Florida · Nonprofit
MAN UP AND GO
MAN UP AND GO (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,392,504 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($469,502). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Man Up and Go does
Mission
Man up mobilizes, supports, and trains men to model healthy masculinity in their homes, churches, and communities so that fatherlessness decreases in the world.(continued on schedule o)through mentoring, fatherhood coaching, discipleship, and community engagement, man up equips men to grow as responsible fathers, mentors, and leaders who strengthen families and interrupt cycles of generational fatherlessness. By developing strong male role models and connecting them to opportunities to serve youth, support vulnerable families, and invest in their communities, man up works to create lasting social change that improves child well-being, promotes family stability, and fosters healthier communities locally and globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Man up provides individualized coaching and mentoring to fathers seeking to strengthen their role as responsible parents and leaders in their families and communities. Participants work with trained coaches to develop individualized coaching plans focused on areas such as employment stability, healthy relationships, sobriety, parenting skills, and personal accountability. Coaches meet regularly with participants to establish goals, monitor progress, and provide encouragement and guidance as fathers work toward improved family stability and engagement with their children.(continued on schedule o)the program frequently serves fathers who are navigating difficult life circumstances, including involvement with the child welfare system, reunification with their children, or barriers related to employment, housing, or personal stability. Through coaching relationships and structured development plans, participants are equipped with practical tools to strengthen their capacity as fathers and positive role models.during the year, man up provided individualized coaching and mentoring to fathers seeking to strengthen their relationships with their children and families. Participants worked…
$1,531,902 spentof which $481,123 as grants$4,606 earned by the program55% of program spendingMan up strengthens vulnerable children, families, and communities internationally through child sponsorship, mentorship, leadership development, and its authentic masculinity program, implemented in partnership with local churches and community-based organizations. These programs improve access to education, nutrition, and spiritual formation while promoting long-term stability for children at risk of poverty and family separation.(continued on schedule o)through its child sponsorship program, man up connects supporters with children in underserved communities, helping provide resources for school fees, meals, and holistic development that enable children to remain safely supported within their families and communities.in addition, man up delivers its authentic masculinity program to disciple men as fathers, mentors, and community leaders who model healthy, responsible masculinity in their homes, churches, and neighborhoods. By equipping men to strengthen family relationships and invest in the next generation, the program helps build local leadership capacity and supports stronger outcomes for children and youth. Mission teams further reinforce these efforts by encouraging local…
$428,327 spentof which $120,522 as grants$171,438 earned by the program15% of program spendingMan up provides mentoring and leadership development opportunities for boys and young men impacted by the foster care system and those who lack consistent male role models. Through structured one-on-one mentoring relationships, group mentoring environments, and leadership development activities, participants receive guidance focused on character development, personal responsibility, life skills, and healthy masculinity.(continued on schedule o)all participants begin with an individualized coaching plan that identifies personal goals related to education, employment, relationships, and overall well-being. Services are delivered by trained volunteer mentors, including volunteers equipped in trust-based relational intervention (tbri), a trauma-informed approach that supports youth who have experienced instability or adversity. Mentors provide consistent encouragement and accountability while helping young men strengthen decision-making skills, build confidence, and develop a positive vision for adulthood and future leadership roles.
$387,521 spent14% of program spendingMan up operates the adopt-a-family program to provide ongoing support to foster, adoptive, kinship, and reunified families caring for vulnerable children. Each participating family works with program staff to develop a customized service plan designed to address practical needs and reduce the stress associated with caring for children who have experienced trauma. Families are paired with trained volunteers who provide relational support and practical assistance throughout the year. Services may include meals, school supplies, tutoring assistance, furniture, clothing, home projects, respite opportunities, and other support identified through the family's individualized service plan. Volunteer family advocates serve as the primary point of contact for families and help coordinate services and communicate needs to program staff. By providing consistent volunteer support and reducing day-to-day stress for caregivers, the program helps strengthen family stability for children who have experienced foster care or family disruption. These services encourage long-term caregiver retention, promote healthy family environments, and help ensure children remain in stable homes.during the year,…
$239,910 spent9% of program spendingPatros is man up's discipleship initiative that equips men to model healthy, responsible masculinity in their homes, churches, and communities. Through structured curriculum, small-group development, church enagement, mentoring relationships, and educational gatherings, participants are guided to grow in character, strengthen relationships, and increase their capacity to serve as fathers, mentors, and community leaders.the program provides practical teaching on identity, responsibility, purpose, and relational leadership, helping men develop habits and skills that support family stability and positive involvement in the lives of children and youth. Patros also prepares volunteers to serve as mentors to boys, young men, and fathers impacted by father absence and the foster care system, expanding the network of trained male role models available to vulnerable families.by forming men who invest consistently in the next generation, patros strengthens communities and advances man up's mission to break cycles of generational fatherlessness through mentoring, discipleship, and leadership development.
$202,794 spent$428 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,790,454.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $789k to $2.1M (+164%).
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: 2022 35% · 2023 50% · 2024 51% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of MAN UP AND GO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Jeffrey Ford
CEO
Board chair
Gonzalo Mora
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $100 → $421k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 MAN UP AND GO’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
MAN UP AND GO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 MAN UP AND GO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 90% · 2019 98% · 2020 47% · 2021 47% · 2022 64% · 2023 38% — 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
56% of MAN UP AND GO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
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
71% of MAN UP AND GO'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 $403k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $990k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
MAN UP AND GO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MAN UP AND GO
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Patros Foundationinc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAN UP AND GO: 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 MAN UP AND GO?
- MAN UP AND GO (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,392,504 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($469,502). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MAN UP AND GO have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,392,504 in grants to MAN UP AND GO, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAN UP AND GO?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $469,502 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAN UP AND GO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 17 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