Virginia · Nonprofit
THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC
THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,057,571 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($411,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $834k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $172k
What The Character Education Partnership Inc does
Mission
Providing the vision, leadership and resources for schools, families and communities to develop ethical citizens committed to building a just and caring world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Resource center
$162,718 spent$170,274 earned by the program41% of program spendingNational schools of character: an awards program that recognizes schools and districts that exemplify the goals of effective character education. This program also implemented additional character development programs within communities.
$106,688 spent$98,389 earned by the program27% of program spendingPrinciples sourcebook training: provides research-based examples of implementation strategies, websites and published materials critical for designing and sustaining character education incentives.
$89,732 spent$94,487 earned by the program22% of program spendingAnnual forum: planned, promoted and conducted character's national annual conference bringing together experts and concerned individuals to exchange information and further develop effective character and civic education programs.
$15,691 spent$400 earned by the program4% of program spendingPromising practices
$11,551 spent$29,375 earned by the program3% of program spendingGateway
$8,221 spent2% of program spendingAwards dinner
$5,216 spent1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $399,817.
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 2023 to 2024, from $501k to $353k (−30%).
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.
50% of THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Linda J Mckay
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $18k → $25k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP 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
THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 64% · 2019 86% · 2020 84% · 2021 99% · 2022 84% · 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 THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $292k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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 CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC?
- THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,057,571 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($411,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,057,571 in grants to THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC?
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $411,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHARACTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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