Circle Road Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471567141
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6025588742
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,356
- Expenses
- $8,475
- Assets
- $9,591
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James Donley (CEO)
People named in this filing
- James Donley (CEO)
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
To provide supportive housing assistance, recovery support services, and resources that help individuals experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, and life instability achieve long-term health, independence, and self-sufficiency.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provided supportive housing scholarships to individuals recovering from substance use disorders and housing instability. Assistance helped participants maintain safe and structured living environments while engaging in treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency efforts. During the year, the organization provided housing-related assistance to multiple individuals in need.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 29
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.3%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: 49.7%; rating input score 50
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 65.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 51; 51st 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.3% of revenue deployed · 49.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.