CHARIS MINISTRIES INC
EIN 62-1751911 · Food, Agriculture & Nutrition (K360)
What they do
Each Year, We Deliver Packages of Food Supplies to Local Households. Deliveries Are Made In Response to Requests for Help At A Time of Specific Need, Rather Than to A Roster of Repetitive Addresses or to An Entire Community At Once. In Tax Year 2023, We Made 268 Deliveries of Food, A USDA Equivalent of Over 7,500 Meals, to Households Representing 624 Individuals, Fully Half of Whom Were Minors (under 18) or Seniors (65+) - Including 224 Children Age 12 and Under. Our Experience is That, In Many of Our Visits, Prayer or Spiritual Encouragement Takes Place. This Work Was Enhanced Through The Efforts of Volunteers From Nashville Churches Who Made Many Deliveries. We Served Households Throughout Metropolitan Nashville. The Significant Value of Services Contributed By Volunteers is Additional to Listed Program Expenses, Over and Above Direct Costs Described Herein. Additionally, Financial Gifts Were Provided to Specific Food Recipients In Response to Their Request for Needs Including Auto F
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Of every $100 spent, about $85.30 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.
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They name their leaders7 people are listed in the latest report.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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RICHARD KOONCEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CHRIS SMELTZERDIRECTOR, BOARD VICE-CHAIRPERSON
GARY KINGDIRECTOR, BOARD TREASURER
JACK BAILEYDIRECTOR
JOE FLAUTTDIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIRPERSON
RICHARD WOODDIRECTOR
ROBERTA BRADLEYDIRECTOR, BOARD SECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1999
- Location
- PO BOX 40662, NASHVILLE, TN 37204
- County
- Davidson
- In care of
- Richard Koonce
- Primary officer
- Richard Koonce, Executive Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- September 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition (K360)
- IRS tax category
- Community Food Services