Maryland · Nonprofit
AHA FOUNDATION INC
AHA FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,997,798 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,339,506). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $7.0M
- Net assets
- $868k
What Aha Foundation Inc does
Mission
Aha foundation is committed to preserving, protecting, and promoting liberal freedoms and ideals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Alertfemale genital mutilation (fgm) legislative advocacy and support - in 2024, aha foundation continued to lead the national movement to end fgm.aha worked closely with legislators in washington d.c. On pending anti fgm legislation and supported a bill designed to strengthen local protections for girls at risk.in partnership with white & case llp and reed smith llp, aha produced 8 new state-specific guides detailing the legal rights of fgm survivors. In total since 2007, aha has trained 6,512 individuals and frontline service providers through courses, webinars, and live presentations-including 1,498 professionals trained in 2024 alone.partners included the american association of nurse practitioners, the american medical association, and the american bar association. A new federal grant from the office on violence against women will strengthen aha's ability to combat fgm in chicago's northside, where the we stop fgm/c program continues to drive community awareness.child marriage legislation - in 2024, aha foundation successfully advocated for child marriage bans in washington, virginia, and new hampshire-bringing the total number of states that have ended child marriage to…
$593,425 spent63% of program spendingActivate - confronting anti-semitism and illiberalismfollowing the events of october 7, 2023, aha foundation expanded its programmatic focus to address the rising threat of antisemitism and the alliance between islamism and far-left ideologies. This work builds on our commitment to defending universal human rights and western values.campus critical thinking fellowship (ctf)in 2024, aha expanded the critical thinking fellowship to high schools through a partnership with the dissident project, connecting students with speakers who have lived under authoritarian regimes. On college campuses, ctf events were held at columbia university and pepperdine university. One highlight included a powerful discussion with child marriage survivor sara tasnem, which inspired students to become advocates for change.
$61,007 spent7% of program spendingAlign - the clarity coalition, convened by aha, grew to include nearly 50 prominent activists from around the world, adding new members from israel, canada, the netherlands, and germany.our second clarity conference, hosted at the hudson institute in washington d.c., focused on islamist anti-semitism and foreign influence in u.s. Education.quarterly meetups and town halls included a session with m.e.p. Charlie weimers on free speech and growing authoritarianism in europe. The coalition also conducted advocacy in support of the deterrent act and trace act to counter foreign funding in u.s. Education.
$283,148 spentof which $10,000 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $937,580.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.9M to $1.4M (−26%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 19% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of AHA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Rosa Zeegers
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $816k.
18 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 AHA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 funders by total. 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
AHA FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 AHA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 32% · 2019 43% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 27% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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
47% of AHA FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
72% of AHA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.0M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
AHA FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AHA FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $800k on record.
- Department of Justice$800k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AHA FOUNDATION INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AHA FOUNDATION INC: 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 AHA FOUNDATION INC?
- AHA FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,997,798 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,339,506). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AHA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $6,997,798 in grants to AHA FOUNDATION INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AHA FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,339,506 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AHA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 55 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