Texas · Nonprofit
ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION
ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KANEKA FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Essential Friends Foundation does
Mission
Provide college scholarships and support to underserved, under privileged, and socially disadvantaged youth in our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The foundation helps bridge the financial gap for members of our community who might otherwise be unable to pursue their educational goals and build a successful future. Through the dr. Ronald e. Mcnair scholarship fund, the foundation provides financial assistance to college-bound students in the metropolitan houston area. Scholarships are awarded in two categories each year.
$30,277 spentof which $30,277 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,277.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Herman Burroughs
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION?
- ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KANEKA FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION?
- THE KANEKA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ESSENTIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing