Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC
THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,013,997 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($4,053,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $455k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Full Frame Initiative Inc does
Mission
Moving the united states towards a country where everyone has a fair shot at wellbeing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Our multi-year organizational strategy had three elements that we activated simultaneously: 1)we surfaced and built networks among decision-makers and allies who shared our conviction and who have high degrees of influence. These "first mover" changemakers were essential partners in the second two strategies. (these first movers transitioned to champions and stewards, as described above, continuing on ffi's frameworks and legacy.) 2)with those who are thought leaders, we reframed problems and surfaced new solutions using the lens of wellbeing equity. Together, we brought this new frame to national audiences. Events, publications, and engagements, and helped surface new champions and opportunities to take the reframe further. 3)with those who are decision-makers, we joined with impacted communities to drive changes in policy and practice that directly impact people's lives. These partnerships shaped how government dollars are spent, where concrete is poured, and who gets to feel welcome in public spaces. They made the reframing "real and proved what's possible. Program service accomplishments for 2025 include: - completed implementation of our wellbeing insights assets and…
$1,540,345 spent$68,602 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,540,345.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $515k to $2.9M (+464%).
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: 2020 13% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Miki Akimoto
Chair & clerk
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $301k → $1.7M.
5 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 FULL FRAME INITIATIVE 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
THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 63% · 2019 69% · 2020 56% · 2021 60% · 2022 52% · 2023 58% — broadly stable.
“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
71% of THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC: 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 FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC?
- THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,013,997 to it, the largest being GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION ($4,053,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $11,013,997 in grants to THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC?
- GORDON AND LLURA GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,053,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FULL FRAME INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 30 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