California · Nonprofit
ARPA Institute Inc
ARPA Institute Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,779 to it, the largest being UCLA FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $284k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $92k
- Net assets
- $39k
What ARPA Institute Inc does
Mission
The Principal Objective of ARPA is to Promote International Cooperation and Understanding Within the World Community. Through the Provision of Consulting, Analysis, Research and Planning Services, in: Education, Economics, Policy, Health and Technology, Between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization had fund raising for its ARPA Gala Fundraising Event. The funds received from the fundraising was used to improve schools, laborotories, etc. as described in its mission statement. ARPA Institutes 33rd Anniversary Gala and Education Expo organized on May 10, 2025 brought together friends, visionaries, and supporters of ARPA to celebrate its legacy and raise funds.
$55,259 spent$283,933 earned by the program23% of program spendingStemar Project Donation The program is a collaborative effort with the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports, expanding rapidly across regions such as Tavush, Gegharkunik, and Ararat.
$122,700 spent50% of program spendingDisinformation Campaign AI algorithm to combat disinformation campaigns targeting Armenia
$50,000 spent20% of program spendingAlikhanyan Lab This program supports are our objectives as outlined in our mission statement.
$6,586 spent3% of program spendingFund Force This program supports our mission statement.
$6,000 spent2% of program spendingABI Fellowship This program supports our mission statement.
$4,000 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $244,545.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.
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.
100% of ARPA Institute Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $88 → $5k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 ARPA 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
ARPA Institute Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 ARPA Institute Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — 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
82% of ARPA 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 $17k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ARPA Institute Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ARPA 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 ARPA Institute Inc: 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 ARPA Institute Inc?
- ARPA Institute Inc (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,779 to it, the largest being UCLA FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARPA Institute Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $91,779 in grants to ARPA Institute Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARPA Institute Inc?
- UCLA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARPA Institute Inc 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 2022–2025), 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