Florida · Nonprofit
UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC
UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being FRED & JEAN ALLEGRETTI FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $415k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $402k
What Uncommon Friends Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to promote character education in schools, business ethics in the workplace and historic preservation of the burroughs home and james newton archives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Character education: it's about celebrating and teaching positive human qualities. Qualities that lead to productive lives and a thriving society. The foundation's character education program teaches traits such as honesty, integrity, friendship, cooperation, and perseverance. The curriculum for grades 3 through 8 and high school and beyond provides teachers and students with activities that instill ethics and positive character traits and can be integrated into all academic subject areas within the six counties of southwest florida. The curriculum is also available online for download by educators and students worldwide.
$34,681 spentof which $31,200 as grants11% of program spendingHistoric preservation and education: the foundation and name evolved from james d. Newton's book, uncommon friends, relating to his experiences and observations of those who were influential in shaping the twentieth century (such as thomas a. Edison, henry ford, harvey firestone, alexis carrel and charles lindbergh). The foundation seeks to collect, preserve and exhibit archival and three-dimensional materials related to newton. In 2008, the foundation moved into the historic 1901 burroughs home and restored it to display the newton collection. Historical tours are given to adults and children touring the national historic registered burroughs home.
$267,295 spent$188,295 earned by the program89% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $301,976.
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 2017 to 2018, from $651k to $588k (−10%).
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: 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Marc Collins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $21k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $99k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNCOMMON FRIENDS 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
UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 83% · 2023 95% — 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
79% of UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION 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 UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC?
- UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,000 to it, the largest being FRED & JEAN ALLEGRETTI FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $39,000 in grants to UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC?
- FRED & JEAN ALLEGRETTI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNCOMMON FRIENDS FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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