Finding Freedom Through Friendship

Legal name: Finding Freedom Through Friendship Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271270425
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Official website data refreshed
Nov 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Lexington, KY, USA
Phone
+1 (859) 608-7747
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$247,649
Expenses
$267,741
Assets
$265,258
Liabilities
$1,075

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODY GREENLEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JODY GREENLEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LISA ANFOUS (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ANN KITCHEN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Finding Freedom through Friendship, Inc. (FFF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization focused on the holistic transformation of widows, women, youth, and children in endemic deprivation to reverse the yoke of poverty by providing shelter, health, nutrition, education, economic skills, personal development for long-term sustainability for the individual, subsequent generations, and the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Widow program (egypt, guatemala, tajikistan, and tanzania)empowers individuals by providing healthcare (medical & pharmaceutical supplies), nutrition (food & supplements), lodging (construction, renovation & rent), utilities (water, gas & electric), children's education (preschool to high school, fees, clothing, transporation & supplies), and a sustainable microbusiness. The program impacted 224 individuals during 2025 as follows - constructed 4 new homes, purchased 2 parcels of land, renovated 2 homes and secured 4 rental homes; assets and utilities (appliances, furnishings and other conveniences) - various homes received 32 appliances and furniture items (such as refrigerators, gas ovens, washing machines, water heaters, beds and bedding, tables, couches, wardrobes and chairs), assisted with the purchase of equipment and supplies to launch 28 businesses; provided healthcare, food and vitamins to 25 families; and provided educational assistance to 70 students. In addition, the organization provided funding for 15 facilitators to oversee the various programs as well as funding for special events including holidays and graduations impacting 34 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $216.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $251K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.