Funding search · EIN 276195347 · Ft Lauderdale, FL

Friends for a Better Way Foundation

Name: Friends for a Better Way Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

68
grants reported: $31,765
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $480
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Tunnel To Towers3 grants · $2,200
Food Bank of Contra Costa2 grants · $2,000
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church4 grants · $1,920
Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance4 grants · $1,800
Gary Sinise Foundation2 grants · $1,250
Reef Relief4 grants · $1,200
Pro Life Across America1 grant · $1,000
Aclu Foundation of N California1 grant · $1,000
Aspca2 grants · $1,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates1 grant · $1,000

Giving over time

$10,250

2022

$3,785

2023

$9,180

2024

$8,550

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$1,000
Food Bank of Contra Costa · Concord, CA · 2025
Funding support
$1,000
White Pony Express Food Bank · Concord, CA · 2025
Funding support
$1,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates · San Diego, CA · 2024
Funding support
$1,000
Food Bank of Contra Costa · Concord, CA · 2024
Funding support
$1,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Funding support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood of N Cal · Fairfield, CA · 2024
Funding support
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Funding support
$1,000
Aclu Foundation of N California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Funding support
$1,000
Food Bank of Contra Costa County · Concord, CA · 2022
Funding support
$1,000
Pro Life Across America · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Funding support
$1,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Funding support
$750
Casa of Contra Costa · Concord, CA · 2022
Funding support
$750
Wounded Warriors · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Funding support
$700
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Funding support
$520
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church · Marriottsville, MD · 2024
Funding support
$500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2025
Funding support
$500
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church · Marriottsville, MD · 2025
Funding support
$500
East Oakland Community Project · Oakland, CA · 2025
Funding support
$500
Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance · Pace, FL · 2025
Funding support
$500
Honor the Earth · Lame Deer, MT · 2025
Funding support
$500
Humane Farming Association · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Funding support
$500
Rural Revival Project · Chester, VA · 2025
Funding support
$500
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Funding support
$500
Wounded Warriors Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Funding support
$500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
Funding support
$500
Cumberland Road Elementary · Fayetteville, NC · 2024
Funding support
$500
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church · Marriottsville, MD · 2023
Funding support
$500
Howard County Police Foundation · Elliott City, MD · 2023
Funding support
$500
Downs Syndrome Foundation Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
Funding support
$500
Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance · Pace, FL · 2022
Funding support
$500
Fraxa Research Foundation · Newburypoint, MA · 2022
Funding support
$500
John Knox Village Residents Gift Fu · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022
Funding support
$500
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2022
Funding support
$500
Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Funding support
$460
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Funding support
$400
Downs Syndrome Foundation of Fl · Orlando, FL · 2024
Funding support
$400
Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance · Pace, FL · 2024
Funding support
$400
Wounded Warriors Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Funding support
$400
Emerald Coast Veterans Alliance · Pace, FL · 2023
Funding support
$400
Chapelgate Presbyterian Church · Marriottsville, MD · 2022
Funding support
$350
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Funding support
$300
Frisky Wildlife Sanctuary · Woodstock, MD · 2024
Funding support
$275
Downs Syndrome Foundation of Fl · Orlando, FL · 2025
Funding support
$275
Forever Navajo · Sonoita, AZ · 2025
Funding support
$250
Gary Sinise Foundation · Merrifield, VA · 2025
Funding support
$250
Howard County Police Foundation · Ellicott City, MD · 2025
Funding support
$250
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2025
Funding support
$250
Sea Turtle Conservancy · Naples, FL · 2025
Funding support
$250
The Turtle Hospital · Marathon, FL · 2025
Funding support
$250
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Funding support
$250
Adapt a Native Elder · South Salt Lake, UT · 2023
Funding support
$250
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2023
Funding support
$250
The Turtle Hospital · Marathon, FL · 2023
Funding support
$250
Howard County Police Foundation · Elliott City, MD · 2022
Funding support
$250
Humane Farming Association · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Funding support
$200
Reef Relief · Key West, FL · 2024
Funding support
$200
Ron Paul Institute · Clute, TX · 2024
Funding support
$200
Sea Turtle Conservancy · Naples, FL · 2024
Funding support
$200
The Turtle Hospital · Marathon, FL · 2024
Funding support
$200
Cumberland Road Elementary · Fayetteville, NC · 2023
Funding support
$200
Frisky Wildlife Sanctuary · Woodstock, MD · 2023
Funding support
$200
Macalester College Advancement · St Paul, MN · 2023
Funding support
$200
Laurel Woods Elementary School · Laurel, MD · 2022
Funding support
$200
Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Funding support
$100
180 Church · Rocklin, CA · 2024
Funding support
$100
We Must Protect · Kapolei, HI · 2024
Funding support
$100
Maryland Shall Issue · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Funding support
$35
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Funding support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.