Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,178 to it, the largest being THE DEVONSHIRE FOUNDATION ($49,678). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What American Foreign Service Association does
Mission
American Foreign Service Association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on schedule o)afsa also seeks to increase understanding among the american people about the vital role of the u.s. Foreign service in sustaining american global leadership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Labor relations: all activities related to the association's role as a labor union including collective bargaining, informal negotiations, and individual legal and grievance counseling.
$1,892,493 spent38% of program spendingJournal: afsa's most visible outreach tool is our flagship magazine, the foreign service journal (fsj). With a circulation of 18,000, the fsj not only goes to every member of afsa but also to a large group of outside audiences - including all foreign embassies and key offices on capitol hill. With ten issues a year, the fsj is our best way of putting the amazing work of the foreign service in front of those who most need to know about it.
$1,372,555 spent28% of program spendingPublic affairs: promotion of afsa, the activites and views through the media.
$594,018 spent12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,105,064 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,964,130.
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.
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 $7.9M to $13M (+63%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Asegir Sigfusson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $17k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION’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
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- American Foreign Service Association - PAC · exempt
- American Foreign Service Association - Scholarship Fund · exempt
- Fund for American Diplomacy · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION: 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 AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,178 to it, the largest being THE DEVONSHIRE FOUNDATION ($49,678). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $58,178 in grants to AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION?
- THE DEVONSHIRE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $49,678 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 3 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