California · Nonprofit
THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP
THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,515 to it, the largest being EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION ($19,515). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $186k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $-8056
What The Narrative Method Group does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to confront the epidemic of loneliness and isolation by empowering self-expression and activating social connection, and to carry on other charitable and educational activities associated with this purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The organization operates free online creative writing salons and distributes resources that educate and empower individuals to better express themselves and forge stronger connections with others. The salons and resources teach "the narrative method," a research-based group experience that focuses on storytelling, relational exercises, and creative writing in order to increae awareness of one's self and greater empathy for the experience of others, resulting in a more united world. The materials distribted include card decks containing conversation and writing prompts based on the narrative method and journals designed to encourage personal journaling. The applicant is also planning to publish a book on the narrative method in order to educate a wider audience. In additionl to its free online educational progras, the applicant will also provide educational trainings for individuals and groups for a tuition fee. The applicate also plans to develop longer-term partnerships to bring its programs to charitable constituents who could benefit from its trainings, including veteran groups, unhoused communities, and student populations.
$134,480 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $134,480.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Richard Foos
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP’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 NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
66% 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 NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP.
“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
100% of THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP?
- THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,515 to it, the largest being EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION ($19,515). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $29,515 in grants to THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP?
- EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,515 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NARRATIVE METHOD GROUP 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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