for approximately 10 individuals each month.

    $4,800 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. A community-based book club is a space that centers writers of the African diaspora. The book club is designed to uplift art and culture that explores our multifaceted experiences and voices.

    $22,684 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    77% of program spending
  4. Weekly wellness programming that includes yoga, breathwork, meditation, ayurvedic classes, and more to our community through an online platform at no cost to individuals.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  5. Ongoing community support for those experiencing financial emergencies and support of community programs aligned with our mission.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  6. A six month, Black co-learning cohort for healers & wellness professionals. This is a peer lead co-learning space designed to ensure healers work and practices are in alignment with Black liberation.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,344.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($154k) Expenses 100 ($133k) Net assets 100 ($29k)2022 Revenue 86 ($133k) Expenses 87 ($115k) Net assets 162 ($47k)2023 Revenue 41 ($64k) Expenses 71 ($94k) Net assets 57 ($17k)2024 Revenue 14 ($21k) Expenses 26 ($35k) Net assets 10 ($3k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (14)Expenses (26)Net assets (10)Peer revenue range

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 $47k to $17k (−65%).

$29k
$47k
$17k
$3k
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of SANCTUARY IN THE CITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’21
$18k
’22
−$30k
’23
−$14k
’24

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Kelley Carboni-Woods

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $29k → $30k.

6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 SANCTUARY IN THE CITY’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

SANCTUARY IN THE CITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

100% 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 SANCTUARY IN THE CITY.

48%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 69% · 2021 51% · 2022 77% · 2023 100% — 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

33% of SANCTUARY IN THE CITY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

78% of SANCTUARY IN THE CITY'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 $74k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

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

’20
’21
’22
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $259k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Against its field

SANCTUARY IN THE CITY's revenue fell 86% between 2021 and 2024.

Operating margin−63% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−48% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like SANCTUARY IN THE CITY

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.

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

NC

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Questions and answers

Who funds SANCTUARY IN THE CITY?
SANCTUARY IN THE CITY (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,209 to it, the largest being COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ($160,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SANCTUARY IN THE CITY have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $333,209 in grants to SANCTUARY IN THE CITY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SANCTUARY IN THE CITY?
COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SANCTUARY IN THE CITY 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.

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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 10 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