Florida · Nonprofit
THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC
THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC (Florida) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,084,832 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($7,050,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What The Funders Network Inc does
Mission
Tfn's mission is to leverage philanthropy's unique potential to help create communities and regions that are sustainable, prosperous and just for all people. Tfn is committed to helping funders understand and address racism, economic inequality, and the imbalance of power - while engendering community-driven solutions and amplifying the expertise and experiences of those communities who are least heard.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization provides services to a range of members and other philanthropic organizations to help create communities and regions that are sustainable, prosperous, healthy and just for all people by 1) coordinating funder education and information sharing; 2) providing opportunities for funders to deepen professional relationships, hone their leadership skills and expand their impact as grantmakers; 3) helping align agendas, efforts and interests, as well as facilitating strategic initiatives and collaborations to advance progress towards desired outcomes; and 4) cultivating emerging funder interest and new opportunities for funder engagement.
$3,917,746 spentof which $871,441 as grants$625,571 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,917,746.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $3.9M to $7.0M (+82%).
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 1% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $4.5M.
10 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 FUNDERS NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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 FUNDERS NETWORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 48% · 2019 38% · 2020 35% · 2021 27% · 2022 20% · 2023 22% — 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
54% of THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 FUNDERS NETWORK INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $778k 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.
Against its field
THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FUNDERS NETWORK 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 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
46%
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 FUNDERS NETWORK 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 FUNDERS NETWORK INC?
- THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC (Florida) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,084,832 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($7,050,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $27,084,832 in grants to THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC?
- FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC 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.
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 76 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