Texas · Nonprofit
MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION
MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,297 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $66k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Mario a Finnell Als Foundation does
Mission
The mission is to empower people living with als and their families by providing aids for daily living, to support people living with als and their families through group therapy, and to raise awareness for this debilitating disease through resources and research.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Empowerement through financial grants and support. We offer grants that can help cover and reduce certain als-related expenses. The grants can be used to pay for caregiving, communication devices, medical expenses, home modifications, and transportation equipment.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $253.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION’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
MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
83% 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 MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
83% of MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION
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 Texas
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 MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION?
- MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,297 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,297 in grants to MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARIO A FINNELL ALS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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