California · Nonprofit
AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL
AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,328 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($52,960). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $424k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $176k
- Net assets
- $526k
What Amistad International does
Mission
Amistad International helps with humanitarian, self-help, and educational programs for impoverished communities. We strive to empower people, helping to develop the skills and knowledge needed for sustenance of life, promotion of health and preservation of cultural identity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Haiti - nelson fund:haiti adventist hospital orthopedic and dental clinic support, which included purchase of hospital equipment, physician and dentist honorariums, subsidizing indigent patient services, purchase of medicines, and shipment costs for a container of hospital supplies.
$172,110 spentof which $172,110 as grants40% of program spendingKenya - community initiatives for rural development (ciford):we supported programs for young women: leadership seminar, workshops for girls' health, self-confidence and pregnancy avoidance. Girls leadership, anti-fgm for girls, and boys for change, a program to deter male violence against women and to encourage the boys to stay in school.over the 2025 easter holidays, ciford held five health seminars for 511 girls giving them instruction on female health, staying in school, avoiding early marriage, stds, and building self-confidence. Amistad provided 141 beds and mattresses for the new ciford community training center.
$57,704 spentof which $57,704 as grants13% of program spendingZimbabwe - kuda vana children's home, mutare:provided support for the home of 50 on-campus orphans, plus 20 older children in other programs. The main campus has five homes and an elementary school for about 50 children. The older children live on a second kvp campus (buhera campus near harare) so that they can attend high schools. There are active adoption and fostering programs placing children with zimbabwean families.
$57,000 spentof which $57,000 as grants13% of program spendingMiscellaneous project grants and program costs
$54,130 spentof which $42,497 as grants12% of program spendingMexico - huichol sierra:building the structure for the los hermitanos trade school.
$25,400 spentof which $25,400 as grants6% of program spendingDemocratic republic of the congo:support of refugee camp agriculture/farming and gardening program for upcoming of amani village (a peace village) program led by rebuilders inc. (les rebatisseurs).
$23,056 spentof which $23,056 as grants5% of program spendingKenya - grow biointensive agriculture centre/kenya (g-biack):in 2025, grow biointensive agriculture centre/kenya (g-biack) was able to purchase additional land for their teaching farm with the help of a $5,000 grant from amistad. The new parcel adjacent to their current farm expands their agriculture teaching land for students studying coming to the 18-month program.amistad also provided the support of g-biack's tailoring teacher, moses mbugua, for one year as well as the funds for the completion of their new indigenous seed savings business. G-biack is now able to save, store and sell seed for income to support the agriculture school.in july and august 2025, the g-biack program trained over 300 farmers from diverse african regions. The program emphasized soil health as the foundation of sustainable agriculture, equipping participants with skills in composting, soil preparation, crop rotation, cover cropping, and ecological pest management.
$21,908 spentof which $21,908 as grants5% of program spendingUganda - universal love alliance (ula):amistad provided a grant to universal love alliance/uganda (ula) to support their overhead. Ula provides life-savings support for battered women, people with hiv+ status, and lgbtiq persons who are victims of the uganda anti-homosexuality bill.
$8,472 spentof which $8,472 as grants2% of program spendingKenya - maruge elementary school:supported school expenses for terms I,ii,iii.
$8,000 spentof which $8,000 as grants2% of program spendingIndia - buddha's smile school (bss), varanasi:buddha's smile school is a day care-5th grade school for 221 poor children. We provide support toward salaries, utilities, and medical care.
$3,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants1% of program spendingSouth africa - lambano sanctuary, johannesburg:this is a hospice for children with hiv+ status in johannesburg, south africa.
$2,650 spentof which $2,650 as grants1% of program spendingKenya - visionary women's centre:visionay women's centre in kenya has started an anti-rape and anti-bullying program for boys and girls. The program is named "say no and be counted and is run by kenyan social workers and a martial arts teacher. This year they have led four six-week long workshops, reaching 235 teen girls and boys. Each workship covers topics such as effective communication skills and self-defense. They also talk about the emotional and physical consequences of rape and the role of the family, friends, teachers and communnity in rape prevention.
The 12 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $433,430.
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 2022 to 2023, from $813k to $665k (−18%).
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.
96% of AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $44k → $9k.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL’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
AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
79% 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 AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 54% · 2020 53% · 2021 50% · 2022 96% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
14% of AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
76% of AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL'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 $42k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL is better cushioned than half 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 AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL: 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 AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL?
- AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,328 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($52,960). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $176,328 in grants to AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL?
- AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,960 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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