Michigan · Nonprofit
THE FAWCO FOUNDATION
THE FAWCO FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,159 to it, the largest being THE JEROME KOBACKER CHARITIES FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $757k
What The Fawco Foundation does
Mission
The Fawco Foundation's sole purpose is to put into action fawco's stated interest in the global community by specifically aiding charitable, scientific and educational programs and supporting the rights of women and children throughout the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational awards:The Fawco Foundation presents educational awards to members of children of international and american women's clubs overseas who are, in turn, members of the umbrella organization: fawco. Receipients are chosen after completing a thorough application process and selected by a committee based on achievements depending on the requirements of the award in question.
$56,500 spentof which $56,500 as grants26% of program spendingDevelopment grants:The Fawco Foundation awards development grants to projects by fawco member clubs. Recipients are chosen after completing a thorough application process and all nominated projects undergo a vigorous review. The recipients are selected based on a vote by the fawco member clubs as outlined in The Fawco Foundation administrative guidelines.
$87,683 spentof which $50,000 as grants41% of program spendingTarget project:fawco, The Fawco Foundation and its member clubs raise money for a specific target project supporting one of the four areas of interest - human rights, environment, health and education.
$69,120 spentof which $69,120 as grants32% of program spendingOther
$932 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,303.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $461k to $759k (+65%).
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.
68% of THE FAWCO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $21k → $150k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 THE FAWCO 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
THE FAWCO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 THE FAWCO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
50% of THE FAWCO 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 $100k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE FAWCO FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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
Organizations like THE FAWCO 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FAWCO FOUNDATION: 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 THE FAWCO FOUNDATION?
- THE FAWCO FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,159 to it, the largest being THE JEROME KOBACKER CHARITIES FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE FAWCO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $201,159 in grants to THE FAWCO FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FAWCO FOUNDATION?
- THE JEROME KOBACKER CHARITIES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FAWCO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 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