California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD
FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,941 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,019). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $51k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $51k
What Foundation for a Drug-Free World does
Mission
To educate youth and adults on facts about drugs
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educational events and outreach educational events were held across the united states and south america to provide youth and communities with factual information about drugs through the truth about drugs program. These efforts included school seminars, community workshops, and partnerships with local organizations, reaching thousands of participants.
$30,728 spent51% of program spendingInternational drug-free world convention our first international convention for the Foundation for a Drug-Free World brought together representatives from around the world to coordinate global drug education efforts. This major event led to a new national partnership with the national pal organization and fostered many new collaborations. Expenses included venue, logistics, and travel for international delegates.
$10,390 spent17% of program spendingA vip celebrity partnership promoted drug-free world in the media at the super bowl in new orleans. This high-visibility initiative resulted in the distribution of over 350,000 truth about drugs booklets-enough for each resident of the local community-greatly expanding public awareness and engagement.
$2,500 spent4% of program spendingIn partnership with the government of guatemala, the foundation conducted specialized "training of trainers" sessions to equip educators and officials to teach the truth about drugs curriculum. These activities helped expand the foundation's reach throughout latin america, with costs related to materials, translation, travel, and coordination.
$16,684 spentof which $10,000 as grants28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $60,302.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $76k to $51k (−33%).
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 FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $17k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD’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
FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 94% · 2021 90% · 2022 83% · 2023 37% — 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
70% of FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $35k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k 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
FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD has grown faster than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD
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.
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD: 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 FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD?
- FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,941 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,019). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $116,941 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,019 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR A DRUG-FREE WORLD 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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