A Friends Foundation Trust
Pennington, NJ · EIN 59-6125247. Reported 178 grants totalling $3,213,590 to 71 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. A Friends Foundation Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Science Center | Orlando, FL | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Instituto Nueva Escuela | San Juan, PR | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Puerto Rico | San Juan, PR | $184,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau | Cashiers, NC | $106,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Palm Lake Elementary School | Orlando, FL | $101,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida | Orlando, FL | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Boggy Creek | Eustis, FL | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Robinson School | San Juan, PR | $94,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clemson University | Clemson, SC | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edgewood Children's Ranch Inc | Orlando, FL | $83,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Warrior-Scholar Project | Washington, DC | $82,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multisensory Reading Centers of Pr | San Juan, PR | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Highlands Biological Foundation | Highlands, NC | $71,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Headstrong Project Inc | West Haven, CT | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Orlando, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orlando Health Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Orlando, FL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra | Orlando, FL | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cents of Relief | Orlando, FL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Village Green of Cashiers Inc | Cashiers, NC | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bok Towers Gardens | Lake Wales, FL | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Medical Home | Orlando, FL | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Cashiers, NC | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conprmetidos | San Juan, PR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Central Florida | Central, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Summit Charter School Inc | Rutherfordton, NC | $38,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Puerto Rico | San Juan, PR | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hanmpton Preschool & Early Learning Center | Bishop, CA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fishes & Loaves Food | Cashiers, NC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Glenville Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc | Cashiers, NC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Heals | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Albert Carlton Cashiers Public Library Inc | Cashiers, NC | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Florida Electric Education Fdn | Chiefland, FL | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Florida Pediatric Therapy | Clermont, FL | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colegio Puertorriqueno De Ninas | Guaynabo, PR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | Live Oak, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rabun Gapnacoochee School | Rabun Gap, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Florida YMCA Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida United Methodist Children's Home | Enterprise, FL | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Shepherd Episcopal | Cashiers, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lord's Place | West Palm Beach, FL | $16,190 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St George Episcopal Church | Camdenton, MO | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ashevillebuncombe Community Christian Mi | Arden, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beta Local Inc | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Enterprize Events Inc | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Escuela Aurora | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna Food Bank | Mills River, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Michaels Endowment Trust Fund | Orlando, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Haywood County Inc | Waynesville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Florida Electric Education Foundation | Dade City, FL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orlando Museum of Art Inc | Orlando, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc | Orlando, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Depart | Cashiers, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hampton Preschool & Early Learning Cente | Cashiers, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Performing Arts Center Inc | Highlands, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society for the Treatment of Abandoned a | Sunrise Beach, MO | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library Inc | Cashiers, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National House of Hope Inc | Orlando, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint John's School | San Juan, PR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Children's Hospital | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association | Black Mountain, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America Central Florida | Apopka, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samford University | Birmingham, AL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Summit Charter School Foundation Inc | Cashiers, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Mountains YMCA | Gainesville, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
43 of 71 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 101 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | $732,250 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $960,150 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $591,600 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $929,590 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 47% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from A Friends Foundation Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1532, Pennington, NJ, 08534. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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