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Friendship Home Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Audubon, IA EIN: 27-3351532 Website

The mission of the Friendship Home Foundation is securing and stewarding gifts and grants to the benefit of the friendship home association, a 501 (c)3 exempt organziation.

Friendship Home Foundation at a glance

In short: Friendship Home Foundation gave $291K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $291K), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$291,095
+379.5% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
+0.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$291,095
+379.5% vs 2023
Median grant
$291,095
Total assets
$141,057
-42.1% vs 2023
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Friendship Home Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

Friendship Home Association: $291KFriendship Home Association$291K

The largest 2024 recipient was Friendship Home Association ($291K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Audubon

How Friendship Home Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 290% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $50K (2020) to $722K (2022). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $291K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Friendship Home Association Audubon, IAAssist Association$291,095
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$141,057$202,064$304,569$291,0951$418
2023$243,562$100,696$81,459$60,7021$507
2022$224,325$187,730$732,180$721,5001$169
2021$768,775$697,745$79,326$74,6481$276
2020$150,356$110,149$93,006$49,9081$67
2019$133,213$97,670$325,569$277,4941$617

About Friendship Home Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Friendship Home Foundation is a public charity, based in Audubon, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $141K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $291K. Net investment income was $418.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Friendship Home Foundation is led by Sandy Nissen, President since 2024 (on filings since 2023); none of the 9 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Sandy Nissen

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Nelsen

    Director

    President → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joni Hansen

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelli Jensen

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark McLaughlin

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Andersen

    Administrator

    Director → Administrator, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Jones

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mindy Alt

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rae A. Tucker

    Administrator

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Genelle Deist (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Jeff Edwards (2019–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Shellie Madsen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Sue Wede (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tim Andersen (2019–2022) — Former Treasurer
  • Former: Pattie Frohlich (2020–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Ed Wiederstein (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Dan Jorgensen (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Nixon (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mary Wede (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Vicky Robinson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Carolyn Cunningham (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Friendship Home Foundation

How much does Friendship Home Foundation give each year?

Friendship Home Foundation gave $291K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $61K across 1 grant.

How large is Friendship Home Foundation?

Friendship Home Foundation reported $141K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $202K.

Where does Friendship Home Foundation operate?

Friendship Home Foundation has awarded grants in Iowa.

What is Friendship Home Foundation's EIN?

Friendship Home Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-3351532. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 8, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 13, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 27, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 8, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 28, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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