Kentucky · Nonprofit
FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC
FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,136 to it, the largest being RAYMOND AND IRENE WILBORN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Friends for Michael Inc does
Mission
Raised funds for spinal cord research and provided scholarships and/or financial assistance giving more mobility to those affected by spin cord injuries/disease.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
University of louisville foundationpost office box 772050chicago, il 60677-2050spinal cord research$10,000
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants19% of program spendingUniverstiy of kentucky philanthropy450 rose streetlexington, ky 40506spinal cord research$10,000
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants19% of program spendingBath fitters - handicapped bath2600 stanley gault pwy, suite #2louisville, ky 40223$11,755
$11,755 spentof which $11,755 as grants23% of program spendingLiving spinal3230 e pershing streetappleton, wisconsin 54911$9,154
$9,154 spentof which $9,154 as grants18% of program spendingMax belliard - enabling equipment655 south 43rd st.louisville, ky 40223$10,000
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants19% of program spendingStudent scholarshipslocal students$1,000
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,909.
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 $29k to $48k (+65%).
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 FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $60 → $5k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 MICHAEL 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
FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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 FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 MICHAEL INC has grown faster than half of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL 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 Kentucky
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.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC?
- FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,136 to it, the largest being RAYMOND AND IRENE WILBORN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,136 in grants to FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC?
- RAYMOND AND IRENE WILBORN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2 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