California · Nonprofit
FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,250 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($119,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $98k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $121k
- Net assets
- $80k
What Friends Foundation International does
Mission
The Friends Foundation International supports environmental safety, public health projects, and efforts to sustainably meet basic human needs around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
*Cigarette Surfboard Documentary* Support for the Cigarette Surfboard documentary, which educates the public about the impacts to our beaches and environment from single-use cigarette filters and plastics. *Delek Children's Foundation: Eye Clinic in Nubri Valley, Nepal* Support for the Delek Children's Foundation to expand eye care services that were provided in this region from FFI's financial support in 2024. 126 villagers were screened, 72 cataract surgeries were performed, 250 warm jackets and pants and 125 shoes and school supplies were provided, and 200 reading glasses and eye medicines were given to the locals. *Charity Health Foundation: Eye Care for Students in Nepal* Support for the Charity Health Foundation to provide essential eye care and treatment in the far western region of Nepal where access to quality eye care and screening services is limited. The program examined 5,026 students in 44 schools. 396 refractive students were identified with refractive errors, 819 students received necessary medications, while 327 students were provided with corrective eyeglasses at no cost to the students. *Prakash Mani Sharma Academy for Public Interest Law* Support for public…
$0 spentof which $80,747 as grants
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $63k to $80k (+27%).
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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Dean Alper
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $21k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL’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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
98% of FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $119k 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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
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
47%
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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: 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 FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL?
- FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,250 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($119,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $121,250 in grants to FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $119,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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