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Friends of Tilonia Inc

Friends of Tilonia Inc (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,150 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($110,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$106k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$444k
Net assets
$158k
9/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 71%
01What it does

What Friends of Tilonia Inc does

Mission

Friends of Tilonia helps to support the rural development programs of its charitable affiliates and artisan enterprise partners in 11 countries in emerging markets. We provide support to entrepreneurs building social enterprises that create livelihoods for poor, rural communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In partnership with the Foundation for Rural Recovery and Development FORRAD, we support the Kaliyachak Girls Learning Center in rural Bihar, India, providing education and vocational training to more than 140 girls and two dozen trainees.

    $38,560 spentof which $38,560 as grants
    24% of program spending
  2. We provide business coaching, mentoring, and marketing development support for more than 15 artisan enterprises generating livelihoods for more than 12,200 artisans and farmers in rural communities with few economic alternatives in 11 countries.

    $101,894 spentof which $101,894 as grants
    64% of program spending
  3. We provide sales and marketing support for more than 15 artisan enterprises creating livelihoods in rural communities in India, Mexico and Guatemala.

    $17,737 spent$29,097 earned by the program
    11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $158,191.

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 ($33k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets -535 ($-47943)2018 Revenue 352 ($116k) Expenses 152 ($59k) Net assets 100 ($9k)2019 Revenue 218 ($72k) Expenses 83 ($32k) Net assets 572 ($51k)2020 Revenue 138 ($45k) Expenses 117 ($45k) Net assets 632 ($57k)2021 Revenue 464 ($153k) Expenses 313 ($122k) Net assets 1011 ($91k)2022 Revenue 324 ($107k) Expenses 167 ($65k) Net assets 1410 ($126k)2023 Revenue 304 ($100k) Expenses 171 ($67k) Net assets 1800 ($161k)2024 Revenue 570 ($188k) Expenses 451 ($175k) Net assets 1996 ($179k)2025 Revenue 320 ($106k) Expenses 330 ($129k) Net assets 1764 ($158k)
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Revenue (320)Expenses (330)Net assets (1764)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 2018 to 2019, from $23k to $120k (+420%).

$11k
$23k
$120k
$124k
$128k
$155k
$184k
$199k
$165k
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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
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2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of Friends of Tilonia Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’17
$57k
’18
$39k
’19
$37
’20
$31k
’21
$42k
’22
$34k
’23
$12k
’24
−$23k
’25
1.0
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.

Chief executive

Ellen Fish

President/ Exec Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202120242025
Listed667
Joined··+1
No longer listed··0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $70k.

6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Tilonia 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 Tilonia Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

71% 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 Tilonia Inc.

25%
largest funder
50%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 78% · 2021 25% · 2022 33% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.

“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

67% of Friends of Tilonia Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

57% of Friends of Tilonia Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $191k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 8 states.

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MA
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NJ
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NC
DC

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

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’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $253k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Friends of Tilonia Inc has grown faster than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−22% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 20%Fundraising 4%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

65%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds Friends of Tilonia Inc?
Friends of Tilonia Inc (New York) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,150 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($110,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Friends of Tilonia Inc have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $444,150 in grants to Friends of Tilonia Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Friends of Tilonia Inc?
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Friends of Tilonia Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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