California · Nonprofit
FARRS BEST
FARRS BEST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FIRST CREDIT UNION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $86k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Farrs Best does
Mission
Farr's Best's primary exempt purpose is to strengthen families and underserved communities through charitable and educational programs focused on family leadership, health and wellness, financial literacy, education, scholarships, and community engagement. The organization fulfills this purpose by providing workshops, leadership development programs, health awareness initiatives, scholarship opportunities, family centered events, and other resources designed to improve family well-being, expand educational and economic opportunity, and build stronger communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Family Leadership Summit - Farr's Best conducted its Family Leadership Summit, a multi-day charitable and educational program designed to strengthen families, develop leadership across generations, and connect participants with educational, professional, health, financial, and community resources. The Summit included keynote presentations, panel discussions, leadership workshops, family meetings, community-building activities, and intergenerational training. Programming addressed family leadership, communication, personal responsibility, educational excellence, economic opportunity, health and wellness, goal setting, professional development, community involvement, and legacy building. Attendees included families, parents, students, educators, business executives, nonprofit leaders, faith leaders, community officials, volunteers, and other individuals interested in family and community leadership. Approximately 250 individuals attended the Family Leadership Summit. The primary beneficiaries were families and individuals who received leadership instruction, educational information, mentorship, access to community resources, and opportunities to engage with academic, business, and…
$41,982 spent76% of program spendingFamily Leadership Weekly Sessions - Farr's Best conducted recurring virtual Family Leadership Weekly Sessions that provided educational instruction, facilitated discussions, leadership development, encouragement, accountability, and family support to participants throughout the United States. The sessions addressed family leadership, communication, personal responsibility, financial literacy, health and wellness, goal setting, faith and values, parenting, intergenerational relationships, personal and professional development, community service, and family legacy. Programming included the Saturday Family Zoom and related leadership sessions serving men, women, families, faith leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals, and other community participants. Approximately 230 individuals participated in the Family Leadership Weekly Sessions. Farr's Best conducted approximately three sessions per week for 52 weeks, representing approximately 156 sessions during the year.
$2,628 spent5% of program spendingWalk, Run & Ride for Diabetes Awareness - The Walk, Run & Ride for Diabetes Awareness is a charitable community health, fitness, and fundraising initiative. Families and community members participate in coordinated walks, runs, and bicycle rides designed to increase awareness of diabetes and prediabetes, encourage regular physical activity, promote healthier lifestyles, and strengthen community engagement. Registration fees, sponsorships, and donations help support the event and Farr's Best's broader charitable and educational programs.Participants include adults, children, families, community leaders, volunteers, local businesses, and community organizations. The primary beneficiaries are families and communities that receive diabetes awareness information, wellness education, encouragement to become more physically active, and opportunities to participate in a coordinated community health initiative.
$10,629 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,239.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of FARRS BEST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jay Farr
Executive Director
Board chair
Andre Farr
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.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FARRS BEST’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.
How concentrated its funding is
FARRS BEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FARRS BEST.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 FARRS BEST's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
FARRS BEST has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FARRS BEST
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FARRS BEST: 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 FARRS BEST?
- FARRS BEST (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FIRST CREDIT UNION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FARRS BEST have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,000 in grants to FARRS BEST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FARRS BEST?
- AMERICAN FIRST CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FARRS BEST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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