California · Nonprofit
FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC
FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,785,689 to it, the largest being FCA SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING CORP ($5,435,484). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Finlandia Foundation National Inc does
Mission
As the premier finnish-american cultural organization, finlandia foundation national champions a vibrant finnish-american heritage and legacy that builds bridges between modern finland and the united states, enabling people of all backgrounds to share in the traditions, values, and spirit of finland and finnish america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Operations of finlandia foundation national, the finnish american heritage center, finlandia art gallery, price of freedom museum, finnish american folk school, the finnish american reporter and north wind books
$785,770 spent$125,529 earned by the program69% of program spendingFinlandia foundation provides a newsletter with the latest news from the foundation, its chapters and elsewhere in finnish america and finland.
$99,526 spent$73,256 earned by the program9% of program spendingFinlandia foundation awards funds to projects related to finnish-american and finnish history, preservation, arts and culture. In 2024 the organization granted $141,118 to organizations and $106,011 to individuals.
$247,129 spentof which $247,129 as grants22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,132,425.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.5M to $12M (+162%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Thomas Flanagan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $5k → $437k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL 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
FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 69% — 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 FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC: 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 FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC?
- FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,785,689 to it, the largest being FCA SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING CORP ($5,435,484). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $7,785,689 in grants to FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC?
- FCA SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING CORP is the largest funder on record, with $5,435,484 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FINLANDIA FOUNDATION NATIONAL INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 12 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