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FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC

FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $212,110 to it, the largest being RUTH & ITZHAK FISHER FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$110k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$212k
Net assets
$202k
0/3 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Friends of Imbuto Foundation USA Inc does

Mission

The mission of organization shall be to make grants to charitable organizations whose principal activities are undertaken within the country of rwanda and shall include contributing significantly to the efforts for the prevention and treatment of hiv/aids and other pandemics, promoting socioeconomic well-being of vulnerable groups, promoting education for all children with particular focus on girls, and promoting partnership with organizations with similar goals within rwanda.

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.

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 ($140k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($134k)2018 Revenue 51 ($71k) Expenses 138 ($63k) Net assets 106 ($141k)2019 Revenue 19 ($27k) Expenses 4 ($2k) Net assets 125 ($167k)2020 Revenue 38 ($53k) Expenses 223 ($103k) Net assets 80 ($107k)2021 Revenue 250 ($350k) Expenses 543 ($250k) Net assets 155 ($207k)2022 Revenue 54 ($75k) Expenses 225 ($104k) Net assets 134 ($179k)2023 Revenue 76 ($106k) Expenses 223 ($103k) Net assets 136 ($183k)2024 Revenue 89 ($124k) Expenses 246 ($113k) Net assets 145 ($194k)2025 Revenue 78 ($110k) Expenses 219 ($101k) Net assets 151 ($202k)
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Revenue (78)Expenses (219)Net assets (151)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 2020 to 2021, from $107k to $207k (+93%).

$134k
$141k
$167k
$107k
$207k
$179k
$183k
$194k
$202k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$94k
’17
$8k
’18
$26k
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
’24
’25
24
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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Listed333333333
Joined·+0+0+1+0+2+0+1+0
No longer listed·00102010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $50k.

Funder
'20
'21
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total
The Ellen Fundunclassified
$50k
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA 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.

How concentrated its funding is

FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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

FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

NY
CA

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

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’21
Massachusetts 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 OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve24.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC?
FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $212,110 to it, the largest being RUTH & ITZHAK FISHER FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $212,110 in grants to FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC?
RUTH & ITZHAK FISHER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF IMBUTO FOUNDATION USA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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