Kentucky · Nonprofit
FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC
FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,017 to it, the largest being THE COTO FOUNDATION ($105,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $264k
What Finding Freedom Through Friendship Inc does
Mission
The holistic transformation of women and children in areas of endemic poverty. The organization seeks to alleviate poverty by providing shelter, healthcare, nutrition, education, economic skills and psychological support thereby promoting long-term sustainability of both individuals and communities. The organization empowers, transforms, and sustains individuals' socio-economic environment, enabling them to gain freedom, dignity, and security and live to their fullest potential. The organization supplies individuals and communities with tools for self-sufficiency to bridge the gender gap and address social inequalities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Widow program (egypt, guatemala, tajikistan, and tanzania)empowers individuals by providing healthcare (medical & pharmaceutical supplies), nutrition (food & supplements), lodging (construction, renovation & rent), utilities (water, gas & electric), children's education (preschool to high school, fees, clothing, transporation & supplies), and a sustainable microbusiness. The program impacted 224 individuals during 2025 as follows - constructed 4 new homes, purchased 2 parcels of land, renovated 2 homes and secured 4 rental homes; assets and utilities (appliances, furnishings and other conveniences) - various homes received 32 appliances and furniture items (such as refrigerators, gas ovens, washing machines, water heaters, beds and bedding, tables, couches, wardrobes and chairs), assisted with the purchase of equipment and supplies to launch 28 businesses; provided healthcare, food and vitamins to 25 families; and provided educational assistance to 70 students. In addition, the organization provided funding for 15 facilitators to oversee the various programs as well as funding for special events including holidays and graduations impacting 34 individuals.
$105,880 spentof which $19,716 as grants$98,190 earned by the program42% of program spendingCommunity development (egypt, guatemala, drc and morocco)the organization improves socioeconomic conditions through mentorship, skill training and microloans. This includes vocational training in sewing, baking, hairstyling, cosmetics and other related fields. The organization also provides mentorship, personal development and business sessions. In addition, the organization collaborates with local partners to build infrastructure that provides residents with access to commercial resources. During 2025, 731 individuals were impacted by these services. There were 87 events throughout the countries served.
$45,365 spent$42,120 earned by the program18% of program spendingTutoring and educational assistance (egypt & guatemala)the organization's transformative after-school tutoring program educates low-income children ages 10 - 15 in multiple subjects. The goal of the program is to reduce dropout rates, ensure grade advancement, provide medical and vision care, and address emotional barriers to learning. The program also emplowers families by helping them acquire skills to supplement their income for self-sufficiency.in 2025, a total of 175 individuals were impacted including 104 students, 43 parents, 10 social workers, 10 teachers, 4 facilitators, and 4 administrators. Field trips and summer school sessions are included in the program and bonuses are distributed to social workers and administrators at the end of the year. Clothing and gifts are distributed during special events such as christmas, easter and graduations.in addition, fff provides scholarships for college and private schooling as well as technical education. During 2025, 47 individuals received educational assistance.
$74,284 spentof which $25,232 as grants$68,970 earned by the program30% of program spendingCommunity health (egypt, guatemala and madagascar)community health events provide free healthcare screenings, including medical and vision services, prescription assistance, preventive care education, and disease vaccinations. Epidemic relief includes food, medicine, tents, solar lights, and water filters. Collaborative efforts with the various cities is vital for the success of these events. During 2025, 18 events were held in various locations impacting 3.8 million people.
$23,752 spent$22,055 earned by the program9% of program spendingMicrofinance program (egypt and drc)the microfinance program provides small loans at below-market rates to individuals who are typically denied capital by financial institutions. During 2025, 1,931 individuals received loans that were utilized to finance 566 projects.
$1,595 spentof which $1,595 as grants$1,314 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $250,876.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $89k to $246k (+176%).
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.
93% of FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Jody Greenlee
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $17k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP 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
FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
34% 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 FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 58% · 2022 49% · 2023 58% — 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
50% of FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC?
- FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,017 to it, the largest being THE COTO FOUNDATION ($105,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $173,017 in grants to FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC?
- THE COTO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH FRIENDSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 11 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