California · Nonprofit
Afghan-American Community Organization
Afghan-American Community Organization (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $598,388 to it, the largest being California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation ($307,007). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $307k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $598k
- Net assets
- $215k
What Afghan-American Community Organization does
Mission
To advance the Afghan-American community and its allies through education and outreach, and promote civic and social engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2023, AACO hosted its 8th annual Afghan-American Conference (AAC) in Washington D.C., attracting 408 participants from 23 states and 3 countries, including 276 new attendees. Since 2015, AAC has engaged 2,652 participants, serving as a valuable forum for empowering Afghan-Americans and addressing pressing issues within the diaspora community. The 2023 conference featured 56 breakout sessions, with 17 new topics that reflected the community's diversity and fostered an inclusive environment. Led by 94 expert facilitators, the event provided a safe space for candid dialogue, professional development, and relationship-building across six learning blocks: culture & connection, leadership & skill-building, community, diaspora dialogues, brave spaces, and civic engagement. Beyond the annual conference, AACO organized regional events throughout the year, engaging nearly 600 community members.
$59,926 spent43% of program spendingIn 2023, AACO continued supporting healthcare capacity building in Afghanistan, expanding on its investment in spine and cranial trauma equipment for 9 public hospitals. The organization focused on enhancing medical infrastructure and expertise to increase access to quality healthcare. AACO funded WiFi technology in these hospitals, enabling knowledge sharing and remote collaboration between Afghan and international medical professionals. Dr. Ali Aziz-Sultan, AACO Board Chair, conducts weekly clinical meetings with Afghan doctors, providing crucial education and support. This global network has facilitated professional development opportunities, including fellowships abroad for 3 Afghan neurosurgeons. The WiFi connection has also enabled augmented reality-assisted surgeries, offering remote support during operations. AACO provided $15,000 worth of cutting-edge healthcare technology to Afghan neurosurgeons. A significant milestone was reached with the publication of the first academic article on Neurosurgery in Afghanistan in the World Neurosurgery Journal, laying a foundation for future research and initiatives.
$32,400 spentof which $22,500 as grants23% of program spendingIn 2023, AACO continued its scholarship program, awarding scholarships to 7 Afghan-American students, helping to subsidize their college tuition and educational expenses. It introduced 2 new scholarships: the Sophia and Sabrina Scholarship, honoring the AACO Scholarship program founders, and the Afghan-American STEM Scholarship, initiated by an AAC participant. AACO awarded 5 Afghan-American Community Organization Scholarships, 1 Sophia and Sabrina Scholarship, and 1 Afghan-American STEM Scholarship. The program has now awarded over a quarter of a million dollars to 54 students since its inception. These efforts focus on empowering the next generation of Afghan-Americans, with special emphasis on supporting women in the community and students pursuing STEM fields.
$28,500 spentof which $28,500 as grants20% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: In 2023, AACO continued supporting healthcare capacity building in Afghanistan, expanding on its investment in spine and cranial trauma equipment for 9 public hospitals. The organization focused on enhancing medical infrastructure and expertise to increase access to quality healthcare. AACO funded WiFi technology in these hospitals, enabling knowledge sharing and remote collaboration between Afghan and international medical professionals. Dr. Ali Aziz-Sultan, AACO Board Chair, conducts weekly clinical meetings with Afghan doctors, providing crucial education and support. This global network has facilitated professional development opportunities, including fellowships abroad for 3 Afghan neurosurgeons. The WiFi connection has also enabled augmented reality-assisted surgeries, offering remote support during operations. AACO provided $15,000 worth of cutting-edge healthcare technology to Afghan neurosurgeons. A significant milestone was reached with the publication of the first academic article on Neurosurgery in Afghanistan in the World Neurosurgery Journal, laying a foundation for future research and initiatives.
$20,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $140,826.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8k to $592k (+7749%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Afghan-American Community Organization’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mohammad Ali Aziz-Sultan MD
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $49k → $321.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Afghan-American Community Organization’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Afghan-American Community Organization leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Afghan-American Community Organization.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
0% of Afghan-American Community Organization's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
95% of Afghan-American Community Organization's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $275k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Afghan-American Community Organization has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Afghan-American Community Organization
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Afghan-American Community Organization: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Afghan-American Community Organization?
- Afghan-American Community Organization (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $598,388 to it, the largest being California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation ($307,007). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Afghan-American Community Organization have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $598,388 in grants to Afghan-American Community Organization, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Afghan-American Community Organization?
- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $307,007 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Afghan-American Community Organization find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing