Family Friends Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411586400
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Minnetonka, MN, USA
Phone
9529390592
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,301
Expenses
$148,776
Assets
$167,814
Liabilities
$4,126

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAN KIRCHNER (PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
  • BOB GOODALE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DAN KIRCHNER (PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
  • MOLLY GOODYEAR (TREASURER,DIRECTOR)
  • RANDY MASON (DIRECTOR, OUTREACH VOLUNTE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Family support in crisis.

What it reported doing in 2025

Family friends provides crisis intervention, support groups, court advocacy, parent education and mentoring to youths and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 48% for direct work, and 52% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.