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FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC

FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,486,006 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($403,650). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$494k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$151k
8/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What Fight for Life Foundation Inc does

Mission

The primary purpose of the organiziation is to help deserving but underserved youth develop the social and emotional qualities needed to be successful. These qualities include self-awareness,self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsibile decision making.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The be a blessing program rewards students with experiences, incentives, and special opportunities that help them dream bigger and understand that hard work is rewarded by us in fun and impactful ways. The course provides one-of-a-kind opportunities to encourage them to strive further, celebrate their hard work, and see what positive things can happen when they put in the effort and do their best.

    $37,283 spent$47,775 earned by the program
    36% of program spending
  2. The building dreams program includes classroom activities focused on understanding various emotions through assigned reading, reflective activities and group sharing. The program includes be a blessing, which is a christmas toy drive and parties at the various schools that participate in the building dreams programs.

    $66,472 spent$301,948 earned by the program
    64% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,755.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($100k) Net assets 100 ($46k)2018 Revenue 134 ($196k) Expenses 170 ($171k) Net assets 156 ($71k)2020 Revenue 207 ($303k) Expenses 256 ($256k) Net assets 191 ($87k)2021 Revenue 178 ($259k) Expenses 247 ($248k) Net assets 386 ($177k)2022 Revenue 383 ($560k) Expenses 446 ($447k) Net assets 541 ($248k)2023 Revenue 272 ($397k) Expenses 480 ($481k) Net assets 348 ($159k)2024 Revenue 383 ($560k) Expenses 629 ($630k) Net assets 317 ($145k)2025 Revenue 338 ($494k) Expenses 519 ($520k) Net assets 329 ($151k)
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Revenue (338)Expenses (519)Net assets (329)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $160k to $272k (+69%).

$49k
$95k
$160k
$272k
$354k
$278k
$257k
$245k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

31% of FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,418 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’17
$26k
’18
$46k
’20
$12k
’21
$113k
’22
−$84k
’23
−$71k
’24
−$27k
’25
0.4
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Marlin Jackson

CEO/executiv

Board chair

Dr Carolyn Gentle-Genitty

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed555558
Joined·+0+4+0+0+5
No longer listed·04002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $35k → $373k.

4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC’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

FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

69% 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 FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC.

27%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 71% · 2019 48% · 2020 37% · 2021 34% · 2022 37% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

22% of FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

88% of FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

NY
IN
PA
CT
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $429k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC

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In Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

20% of spending goes to programs.

Program 20%Management 80%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC?
FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,486,006 to it, the largest being THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC ($403,650). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,486,006 in grants to FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC?
THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $403,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FIGHT FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing