Indiana · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC
FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,581 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($75,651). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $578k
What Friends of the Third World Inc does
Mission
to alleviate the root causes of poverty through self-help partnerships, and to educate and encourage citizens to take voluntary action against poverty through a cooperative democratic marketplace, employment training and demonstration projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
A location in peoria illinois was closed.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Technical assistance to low income adults who produce handicrafts or food. Marketing is conducted by dedicated volunteers or thru partnerships with other nongovernmental organizations using fair trade principles (see www.fairtradefederation.org) Artisans from 50 countries as well as 10 states, manage community based micro businesses, receiving marketing and management assistance. We assist in finding markets including those in nontraditional venues such as mission festivals. Family farmers in 12 countries, as well as Native American food producers in Georgia, Minnesota,South Dakota, and Colorado receive similar assistance in reaching nontraditional markets like religious congregations & community based organizations. A total of $21659 in purchases directly assisted these low-income producers. In addition, we are able to provide unemployed adults in Indiana with skills training in retail sales, bookkeeping &computer data entry. A total of 28,281 worth of volunteer labor was donated to this project. One part-time staff person managed this project. Two locations: Third Wo0rld Shoppe of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Third World Handarts in Sierra Vista, Arizona host volunteer chapters.…
$22,882 spent$31,140 earned by the program10% of program spendingTECHNICAL AND MICRO-ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE SELF-RELIANCE FOR LOW-INCOME ADULTS AND FAMILIES. A total of $3,500 in volunteer labor was allocated to this effort. Poder Joven Foundation is a charity aiding homeless youth and low-income families in Medellin, Colombia was granted $67,038. Voice Trust assists low-income families with sustainable farming, educated orphan children & provides flood relief and food aid in Tamil Nadu, India and was granted $48,329. Food Assistance to low-income families in Fort Wayne, Indiana totaled by value 9060. ($2500 nonprofits totaling $1296 include the Fair Trade Federation, West Central Neighborhood Association, Community Harvest Food Bank, NAEIR, Tech Soup, Chicago Fair Trade, NE Indiana Nonprofit Association, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Green America, and the Alliance for Human Services
$119,405 spentof which $115,278 as grants$120,054 earned by the program54% of program spendingEMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING AND MENTORING OF LOW-INCOME ADULTS. With the assistance of volunteer professionals, we mentor people referred by local court/probation offices & mental health offices, IMPACT (food stamp recipients) and other agencies. We teach building maintenance & repair, graphic art, data entry, bookkeeping and retail store operations. We provide participants with free lunch and other personal supports. In addition, labor is donated to provide printing and mailing services for 200 nonprofits and churches. Printing and communications services are provided to local neighborhood associations, and charities that assist flood in Guatemala, refugees from Myanmar and groups assisting the malnourished and unhoused. Volunteer labor was valued at $37,500. The building owned for use as our headquarters is also used as a training site. In addition, rental housing is provided as transitional housing for adults with disabilities. One part-time staff person managed this project.
$74,142 spent$74,202 earned by the program34% of program spendingEducational Programs about Poverty and related social concerns totaled $2500 in volunteer services. This activity includes a book and resource store hosting world maps and 600 other related topics as well as fulfilling orders for several other educational programs. In addition $40,000 worth of volunteer labor was provided to fulfill administrative and management needs.
$4,276 spent$3,647 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $220,705.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $607k to $614k (+1%).
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 10% · 2022 8% · 2023 7% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $24k → $9k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THIRD WORLD 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 THIRD WORLD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26 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 THIRD WORLD INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% 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 5 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,581 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($75,651). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $92,581 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,651 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE THIRD WORLD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2021–2024), 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