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THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC

THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,590 to it, the largest being WILLIAM B ORKIN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$146k
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$440k
Net assets
$70k
11/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 58%
01What it does

What The Will to Live Foundation Inc does

Mission

Organization dedicated to improving the lives of teenagers everywhere.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Support and fund other non-profits that specialize in suicide prevention, education, awareness, counseling and support.

    $81,228 spentof which $81,228 as grants
    61% of program spending
  2. Provide educational scholarships.

    $24,500 spentof which $24,500 as grants
    18% of program spending
  3. Events, activities & fellowship with the goal to work with and through young adults in the community to help them improve their will to live and to raise awareness of teen suicide in the community.

    $27,219 spent
    20% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,947.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($196k) Expenses 100 ($218k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2018 Revenue 106 ($207k) Expenses 86 ($186k) Net assets 191 ($43k)2019 Revenue 149 ($291k) Expenses 120 ($261k) Net assets 326 ($73k)2020 Revenue 82 ($161k) Expenses 78 ($169k) Net assets 291 ($65k)2021 Revenue 164 ($320k) Expenses 107 ($233k) Net assets 678 ($153k)2022 Revenue 125 ($244k) Expenses 124 ($271k) Net assets 562 ($126k)2023 Revenue 105 ($205k) Expenses 112 ($244k) Net assets 390 ($88k)2024 Revenue 75 ($146k) Expenses 75 ($164k) Net assets 312 ($70k)
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Revenue (75)Expenses (75)Net assets (312)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $65k to $153k (+133%).

$23k
$43k
$73k
$65k
$153k
$126k
$88k
$70k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

119% of THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$22k
’17
$20k
’18
$31k
’19
−$8k
’20
$87k
’21
−$26k
’22
−$39k
’23
−$18k
’24
2.8
months of
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.

Chief executive

John Trautwein

Pres/exec dir

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192021202220232024
Listed6666667
Joined·+0+0·+1+0+2
No longer listed·00·101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $25k → $119k.

11 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION 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 WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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

63% 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 WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC.

23%
largest funder
62%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 68% · 2019 74% · 2020 26% · 2021 39% · 2022 42% · 2023 36% — 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

50% of THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

61% of THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC'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 $172k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Georgia funders.

NY
IN
NJ
CT
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $267k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 25% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC?
THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,590 to it, the largest being WILLIAM B ORKIN FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $439,590 in grants to THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC?
WILLIAM B ORKIN FOUNDATION INC 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 WILL TO LIVE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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