Texas · Nonprofit
Friends of the Gap Inc
Friends of the Gap Inc (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,100 to it, the largest being DIAN GRAVES OWEN FOUNDATION ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $144k
- Net assets
- $200k
What Friends of the Gap Inc does
Mission
The Buffalo Gap Chamber of Commerce promotes economic development while preserving the quality of life in our rural community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Mission & Program Support - Marketing and educational materials & activities geared to both vistors and residents. Materials include signage, electronic and digital media collateral, promotional materials for local business members.
$2,538 spent2% of program spendingChristmas Program - A free program for community members that includes an outdoor Christmas tree that remains lit throughout the season and celebratory activities with food, games, vendors, and music for all to enjoy.
$10,326 spent9% of program spendingSmithsonian Program - Buffalo Gap was selected as one of seven rural communities in Texas that hosted "Crossroads: Change in Rural America" - A traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Museum. The exhibit was on display in Buffalo Gap from March 14-April 25, 2025.
$106,574 spent89% of program spendingParade Program - The Buffalo Gap Chamber of Commerce organized and hosted the July 4th parade for the community
$280 spent0% of program spendingLead the Gap Program - A program for community leaders to learn more about aspects of the community government operation, municipal services, etc
Teach the Gap Program - a program for 3rd & 4th graders deigned to teach about the history of Buffalo Gap
Easter Program - Organized & hosted community Easter egg hunt
Membership Mingle Program - Bi-monthly gathering of members fro happy hour and discussion
$21 spent0% of program spendingClean Up Days Program - Spring clean-up day offering to help community members clean up their properties
Rural Retreats Program - A one evening tour of bed & breakfast members in the area
The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $119,739.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $68k to $200k (+194%).
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.
9% of Friends of the Gap Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Nathan Lowry
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 the Gap 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 the Gap Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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 the Gap Inc's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 the Gap Inc runs a healthier operating margin 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 the Gap 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of the Gap 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 the Gap Inc?
- Friends of the Gap Inc (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,100 to it, the largest being DIAN GRAVES OWEN FOUNDATION ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of the Gap Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $144,100 in grants to Friends of the Gap Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Gap Inc?
- DIAN GRAVES OWEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Gap Inc 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.
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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 2022–2024), and the filings of 4 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