Champions of Change Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Champions of Change's primary exempt purpose is to provide support for homeless and foster families. This includes providing wraparound and supplemental services for these families to supply additional food, clothing, housing, and other resources that they may be lacking. Additionally, Champions of Change provides exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for these families that they would not participate in otherwise.
- Income
- $148,828
- Spending
- $142,733
- Reserves
- 4.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $48,000, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 79 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 (5)
- $67,618 spent. Hotels for the Holidays - Last December, we blessed over 250 of our homeless friends with an all-expenses-paid 3-day, 2-night staycation in a hotel so that their children did not have to wake up in shelters on Christmas. This was done in 4 cities: New York, NY, Nashville, TN, Charlotte, NC, and Rochester, NY. Champions of Change provided each guest with warm pajamas, all meals, gifts and stockings, trees, and decorations in every room.
- $15,425 spent. Feed a Family for Thanksgiving - Champions of Change provided Thanksgiving baskets for nearly 200 families in Rochester, NY and the greater Charlotte, NC area with over 6,000 lbs. of food. Also included were $25 gift cards for each family to buy a turkey and additional fixings for their Thanksgiving dinners.
- $9,247 spent. Princess Parties and Birthday Paint Parties for foster children - Hosted princess parties for foster girls and birthday paint parties for foster children throughout the year. Each party included painting canvases and paint materials, food, gifts, and prizes for the foster children and their accompanying foster parents. Each of the children received "Birthdays in a Bag" complete with cake, frosting, balloons, other decorations, and gifts so that they could celebrate on their actual birthday as well.
- $9,600 spent. Champions of Change hosted low-income families for nights out on the town. Groups of foster families were treated to live theater in Uptown Charlotte at the Belk Theater to watch Hamilton, Annie, and participate in Monopoly Live.
- $24,657 spent. Additional community services in support of homeless and foster individuals and families are provided ad hoc throughout the year as funding permits: providing one-time financial support to families to help pay rent and utilities and buy groceries, sending meals to families in need, sending care packages to foster youth struggling in college, and providing furniture to homeless families who have been newly placed in their apartments are some examples of the work that Champions of Change does to help fill financial gaps for low-income families.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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 September 7, 2026.
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 September 30, 2026.
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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
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 7, 2026.
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