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THE CHIARI PROJECT

THE CHIARI PROJECT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,184 to it, the largest being JKJ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$20k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$107k
Net assets
$45k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What The Chiari Project does

Mission

The primary purpose is to create awareness and conduct research in order to discover new therapeutic pain management approaches that will help individuals suffering from chiari malformation and related neurological conditions.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Outreach - implemented our state rep initiative which allowed chiari patients to connect with each other.

    $6,009 spent
    33% of program spending
  2. Support - increased our total reach of followers throughout all forms of social media.

    $6,009 spent
    33% of program spending
  3. Education - produced snippet videos revolving around our control chiari pain management agenda. These videos featured our medical board members. Began development of our pain management research ai tool. Redesigned our education pamphlet for pain management and sent out for medical board review.interviewed patients based on their pain management routine for our exploration content.

    $6,009 spent
    33% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,027.

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 ($22k) Expenses 100 ($21k) Net assets 100 ($16k)2018 Revenue 21 ($5k) Expenses 48 ($10k) Net assets 64 ($11k)2019 Revenue 95 ($21k) Expenses 59 ($13k) Net assets 116 ($19k)2020 Revenue 116 ($26k) Expenses 69 ($15k) Net assets 184 ($30k)2021 Revenue 104 ($23k) Expenses 81 ($17k) Net assets 219 ($36k)2022 Revenue 99 ($22k) Expenses 71 ($15k) Net assets 260 ($42k)2023 Revenue 85 ($19k) Expenses 83 ($18k) Net assets 267 ($44k)2024 Revenue 89 ($20k) Expenses 84 ($18k) Net assets 278 ($45k)
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Revenue (89)Expenses (84)Net assets (278)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 2021 to 2022, from $36k to $48k (+33%).

$17k
$11k
$20k
$30k
$36k
$48k
$49k
$51k
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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

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

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$777
’17
−$6k
’18
$8k
’19
$11k
’20
$6k
’21
$7k
’22
$1k
’23
$2k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $13k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 CHIARI PROJECT’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 CHIARI PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“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

THE CHIARI PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

TX

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

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 CHIARI PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like THE CHIARI PROJECT

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

45%

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 CHIARI PROJECT?
THE CHIARI PROJECT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,184 to it, the largest being JKJ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CHIARI PROJECT have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $107,184 in grants to THE CHIARI PROJECT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CHIARI PROJECT?
JKJ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CHIARI PROJECT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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