Circle of Generosity Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271413607
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6462699679
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,077
- Expenses
- $127,885
- Assets
- $50,319
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL CLINTON (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL CLINTON (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)
- JACK KLIGER (TREASURER)
- VALERIE FITCH (GRANTS OFFICER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The circle of generosity foundation is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to deliver random acts of kindness to individuals and families in need. Each act of generosity is designed to be anonymous from circle of generosity foundation to the recipient. Circle of generosity foundations goal is to give a one time financial gift to an individual or family for basic living, education or medical needs during a period of struggle. Circle of generosity is a non-denominational organization that serves all people. The only thing circle of generosity asks its gift recipients in return is that the recipient perform their own random act of kindness in the future, to complete the circle of giving.
What it reported doing in 2025
General program: circle of generosity foundation to the recipient. Circle of generosity foundation's goal is to give a one time financial gift to an individual or family for basic living, education or medical needs during a period of struggle. Circle of generosity is a non-denominational organization that serves all people. The only thing circle of generosity asks its gift recipients in return is that the recipient performs their own random act of kindness in the future, to complete the circle of giving.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -87.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.