Illinois · Nonprofit
FOBA FOUNDATION INC
FOBA FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being The Papa John's Foundation Inc ($12,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $0
What Foba Foundation Inc does
Mission
Educate youth and communities in the art of boxing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Fres who as a World Boxing Council Ambassador was estatic to again host boxing exhibitions for the 3rd consectuive year in Mexico This year Dreamers Assoc. and the Warden from the State Prison in the City of Coahuila partnered to assist FOBA with training gear and all the equiptment needed to increase the number of exhibitions and participants. The parternship felt that this years increased number of boxing exhibtions would help to garner additional interest for future events. Fres was diligent in distilling in these participants the importance of a sound mind and body through health and wellness, social development, and education, derived from the Sport of Boxing.
$8,800 spent30% of program spendingThe FOBA Foundation was once again asked to put on a boxing exhibition during the 32nd Annual Fiesta Boricua August 30th and 31st of 2025 De Bandera a Bandera. FOBA partnered with the local businesses and the City of Chicago including the Mayor and local Alderman to host the boxing exhibtions on Division St. The boxing ring is strategically placed to ensure everyone is able to enjoy and cheer on the youths who are living the vision of FOBA by competing in these exhibitions. All particiapants are given trophies purchased with the donations made to the FOBA Foundation.
$4,600 spent16% of program spendingFres has made a conservative effort to use the donations and grants to help other retired boxers assist him with the boxing exhibitions. Last year alone FOBA was able to employ three retired boxers throughout the year for various events. He is able to pay them for the time they invest to uphold the FOBA Foundation mission and vision. One of the boxers has also traveled to Mexico to help Fres with the exhibitions for the last 2 years.
$15,900 spent54% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,300.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $35k to $10k (−71%).
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 FOBA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FOBA 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.
Where its funders are
FOBA FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FOBA FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 33% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,682 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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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 Illinois
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOBA FOUNDATION INC?
- FOBA FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being The Papa John's Foundation Inc ($12,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOBA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to FOBA FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOBA FOUNDATION INC?
- The Papa John's Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOBA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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