Indiana · Nonprofit
THE CHRIS CENTER INC
THE CHRIS CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,898 to it, the largest being Rector Family Foundation ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $307k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $484k
- Net assets
- $169k
What The Chris Center Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to improve mental wellness for teens and pre-teens in greater indianapolis through education and experiences with nature and the healing power of human-animal interaction.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Registered handler/dog teams support youth mental wellness by providing middle and high school students the opportunity to interact with therapy dogs, which can reduce stress, improve mood, boost confidence, and enhance social connection. In 2023, we partnered with 5 middle schools and high schools, served over 400 students/faculty members, and provided over 4000 student-dog interactions.
$25,458 spent47% of program spendingThis alpaca-assisted wellness program offers teens and pre-teens the opportunity to interact with alpacas, explore nature, and learn wellness skills such as minfulness practices and stress-reduction techniques.
$17,244 spent32% of program spendingThis series offers support to parents and caregivers raising teens and pre-teens; behavioral health experts provide information about important adolescent wellness topics such as anxiety, social media, neurodiversity, and positive communication with your teen.
$5,050 spent9% of program spendingThis holistic program supports wellness through the healing aspects of nature and reflective process of creative artmaking.
$6,250 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $54,002.
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.
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 $65k to $157k (+143%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $10k → $107k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 CHRIS CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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 CHRIS CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 CHRIS CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 97% · 2022 48% · 2023 47% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE CHRIS CENTER INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $203k 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.
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CHRIS CENTER INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHRIS CENTER INC?
- THE CHRIS CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,898 to it, the largest being Rector Family Foundation ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHRIS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $483,898 in grants to THE CHRIS CENTER INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHRIS CENTER INC?
- Rector Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHRIS CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 17 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