Supporting organizationEIN 050620063Est. 2025-08

CHARTER FUND INC

BROOMFIELD, CO 80021

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Total Assets

$676.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$93.1M

FY 2023

Grants Made

397

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$235K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$1K–$5M

Typical

Deadlines

Varied throughout the year. Go to our …

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$147.0M

Charter fund, inc (the "fund or "charter school growth fund") identifies the country's best nonprofit public charter schools, funds their expansion, and helps to increase their impact. We provide funding and support to a national community of school leaders who seek to grow and serve more students in underserved communities with limited access to high-quality schools. The fund issued 108,373,375 in grants and incurred additional charitable expenses of 38,646,813 during the calendar year ended december 31, 2022. In addition, the fund issued 17,952,136 of program-related investment (pri) loans to charter school management organizations during the calendar year ending december 31, 2021. See part ix-b and xv for a detailed listing of loans and grants during the current year.

Focus Areas

Corporate Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$141.9M

Total Expenses

$147.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$150.4M

Min. Investment Return

$31.1M

Grant Range

397 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $150K to maximum $5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2023. Peak $93.1M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT INC
$9M
2 grants
THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS
$7.2M
4 grants
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$6.4M
3 grants
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
$5.4M
5 grants
TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
$3.1M
2 grants
BES INC
$2.7M
5 grants
YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
$2.6M
5 grants
THE CITY FUND
$2.5M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
28
grants
$10–50K
67
grants
$50–250K
252
grants
$250K–1M
138
grants
$1–5M
15
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

35 states

Texas
$25.3M
17% of total
California
$24.2M
16% of total
Colorado
$14.1M
10% of total
New York
$13.0M
9% of total
District of Columbia
$9.9M
7% of total
Tennessee
$8.8M
6% of total
Georgia
$7.1M
5% of total
Massachusetts
$6.5M
4% of total
Florida
$4.2M
3% of total
Indiana
$3.7M
3% of total

+25 more states

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