North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE CHAMP FOUNDATION
THE CHAMP FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $848,513 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($615,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $74k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $849k
- Net assets
- $245k
What The Champ Foundation does
Mission
In 2024, The Champ Foundation continued to support a multi-site Natural History Study at the Cleveland Clinic and the the Children's HOspital of Philadelphia and the Champ Foundation Registry, a research study of individuals with single large scale mtDNA deletion syndromes, like Pearson syndrome. We support patient travel to participate in the Natural History Study. We continued to fund research projects at University College of London and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2023, The Champ Foundation continued to support a multi-site Natural History Study at the Cleveland Clinic and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Champ Foundation Registry, a research study of individuals with single large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions (SLSMDS). We support patient travel to participate in the Natural History Study. We continued to fund research projects at CHOP, University of Cambridge, University of Pittsburgh, and University College of London. We disseminated findings from our registry data through peer reviewed manuscripts and mitochondrial disease conferences.
$127,953 spentof which $104,205 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $127,953.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $82k to $467k (+471%).
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.
99% of THE CHAMP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $13k → $34k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 THE CHAMP FOUNDATION’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
THE CHAMP FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 THE CHAMP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 67% · 2019 92% · 2020 95% · 2021 76% · 2022 82% · 2023 74% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE CHAMP FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
93% of THE CHAMP FOUNDATION'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 $56k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $793k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE CHAMP FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 9,907 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,907 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like THE CHAMP FOUNDATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHAMP FOUNDATION?
- THE CHAMP FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $848,513 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($615,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHAMP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $848,513 in grants to THE CHAMP FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHAMP FOUNDATION?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $615,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHAMP FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing