Virginia · Nonprofit
FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC
FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,714 to it, the largest being THE HARVEY S LOWE JR AND SUSAN HITCHCOCK-LOWE FOUNDATION ($95,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $342k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $111k
- Net assets
- $411k
What Flip Flop Friends Inc does
Mission
Our organization enhances educational opportunities for children in remote kenya by providing essential resources like shoes, book bags, and feminine products, ensuring every child can attend school consistently. We also provide secondary school tuition for top students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided 457 pairs of school shoes, 721 pairs of flip flops, and 120 book bags for students in 3 different primary schools.
$6,485 spent51% of program spendingProvided secondary school tuition scholarships for 6 high school students.
$2,636 spentof which $2,636 as grants21% of program spendingProvided school supplies and uniforms for several students, and provided funds for school internet service provider.
$1,202 spentof which $234 as grants10% of program spendingProvided 900 packs of feminine products to the head teacher of each school to distribute to the older female students.
$1,116 spent9% of program spendingFunded a teacher and family banquet buffet.
$690 spent5% of program spendingRemitted 2nd installment of warren jeff grant to fund primary school fees for 3 kenyan orphans.
$499 spentof which $499 as grants4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,628.
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
Amy Mazzan
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $33k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FLIP FLOP FRIENDS 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
FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.
Against its field
FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
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 FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC?
- FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,714 to it, the largest being THE HARVEY S LOWE JR AND SUSAN HITCHCOCK-LOWE FOUNDATION ($95,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $110,714 in grants to FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC?
- THE HARVEY S LOWE JR AND SUSAN HITCHCOCK-LOWE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLIP FLOP FRIENDS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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