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Charis Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Friendswood, Texas · EIN 760593654

Charis Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Friendswood, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $53,640 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $24,440 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was the same as $53,640 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2024$53,6403$108,110
2025$53,6403$64,454

How to apply

ContactDouglas Anderson President
1607 Stoney Lake Dr, Friendswood, TX 77546
Phone or email(713) 248-2859
What to submitStatement of objectives with clear measure of results.
DeadlinesSubmissions received up and until March 31st of the current year.
RestrictionsMust conform with Charis Charitable stated purpose.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Charis Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas3$53,640

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Telos Foundation
Kerrville, TX
General Fund$25,000
First Liberty
Plano, TX
General Fund$24,440
God's Household of Faith
Magnolia, TX
General Fund$4,200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Charis Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Submissions received up and until March 31st of the current year.

How much does Charis Charitable Foundation give?

$53,640 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $24,440.

Who runs Charis Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Douglas Anderson (President & Director), Heather Z Anderson (Vice President, Secretary & Director), Lauren Fielder (Vice President & Director) and John David Anderson (Vice President & Director).

What does Charis Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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