Arizona · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF APHASIA
FRIENDS OF APHASIA (Arizona) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,150 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($76,345). 5 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
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $144k
- Net assets
- $164k
What Friends of Aphasia does
Mission
Friends of Aphasia strives to enhance the lives of those living with aphasia, including individuals who have aphasia, their families, and their community, through efforts to support the following: access to quality, patient-centered aphasia therapy services focused on participation in meaningful life activities; development and implementation of community education, advocacy, and outreach programs; and research aimed at advancing innovative and effective aphasia treatment approaches.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Friends of Aphasia offers structured, small-group sessions designed to stregthen communication strategies, reading, writing, and cognitive skills. These sessions are available both in person and on zoom, ensuring access for individuals with varying needs and circumstances. By creating a consistent, supportive environment, the organization helps members rebuild confidence in their ability to express themselves and engage with others. Beyond skill-building, Friends of Aphasia addresses one of the most profound challenges faced by people with language disorders: isolation. Through group programs and community outings, participants form friendships and experience a sense of belonging with others who understand their challenges. These social connections are not incidental-they are central to restoring dignity, independence, and quality of life. Friends of Aphasia also embraces innovative therapy approaches, including music-based programs and technology training that support language recovery and everyday communication. These offerings reflect the organization's commitment to practical, forward-thinking solutions that help members navigate real-world interactions with greater…
$215,628 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $215,628.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $303k to $165k (−46%).
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: 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of FRIENDS OF APHASIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $58k.
6 of 7 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 OF APHASIA’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 OF APHASIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 78%; 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 OF APHASIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 76% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% — 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
98% of FRIENDS OF APHASIA'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Arizona funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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 OF APHASIA receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $144k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF APHASIA
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 Arizona
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF APHASIA?
- FRIENDS OF APHASIA (Arizona) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,150 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($76,345). 5 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 OF APHASIA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $144,150 in grants to FRIENDS OF APHASIA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF APHASIA?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA is the largest funder on record, with $76,345 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF APHASIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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