The Chara Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843819978
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Sandy, UT, USA
Phone
8016644860
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,738
Expenses
$73,922
Assets
$103,914
Liabilities
$159

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER ERICKSON (PRESIDENT, T)

People named in this filing

  • HEATHER ERICKSON (PRESIDENT, T)
  • SARAH WEST (VP, SECRETAR)
  • BRUCE JUHLIN (BOARD MEMBER)

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 build confidence in studying the Bible on your own & with your neighbor. The Chara Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations may be tax deductible. EIN: 84-3819978 GIVE TODAY COPYRIGHT © 2025 THE CHARA PROJECT • PRIVACY POLICY • TERMS & CONDITIONS.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide biblically based resources and teaching material anchored with the chara bible study methods that meets women at any stage of bible study.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74

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: -10.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.