Wisconsin · Nonprofit
GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION
GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $564,417 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($563,417). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $476k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $564k
- Net assets
- $118k
What Global Friends in Action does
Mission
Global Friends in Action's (gfia) mission is to strengthen opportunities for all people to meet their full potential and to participate in decisions that help them realize their human rights and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Poverty, property and human rights: in 2024, global friends again supported training for more than 150 participants on property rights protection strategies, more than half of whom were women. Gfia also supported legal seminars, the development of materials, and casework to help beneficiaries maintain their property rights in asia. Digital security and privacy rights: in 2024, gfia coordinated digital security training for more than 100 civil society representatives in asia and provided regular digital security updates to a network of human rights advocates. In addition, we continued to raise awareness about the right to privacy and the importance of government transparency through disseminating articles over social media and coordinating stakeholder discussions on emerging issues.
$447,997 spent94% of program spendingYouth job skills training: gfia supported more than 100 students in 2024 to participate in a combined classroom and apprenticeship job skills training program. A majority of students continue to be female. The curriculum includes food preparation, computer fundamentals, communications, environmental health, and entrepreneurial skills. A majority of students continue to find employment, including in hotels, lodges, restaurants, or in their own businesses, shortly after completing the program.
$28,854 spentof which $9,173 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $476,851.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $215k to $426k (+98%).
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 58% · 2022 61% · 2023 88% · 2024 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Clay Norrbom
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $88k → $388k.
From the IRS filings of GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION’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
GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state 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.
Organizations like GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION: 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 GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION?
- GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $564,417 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($563,417). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $564,417 in grants to GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $563,417 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL FRIENDS IN ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 2 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