Tennessee · Nonprofit
FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION
FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,113,746 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($586,679). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Friends for Life Corporation does
Mission
The mission of Friends for Life Corporation is to help persons affected by hiv/aids live well.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide direct housing assistance to persons/families living with hiv/aids. Hundreds of individuals and families have benefited from these programs since the organization's inception.
$1,914,593 spent$5,399,153 earned by the program30% of program spendingMaintain a staff of case managers and other support personnel who assess the needs of the local population that is affected by hiv/aids. Staff members also coordinate other resources and assist targeted population with engaging these resources in order to enhance and improve their quality of life. Hundreds of individuals and families have benefited from this program.
$3,220,293 spent50% of program spendingDisseminate educational materials to the public in a effort to enlighten the masses on the dangers of aids and to acquaint the public with proven measures for the prevention of hiv/aids. This effort has the potential of reaching thousands of people thoughout the major memphis, tn metropolitan area. Programs include both prevention and educational activities coordinated though a series of highly specialized programs such as wellness university, the positive living center, and others.
$1,010,494 spent16% of program spendingThe organization disseminates "food baskets" weekly throughout the year to individuals and families who are affected by hiv/aids. Volunteers are recruited to participate in this effort which is vital to the programs success. This program has evolved into a program that is vital to the community where nutritional needs are a serious concern. Hundreds of individuals and families benefit from this support effort.
$305,382 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,450,762.
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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $16M (+58%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 94% · 2018 91% · 2019 88% · 2020 66% · 2021 61% · 2022 65% · 2023 61% · 2024 47% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Diane Duke
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Mark Hickey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $180k → $450k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION’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
FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 54% · 2019 53% · 2020 36% · 2021 31% · 2022 38% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.
“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
46% of FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
68% of FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.6M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION: 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 FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION?
- FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,113,746 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($586,679). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,113,746 in grants to FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION?
- UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $586,679 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 19 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