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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $538,996 to it, the largest being NORTHFIELD SHARES ($488,579). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $322k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $539k
- Net assets
- $528k
What American Friends of Asian Rural Institute Inc does
Mission
To broaden and deepen support in north america, among individuals and organizations, for the work of the asian institute in japan. To carry out this mission, afari raises direct scholarship support and assists ari in its education efforts.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
General programs - afari raises direct scholarship support, coordinates general and legacy giving and assists the asian rural institute in its north american education and outreach efforts. We provided a grant of $167,570 to ari to support its leadership training activities.
$174,894 spentof which $152,713 as grants52% of program spendingThe tarr fellowship program - builds the capacity of ari graduates through project implementation and professional development.
$76,525 spent23% of program spendingThe regional convening program - builds the capacity of ari graduates through professional development opportunities.
$52,756 spent16% of program spendingOther programs
$30,040 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $334,215.
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 $442k to $748k (+69%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 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
Sherry Deleon
Executive director
Board chair
Paul Hastings
Board chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $125 → $165.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC’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 FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
97% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE 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 $14k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $525k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE 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 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
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC?
- AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $538,996 to it, the largest being NORTHFIELD SHARES ($488,579). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $538,996 in grants to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC?
- NORTHFIELD SHARES is the largest funder on record, with $488,579 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE INC 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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