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The Third Chair

Grand Rapids, Michigan · EIN 77-0693331 · Human Services · tax-exempt since 2008

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 63.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 76,556 human services nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.0.9 months29
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.62% of practices62
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.73
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.0% from one source92
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.95.7%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.4.1%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$4.61not scored

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Year by year

2019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$1.43M$1.42M$17K$102K0.95C
Aug 2024Form 990$1.29M$1.33M−$37K$85K0.85C
Aug 2023Form 990$1.24M$1.24M−$8,478$123K1.26C
Aug 2022Form 990$994K$958K$35K$131K1.67C
Aug 2021Form 990$873K$805K$68K$96K1.43B
Aug 2020Form 990$532K$492K$41K$28K0.73C
Aug 2019Form 990$327K$339K−$12K−$13K-0.53C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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