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United States Association for UNHCR

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

$55M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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$1.8MCrime & Legal$1.1MHuman Services$895kEducation$550kCivil Rights$219kCommunity Improvement$150kPhilanthropy$120kSocial Science$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $82,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $54,953,119 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $54,870,869 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hello Future$50,000
Refugee Congress$20,000
Focus Development Organization Inc$12,250
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $995k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $359k → 11%WELCOMING AMERICA: $25k → 14%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $149k → 11%Welcoming America: $10k → 14%Hello Neighbor: $100k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $80k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $70k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $67k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $35k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $100k → 11%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

NY
IN
PA
CA
UT
VA
DC
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $54M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$20M · 37% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

Middle East and North Africa$12M · 22% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

South Asia$8.2M · 15% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$6.0M · 11% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

South America$3.9M · 7% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

Russia and Neighboring States$2.2M · 4% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.1M · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

East Asia and the Pacific$611k · 1% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

Central America and the Caribbean$63k · 0% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Support of Refugee Programs

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 8 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +159% since the first grant, against +69% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$4.4M
$443k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+159%
+69%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalSocial ScienceEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • KIND INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +358%
  • CW
    CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +192%
  • HN
    HELLO NEIGHBOR
    7× · 2018–2024 · $860k · revenue ×25

Funded once

  • KL
    KIVA-DAF LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $120k
  • NS
    NEW SUN RISINGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +69%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue +243%
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.

1
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
3
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
4
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
5
Global Voice
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6
Refugees International Inc

Refugees international advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crisis.

International
7
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc

Irap is a global legal aid and advocacy organization working to create a world where refugees and all people seeking safety are empowered to claim their right to freedom of movement and a path to lasting refuge. everyone should have a safe…

Human Services
8
Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
9
Choose Love Inc

Support refugees, asylum seekers and those who have been internally displaced, primarily through an international, cross-sector network of predominantly locally-led projects; advocate for the rights of these persons through promoting…

Human Services
10
Hias Inc

Hias is the international jewish nonprofit that stands for a world in which forcibly displaced people find welcome, safety, and opportunity.(continued on schedule o)there have never been more people seeking safety and so few places willing…

International
11
Global Communities

Global communities brings together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives and secure strong futures.

International
12
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hello Neighbor; the most unlike its peers is Elimisha Kakuma. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 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.

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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,047,800 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INCKIVA MICROFUNDS: $250,000 · InternationalKIVA MICROFUNDSTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $175,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR …+3 more: $17,500 · InternationalKIND INC: $1,147,000 · Crime & LegalKIND INCHELLO NEIGHBOR: $859,500 · Human ServicesHELLO NEIGHBORNEW SUN RISING: $100,000 · Human ServicesNEW SUN RISINGWELCOMING AMERICA INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesHELLO FUTURE INC: $350,000 · OtherHELLO FUTURE I…KIVA-DAF LLC: $120,000 · OtherKIVA-DAF LLCKIVA USER FUNDS LLC: $50,000 · OtherKIVA USER FUND…The New School: $50,000 · OtherThe New SchoolCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $40,530 · OtherCHARITIES AID …ELIMISHA KAKUMA: $25,000 · Other+2 more: $22,250 · OtherSESAME WORKSHOP: $500,000 · Arts & CultureSESAME WORK…REFUGEE CONGRESS: $239,206 · Civil RightsTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 · Social Science
International$1,490,300Crime & Legal$1,147,000Human Services$994,500Other$657,780Arts & Culture$500,000Civil Rights$239,206Social Science$75,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIND INC: $1,147,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,047,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHELLO NEIGHBOR: $859,500 over 7y, 23% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELLO FUTURE INC: $350,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $250,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetREFUGEE CONGRESS: $239,206 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $175,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEW SUN RISING: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $40,530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELCOMING AMERICA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetINDEGO AFRICA PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGlobal Impact: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD360: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% 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.

Marin Community Found…Rockefeller Philanthr…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Marin Community FoundationCA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 United States Association for UNHCR funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Association for UNHCR. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 21 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 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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