Friends Forever: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 02-0482213)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.7M
FY2021	$1.3M
FY2022	$577K
FY2023	$2.0M
FY2024	$1.7M
FY2025	$1.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$562K
FY2021	$597K
FY2022	$615K
FY2023	$863K
FY2024	$965K
FY2025	$786K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.5M
FY2021	$3.1M
FY2022	$3.1M
FY2023	$4.3M
FY2024	$5.1M
FY2025	$5.4M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1997.

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Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

61%

27%

Program services 61% · $343K Management & general 27% · $154K Fundraising 11% · $64K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Stephen Martineau

Executive Director

$92,840Pt VII · Sec A

Jameson French

Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Josephine Lamprey

Vice Chair

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Raiche JR

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Timothy Allison

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Funso Afolayan

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eric Buesing

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Richard Gilmore

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Stephen Martineau	$136,809	$141,902	$126,720	$103,177	$102,590	$92,840

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering youth worldwide to develop leadership skills through community engagement.

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1 program · $343K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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Friends Forever International (FFI) serves teens from areas of conflict all over the world through a year-long leadership program that is designed to dissolve fear and mistrust across cultural divides. All sessions begin with a two-week retreat in a US host community organized by a trained team of local volunteers.

$343Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

New Hampshire Charitable FoundationFY2024$92K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$29K

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston INCFY2024$10K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$137K

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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.7M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$45K

Investment incomeLn 3−$2K

Money outPt IX

$562K

Ln 25

Programscol B$343K

Managementcol C$154K

Fundraisingcol D$64K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$106K

Total assetsLn 16$3.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$754K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M

Government grantsLn 1e$254K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.9M

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$140K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$45K

Investment incomeLn 3−$2K

Total revenueLn 12$2.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$94K

SavingsLn 2$12K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$106K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$250K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M

Total assetsLn 16$3.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$754K

Net assetsLn 32$2.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 56

VolunteersI 6147

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3More from this return

EndowmentSch D · Pt V

Line	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16
End of yearLn 1g	$12K	$11K	$11K	$56K	$37K
Given inLn 1b	$2K	$0	$0	$15K	$35K
SpentLn 1d–1f	$100	$527	$522	$2K	$138

4Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$73K	$106K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$0	$250K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$995K	$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16	$1.1M	$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$757K	$754K
Net assetsLn 32	$315K	$2.5M

5Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$93K	$60K	$23K	$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$149K	$97K	$37K	$15K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$7K	$5K	$2K	$738
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$35K	$23K	$9K	$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$18K	$12K	$5K	$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$8K	$2K	$5K	$185
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$9K	$9K	$0	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$324	$324	$0	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$10K	$4K	$5K	$160
Information technologyLn 14	$8K	$5K	$3K	$14
TravelLn 17	$17K	$15K	$2K	$0
InterestLn 20	$32K	$2K	$31K	$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$28K	$15K	$13K	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$21K	$8K	$13K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$125K	$87K	$5K	$32K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2K	$9	$908	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$562K	$343K	$154K	$64K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$1.1M	$786K	$322K	$5.4M	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 10, 2025	$1.7M	$965K	$781K	$5.1M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 9, 2024	$2.0M	$863K	$1.2M	$4.3M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2023	$577K	$615K	−$38K	$3.1M	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 21, 2022	$1.3M	$597K	$671K	$3.1M	990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 27, 2021	$2.7M	$562K	$2.2M	$2.5M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $2,714,129 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $680,986$2,670,813

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $144,625$45,039

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,886−$1,723

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$32,842$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $799,655$2,714,129

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $673,075$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $279,909$302,596

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $3,580$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $419,134$258,914

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,375,698$561,510

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$576,043$2,152,619

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,714,129 across 12 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0

VIII-1b Membership dues$0

VIII-1c Fundraising events$140,319

VIII-1d Related organizations$0

VIII-1e Government grants$254,125

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,276,369

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,900,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,670,813

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $45,039 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$45,039

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission −$1,723 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0−$1,723

VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $43,316 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,714,129

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $561,510 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,346 · Management $23,210 · Fundraising $9,284$92,840

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $96,805 · Management $37,233 · Fundraising $14,893$148,931

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,796 · Management $1,844 · Fundraising $738$7,378

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,026 · Management $8,856 · Fundraising $3,543$35,425

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,714 · Management $4,506 · Fundraising $1,802$18,022

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,458 · Management $5,076 · Fundraising $185$7,719

IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,532 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,532

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $324 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$324

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,137 · Management $5,476 · Fundraising $160$9,773

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,983 · Management $2,884 · Fundraising $14$7,881

IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,732 · Management $2,042 · Fundraising $0$16,774

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,500 · Management $30,992 · Fundraising $0$32,492

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $14,629 · Management $12,981 · Fundraising $0$27,610

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,000 · Management $12,840 · Fundraising $0$20,840

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $86,959 · Management $5,491 · Fundraising $32,073$124,523

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9 · Management $908 · Fundraising $1,529$2,446

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $342,950 · Management $154,339 · Fundraising $64,221$561,510

Part X · Balance sheet $3,221,501 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $65,175$94,079

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $8,124$12,265

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,290$0

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $994,516$2,864,932

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$250,225

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,072,105$3,221,501

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$13,193

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $757,070$753,847

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $301,174$2,455,389

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $13,861$12,265

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $315,035$2,467,654

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,072,105$3,221,501

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,467,654 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,714,129

XI-2 Total expenses$561,510

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,152,619

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$315,035

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0

XI-7 Investment expenses$0

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,467,654

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Friends Forever FY2020 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Friends Forever

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV