Texas · Nonprofit
AKARI FOUNDATION
AKARI FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,121 to it, the largest being MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $636k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $98k
- Net assets
- $138k
What Akari Foundation does
Mission
The Akari Foundation provides culturally and linguistically tailored education advocacy and support to Hispanic families affected by rare neuromuscular diseases delivering all programs entirely in Spanish. In 2025 The Akari Foundation: Served 1,545 families across all programs through direct services education and resource navigation Provided intensive one-on-one support to 102 families through the Family Support and Resources Program across 8 countries Engaged nearly 4,400 individuals through community support peer networks and resource-sharing initiatives
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hispanic Community Education The Akari Foundation provides Spanish-language educational webinars for Hispanic families affected by rare neuromuscular diseases. These webinars are designed to improve access to reliable medical information and culturally relevant education. Sessions are delivered virtually allowing families to engage directly with healthcare professionals and experts. Topics include medical updates clinical trials mental health nutrition and disease management. In 2025 the organization hosted 24 educational webinars reaching approximately 450 participants through live sessions with an additional 150 to 250 views through on-demand access. Through broader digital education efforts including webinars and related online content the organization reached over 8,800 individuals globally. All services are delivered in Spanish.
$186,892 spent32% of program spendingFamily Support and Resources The Family Support and Resources Program provides guidance and resource navigation for Hispanic families affected by rare neuromuscular diseases. Services include one-on-one support assistance navigating healthcare systems and connection to medical and community resources. In 2025 the program provided direct support to 102 families across 8 countries and distributed over 150 resource backpacks to newly diagnosed families. The organization facilitated 23 clinical trial referrals of which 7 families enrolled. Additionally more than 25 families received psychological support through licensed professionals. The program also engaged nearly 4,400 individuals through community support and resource-sharing efforts. All services are delivered in Spanish.
$186,892 spent32% of program spendingWorkshops and Community Outreach The Workshops and Community Outreach Program provides in-person educational opportunities for Hispanic families affected by rare neuromuscular diseases. In 2025 the organization conducted 4 in-person workshops across the United States 2 in Puerto Rico and 2 events in Mexico reaching families caregivers and community members through direct engagement. These sessions provided education on disease management clinical trials and available resources. These efforts were complemented by broader outreach activities resulting in approximately 761,748 impressions across digital platforms and an 83 percent increase in engagement compared to the prior year. All services are delivered in Spanish. All services are delivered in Spanish and focus on healthcare navigation education access to clinical trials emotional support and connection to trusted providers and resources.
$202,777 spent35% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $576,561.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $60k to $101k (+68%).
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.
3% of AKARI FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Luisa Leal
CEO
Board chair
Fernando Salcido
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $45 → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 AKARI FOUNDATION’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
AKARI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 AKARI FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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.
Where its funders are
AKARI FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $121 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
AKARI FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AKARI FOUNDATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AKARI FOUNDATION: 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 AKARI FOUNDATION?
- AKARI FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,121 to it, the largest being MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AKARI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $98,121 in grants to AKARI FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AKARI FOUNDATION?
- MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AKARI FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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