Washington · Nonprofit
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,349,956 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($511,198). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What The Friendship Circle of Washington does
Mission
The Friendship Circle extends respite, inclusion,support and friendship to families, children and teens with special needs and involves them in a full range of social, educational & life skills experiences. this unique formula introduces teen volunteers to children & teens with special needs, both are enriched.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We provide educational, respite and social services to families, children, teens and families with special needs, as well as hundredsof teen and adult volunteers, our volunteers and teen mentors are invloved with,leadership club, friends@home, sunday circle, teen scene, teens on the go, mvp, life skill activieties, and teen advetures program.as well as facilitatitng the u-matter teen mental health program.
$637,586 spent74% of program spendingQuartely special educational seminars and training workshop for over 550 participants
$222,131 spent26% of program spendingMoms Night Out for participating mothers of children with special needs to network in an educational and social environment. Informative and social sib-workshops, for over 100 siblings from families that have children with special needs. Teens on the Go, life skills building for teens with special needs. We publish educational and informational newsletters and distribute it to over 5,000 homes the greater Seattle area four times yearly. A full color Community Inclusion Calendar that is distributed throughout the city. Important focus on educating teens the importance of giving back to the community with hands on experiences.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $859,717.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.3M to $5.1M (+55%).
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.
100% of THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $95k → $389k.
10 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% 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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 30% · 2019 52% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 26% · 2023 26% — 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 THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
72% of THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON: 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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON?
- THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON (Washington) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,349,956 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($511,198). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,349,956 in grants to THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $511,198 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 45 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