Idaho · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC
FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,413,387 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,152,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $990k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Friends of Minidoka Inc does
Mission
We strive to pass on the history, legacy and lessons of civil liberties through transforming and inspiring experiences for the general public and those with personal and familial ties to minidoka. We are committed to working with partners, including the national park service, to accomplish these goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Beyond the barbed wire: japanese american stories of the pacific northwest - project to develop virtual tours about the japanese american experience related to minidoka.
$355,414 spent47% of program spendingAnnual programming - included day of remembrance commemoration in three cities, short video featuring maggie tokuda hall, digital programming, internships/fellowships, volunteer day, outreach events in idaho, oregon, and washington, presentations and training, support bainbridge island japanese american memorial annual commemoration.
$366,090 spent49% of program spendingPreservation of minidoka - funded addendum study for the traditional cultual property report and the area of critical environmental concern to preserve the cultural viewshed of minidoka.
$28,062 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $749,566.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $322k to $1.1M (+257%).
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: 2021 46% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Robyn Achilles
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $58k → $666k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MINIDOKA 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 MINIDOKA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 36% · 2021 71% · 2022 42% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68k 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 MINIDOKA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $815k on record.
- Department of the Interior$815k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA 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.
In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC: 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 MINIDOKA INC?
- FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC (Idaho) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,413,387 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,152,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,413,387 in grants to FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,152,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF MINIDOKA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 18 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