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The Khaled Hosseini Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$131k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$1.8MHuman Services$40kCivil Rights$25kArts & Culture$20kHealth$15kReligion$716Animals$710
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$33,637
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERESDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$63,000
USA FOR UNHCR$33,637
EMERGENCY USA$20,000
TRUST IN EDUCATION$14,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
TN
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 32% of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 21% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 18%.

The Khaled Hosseini Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 42% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 9 repeat orgs$318k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$1.7M
$318k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • United States Association for UNHCR
    7× · 2018–2025 · $529k · revenue +51%
  • EU
    EMERGENCY USA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $235k · revenue +56%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    6× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $71k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +79%
  • WF
    Women for Afghan Women Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -61%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Global Qrf

Global QRF responds rapidly to changing global security environments by leveraging our strategic partnerships with government, non-governmental organizations, and individuals worldwide to assist and support vulnerable populations from…

International
2
International Action Network for Gender Equity and Law Iangel

IANGEL is an international network dedicated to advancing gender equity and protecting the human and civil rights of women and girls, through peaceful, legal means. IANGEL advances its mission by connecting the lawyers and legal…

Civil Rights
3
Hope for Her International

Hope for Her International is dedicated to advocating for a just and peaceful world with a profound emphasis on the rights of women and girls. Our mission is to build a supportive community, foster social entrepreneurship, eradicate…

Human Services
4
Afghan Refugee Relief

We partner closely with community organizations, local nonprofits, resettlement agencies, religious institutions and passionate volunteers focused on helping refugees, asylum-seekers and humanitarian parolees resettle in Southern…

Philanthropy
5
MedGlobal Inc

MedGlobal is a humanitarian non-governmental organization working to serve vulnerable communities around the world by providing innovative, free, and sustainable healthcare. Our health services support refugees, displaced persons, and…

Health
6
Afghan Female Student Outreach

In Afghanistan, in 2021 women were banned from receiving secondary education [Grades 7 - 12]. Then in 2022 women were banned from attending colleges and universities. In 2024 women were then banned from receiving medical training,…

International
7
Help for Afghanistan

Provide financial assistance to refugees and American citizens that are evacuating conflict areas. Help for Afghanistan provides donations to those individuals and organizations in need of support in Afghanistan and helps settle those that…

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8
Partners Asia

At Partners Asia, we build relationships with innovative organizers in these communities and with international donors, bridging the gap between local leaders and global resources.

Arts & Culture
9
Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund

AGFAF helps secure scholarships and provides financial,academic and emotional support to qualified Afghan women seeking college education, graduate or professional school education. AGFAF also provides scholarships to qualified male…

Human Services
10
Uplift Afghanistan Fund

As a charitable fund, we vet and support grass-roots organizations that are doing impactful work on the ground in Afghanistan and with Afghan refugees around the world. We monitor, evaluate, and audit organizations for the purpose of…

Human Services
11
Friends and Allies Project Corp

Public charity: Provide funds for housing and living expenses to Afghans displaced by the fall of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. These people live in Afghanistan or Pakistan and are eligible for the Special…

International
12
Afghan Women & Children Health & Education Foundation

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for Afghan women and children by providing free health services, social services and education to the most vulnerable in Afghanistan.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Fund for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Town Cats of Morgan Hill. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United States Association for UNHCR: $528,674 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCREMERGENCY USA: $234,500 · InternationalEMERGENCY USATRUST IN EDUCATION: $191,146 · InternationalTRUST IN EDUCATIONUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $185,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF+9 more: $179,244 · International+9 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERESDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $422,290 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERESDOCTORS…Individual grant recipient: $71,332 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGOODWEAVE: $30,000 · OtherMEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $25,716 · OtherAfghan Friends Network: $67,000 · EducationRAZIAS RAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationJEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES EAST BAY: $40,000 · HealthTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTOWN CATS OF MORGAN HILL: $710 · Animals
International$1,318,564Other$569,338Education$82,000Health$40,000Arts & Culture$20,000Human Services$10,000Animals$710

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $528,674 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEMERGENCY USA: $234,500 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetTRUST IN EDUCATION: $191,146 over 9y, 16% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $185,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES EAST BAY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAZIAS RAY OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $12,244 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorning Star Development: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLAMIA AFGHAN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAfghan Connection Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTOWN CATS OF MORGAN HILL: $710 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Khaled Hosseini Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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