Friends of Fondation De France Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133966503
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Montclair, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9735099509
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,079,526
- Expenses
- $10,431,370
- Assets
- $3,798,297
- Liabilities
- $57,134
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AXELLE DAVEZAC (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
- DOMITILLE MARCHAL LEMOINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DOMITILLE MARCHAL LEMOINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $157,145 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Friends of fondation de france provides an easy, trustworthy and cost-effective way for american individuals, families, corporations, donor advised funds and foundations to give to nonprofits worldwide. We strive to build a better world and create a more just society by streamlining giving to education, health and medical research, culture, the environment and social programs. We have hundreds of programs available, led by france's leading private charitab
What it reported doing in 2025
Friends of fondation de france, inc. Made $9,884,215 in grants in support of 106 different projects in a range of fields including social services, education, health and medical research, culture and the sciences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.8%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: $50.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Pass
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Pass
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 5.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.8% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $157K · 8 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.