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Charis Foundation for New Monacticism & Interspirituality

EIN 47-3020709 · Des Moines, NM

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair63 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality (Charis Foundation) is a strategic array of programs and partnerships designed to support spiritual maturation, interspiritual collaboration, and broad systemic change in the world. Our ethos, or the spirit of our ideals, is articulated in our "Charis Community Vows."

Income
$121,147
Spending
$144,872
Spent on programs
97%
Reserves
8.1 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 75%
Employees
0
Volunteers
12
Highest pay
$50,800, president, director of keating-schachter center

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 63 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 8.1 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 2% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 20% of income.

  • Income trend

    0 of 15

    Income fell 96% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    97% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 96% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    3 of 5 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $68,536 spent. Consulting work done by Charis. This included work on the Fetzer Institute's "Shared Sacred Story Program," which brought together teams from different religious traditions to write a sacred story from their tradition, now published as "Retelling Sacred Stories: Our Journeys to a Shared Sacred Story" (Orbis Books). Charis co-founders Rory McEntee and Netanel Miles-Yepez led the Interspiritual team of scholar-practitioners, which wrote and edited a "Shared Sacred Story of Interspirituality." Charis also participated in a year long project with Fetzer on BIPOC spirituality.
  2. $62,840 spent. Charis operates and hosts contemplative retreats at "Charis Mandala Sanctuary," a 120 acre retreat center in Des Moines, NM. Charis Mandala Sanctuary is the physical and spiritual home of Charis, with two lodges and an awe-inspiring main center, where new monastics and interspiritual practitioners gather from around the world in retreat. Charis Mandala Sanctuary cultivates an atmosphere of prolonged contemplative practice and interspiritual dialogue, providing a place of refuge in an increasingly hectic and fragile world.
  3. $7,030 spent. The Keating-Schachter Center for Interspirituality (KSC) at Naropa University, a project of the Charis Foundation, is dedicated to bringing genuine spiritual wisdom into education, creating opportunities for university students and staff to meet and interact with genuine wisdom holders from the diversity of the world's spiritual traditions. To this end, each semester KSC sponsors a World Wisdom Teacher-in-Residence to meet with students and staff for small circle dialogues, extended retreats, and to give public talks to the Boulder community. KSC also sponsors smaller community-focused "Wisdom Talks" throughout the school year, as well as multi-religious and interspiritual practice-opportunities and resources, courses, groups, retreats, and dialogues at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and at our affiliated retreat facility, Charis Mandala Sanctuary in Des Moines, New Mexico. In this way, we hope to influence future leaders through integrated experiences of wisdom. The center honors the legacy of two of our most important spiritual teachers, Father Thomas Keating and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
  4. $1,080 spent. Soul Circles is an online class on dreamwork and its relation to the spiritual journey.
  5. $1,141 spent. The New Monastics Podcast offers dialogue with some of today's leading spiritual teachers and thinkers on all aspects of contemplative life, with a special focus on interspirituality and new monasticism. Amid continuing changes to our spiritual and religious landscape, we explore the tenets of living a life dedicated to spiritual development and truth.
  6. $138 spent. Miscellaneous revenue and expenses, including for Charis Mandala Publishing and Charis Snowmass Dialogues.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 2015.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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