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FRIENDS INC

FRIENDS INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,600 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($2,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$80k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$100k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Friends Inc does

Mission

F.r.I.e.n.d.s. Is a local organization for families, friends, and advocates who love an individual with down syndrome. F.r.I.e.n.d.s. Strives to provide support for families of individuals with down syndrome, connect with other families, friends and advocates, and educate ourselves and our community about down syndrome. The vision of f.r.I.e.n.d.s. Is to recognize the value of people with down syndrome within their families, communities, and workplace and to educate families and communities about down syndrome. Our mission is to provide resources for support and education for families, friends and care-givers of individuals with down syndrome. We hope to help people with down syndrome improve their quality of life through advocacy, education, and promoting a positive understanding of down syndrome in the wiregrass area.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $67,210 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Provided assistance and support to individuals with down syndrome and to families of individuals with down syndrome. And provided education to the general public in order to raise awareness.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $67,210.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($94k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2018 Revenue 98 ($80k) Expenses 78 ($74k) Net assets 111 ($58k)2019 Revenue 127 ($104k) Expenses 79 ($75k) Net assets 166 ($87k)2020 Revenue 67 ($55k) Expenses 66 ($62k) Net assets 152 ($80k)2021 Revenue 11 ($9k) Expenses 25 ($24k) Net assets 139 ($73k)2022 Revenue 115 ($94k) Expenses 80 ($76k) Net assets 173 ($91k)2023 Revenue 72 ($59k) Expenses 86 ($81k) Net assets 131 ($69k)2024 Revenue 95 ($78k) Expenses 69 ($65k) Net assets 167 ($88k)2025 Revenue 98 ($80k) Expenses 72 ($68k) Net assets 191 ($100k)
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Revenue (98)Expenses (72)Net assets (191)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $58k to $90k (+55%).

$64k
$58k
$90k
$85k
$73k
$94k
$74k
$88k
$99k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of FRIENDS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$13k
’17
$6k
’18
$29k
’19
−$8k
’20
−$15k
’21
$18k
’22
−$22k
’23
$13k
’24
$12k
’25
18
months of
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.

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Listed665544433
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·01010010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.

Funder
'19
'20
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS 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

FRIENDS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 1 state in all.

VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
Alabama out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,360 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve17.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like FRIENDS 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 FRIENDS INC?
FRIENDS INC (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,600 to it, the largest being CARMAX FOUNDATION ($2,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,600 in grants to FRIENDS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS INC?
CARMAX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 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