Missouri · Nonprofit
I AM FOUNDATION INC
I AM FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,000 to it, the largest being THE MISTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $126k
- Net assets
- $31k
What I Am Foundation Inc does
Mission
public charity
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
I AM LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN SCHOOL PROGRAM Ruskin high School 60 students
$349 spentof which $3,149 as grants12% of program spendingI am leadership institute after school program grandview 45 students
$233 spentof which $2,100 as grants8% of program spendingI AM LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SPRING BREAK AND SUMMER PROGRAM Various Spring 120 students / Summer 250 students
$2,329 spentof which $20,995 as grants80% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,911.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Elijah Dormeus
Executive director
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.
From the IRS filings of I AM FOUNDATION 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
I AM FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
“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
I AM FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state in all.
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
I AM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like I AM FOUNDATION 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 Missouri
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds I AM FOUNDATION INC?
- I AM FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,000 to it, the largest being THE MISTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does I AM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $126,000 in grants to I AM FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of I AM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MISTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like I AM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2025–2025), 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