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THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC

THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $704,557 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($296,190). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$225k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$705k
Net assets
$198k
10/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 97%
01What it does

What The Charis Circle Inc does

Mission

Charis circle exists to foster sustainable feminist communities, to work for social justice and encourage the expression of diverse and marginalized voices.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Charis circle serves our mission by hosting educational and cultural programs including writing groups, author readings, book groups, and community events to encourage the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. We foster sustainable feminist communities in our internal and community work by working in coalition to support the rights of all people to be self- determining across the spectrum of their lives. Charis circle partners with charis books and more to provide a welcoming community gathering space to the public 7 days a week.

    $79,752 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $79,752.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($260k) Expenses 100 ($208k) Net assets 100 ($78k)2018 Revenue 43 ($112k) Expenses 50 ($104k) Net assets 109 ($85k)2019 Revenue 38 ($99k) Expenses 55 ($114k) Net assets 90 ($71k)2020 Revenue 44 ($113k) Expenses 36 ($75k) Net assets 139 ($109k)2021 Revenue 51 ($132k) Expenses 50 ($103k) Net assets 176 ($138k)2022 Revenue 65 ($168k) Expenses 56 ($117k) Net assets 240 ($188k)2023 Revenue 53 ($138k) Expenses 86 ($179k) Net assets 188 ($147k)2024 Revenue 87 ($225k) Expenses 84 ($174k) Net assets 252 ($198k)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (84)Net assets (252)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 2023 to 2024, from $147k to $198k (+35%).

$78k
$86k
$71k
$109k
$138k
$188k
$147k
$198k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

92% of THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$52k
’17
$7k
’18
−$14k
’19
$38k
’20
$29k
’21
$50k
’22
−$41k
’23
$51k
’24
12
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.

Chief executive

Errol R Anderson

Executive director

Board chair

Ruby- Beth Buitekant

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed104555555
Joined·+0+1+0+0+1+0+0
No longer listed·6000100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $43k → $100k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 CHARIS CIRCLE 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 CHARIS CIRCLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

62% 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 CHARIS CIRCLE INC.

42%
largest funder
73%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 69% · 2019 48% · 2020 73% · 2021 50% · 2022 31% · 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

54% of THE CHARIS CIRCLE 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 $322k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states.

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MD
DE
NC
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FL

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

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $383k 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

Against its field

THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

46% of spending goes to programs.

Program 46%Management 21%Fundraising 33%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC?
THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $704,557 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($296,190). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $704,557 in grants to THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $296,190 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 15 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