Maryland · Nonprofit
AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT
AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,666 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($168,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $184k
- Net assets
- $8.8M
What American Latvian Association in the Unit does
Mission
The american latvian association (ala) is the main representative organization for the latvian american community. Through 100 member organizations, churches, clubs and some 4,000 individual members we represent over 90,000 people of latvian descent living in the us. We are a nonprofit, tax exempt educational and cultual organization. Ala supports cultural activities and facilitates cooperation within the latvian american community. We promote the study of latvian language, history and culture. We ensure the availability of latvian schools, books and teaching materials for our children. We assist newly arrived immigrants with information about the usa and we provide humanitarian aid to people in latvia. Ala seeks to facilitate the peaceful and democratic development of latvia by promoting understanding and support for latvia through informational efforts in the usa.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education: ala's educational programs include all programs and projects relating to latvian language education, assistance to latvian schools, distribution of educational materials, and educational trips to latvia.
$475,166 spentof which $317,203 as grants$139,441 earned by the program53% of program spendingCulture: provides support to latvian establishments to be able to congregate and host cultural events, provides awards for cultural projects like movies, book publishing, etc. Also provides support and aid to lv by providing awards to underprivileged children and families in lv in collaboration with ngos children's fund of latvia and angel's heart.
$98,961 spentof which $21,235 as grants11% of program spendingInformation: ala's informational programs include all organizational representational and pr activities, the dissemination of information about ala's programs and events as well as current events in latvia, and activities pertaining to ala membership and the annual membershipcongress.
$317,706 spentof which $57,405 as grants36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $891,833.
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 $10M to $8.4M (−16%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 3% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Marisa Gudrais
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $26k → $9k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT’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 LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 68% — 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
95% of AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT'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 $9k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT?
- AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,666 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($168,100). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $183,666 in grants to AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $168,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION IN THE UNIT 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 7 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