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FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION
FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,425 to it, the largest being RALPH & GENEVIEVE HORWEEN FOUNDATION ($54,425). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $118k
What Friends of Downtown Friendswood Inc D/B/A Downtown Friendswood Association does
Mission
The friends of downtown friendswood promotes the businesses located in the downtown district as indicated on the city of friendswood zoning map.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Farm & vine event
$72,860 spent93% of program spendingGift card program
$5,281 spent7% of program spendingMardipaw event
$263 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,404.
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 2021 to 2022, from $47k to $97k (+107%).
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 OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION’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
100% of FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION?
- FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,425 to it, the largest being RALPH & GENEVIEVE HORWEEN FOUNDATION ($54,425). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $54,425 in grants to FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION?
- RALPH & GENEVIEVE HORWEEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $54,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD INC D/B/A DOWNTOWN FRIENDSWOOD ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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