Louisiana · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE
FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500,000 to it, the largest being FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC ($6,500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Friends of Firstline does
Mission
Friends of Firstline will operate exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purpose of firstline schools, inc., the organization's supported organization. This will be accomplished by raising funds to be paid to, or for the use (continued on schedule o) of, or providing services or facilities for, firstline schools, inc.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Friends of Firstline will operate exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purpose of firstline schools, inc. This will be accomplished by raising funds to be paid to, or for the use of, or providing services or facilities for, firstline schools, inc.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
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.
Board chair
Charles West
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE’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 FIRSTLINE's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
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 FIRSTLINE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6.5M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Firstline Schools Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE: 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 OF FIRSTLINE?
- FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,500,000 to it, the largest being FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC ($6,500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,500,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE?
- FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF FIRSTLINE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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