Alabama · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK
FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,250 to it, the largest being JOY M & JAMES GRODNICK CHARITABLE FOUNDA TION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 19,864 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 19,864 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Hearin - Chandler Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Mary J Larkins Charitable Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Arealocalportfolio match
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 MUNICIPAL PARK’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 MUNICIPAL PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
100% of FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK's grant income comes from Alabama 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 144 organizations that share them.
- Hearin - Chandler Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchAL · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · funds 32 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Mary J Larkins Charitable Foundationlocalportfolio matchAL · funds 16 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Arealocalportfolio matchAL · funds 35 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Lottsamford Family Charitable Foundationlocalportfolio matchAL · funds 11 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Hyman Foundationlocalportfolio matchAL · funds 13 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trusteeshared funderslocalAL · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · funds 61 organizations near you
- The Sybil Smith Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Skyros Benevolent Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ee Delaney Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mw Smith Jr Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Southwest Alabama Incshared funderslocalAL · backs 9 organizations that share your funders · funds 38 organizations near you
- The Joseph Treadwell Charitable Fdnshared funderslocalMS · backs 10 organizations that share your funders · funds 17 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 MUNICIPAL PARK: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK?
- FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,250 to it, the largest being JOY M & JAMES GRODNICK CHARITABLE FOUNDA TION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $16,250 in grants to FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK?
- JOY M & JAMES GRODNICK CHARITABLE FOUNDA TION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF MUNICIPAL PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 4funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing