New York · Nonprofit
Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN
Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,594 to it, the largest being Marie Kennedy Foundation ($166,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $142k
What Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN does
Mission
Friends of Turkana, Inc. is commited to a long-term and supportive relationship with underdeveloped communities in the world. Our focus is on the Turkana people in northern Kenya. Desiring to make a positive difference in their lives, encouraging self-sufficiency through health, education, welfare and community infrastructure, we provide financial and other support to acquire tools, equipment, raw materials, and local expertise and to develop their own skills and processes; and we provide opportunities to develop mutual understanding and respect for the Turkana people by working together on practical community development projects in Turkana and sharing those experiences with our broader communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Agricultural infrastructure
$106,644 spentof which $106,644 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $106,644.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $150k to $120k (−20%).
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.
100% of Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $22k.
From the IRS filings of Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN’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 Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 100% · 2022 86% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN: 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 Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN?
- Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,594 to it, the largest being Marie Kennedy Foundation ($166,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $249,594 in grants to Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN?
- Marie Kennedy Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $166,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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