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ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION

ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$108k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$130k
Net assets
$37k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Asher Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation does

Mission

To ensure that Lebanese youth receive the education support and mentoring to become the leading entrepreneurs of their generation by providing funding for their wellbeing during their youth and educational scholarships as well as supporting entrepreneurial centers so that they receiving the guidance to develop their business ideas.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The Asher Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik advanced innovation and entrepreneurship through multiple initiatives including hosting workshop and coaching to assist students in developing their ideas into business plans for startups. The PowerUp program supported 18 tech-oriented startups with a six-month incubation delivering 216 hours of coaching 40+ technical assistance sessions $36,000 in grants and access to 600+ digital perks. Startups refined prototypes into market-ready products and prepared for acceleration and investment opportunities.

    $98,350 spentof which $98,350 as grants
    60% of program spending
  2. Funds granted to SOS Childrens Villages Lebanon were used to support the emergency relocation of children and staff from the Bekaa region to Batroun-Kfarhay following the escalation of conflict in Lebanon. The site previously closed due to lack of funding required extensive cleaning repairs and re-equipping to provide a safe and nurturing environment. Our contribution helped restore the village ensuring childrens safety and access to education psychological support and recreational spaces. This effort provided stability and care for vulnerable children promoting their well-being and long-term development.

    $65,000 spentof which $65,000 as grants
    40% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $163,350.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($206k) Expenses 100 ($95k) Net assets 100 ($111k)2024 Revenue 52 ($108k) Expenses 193 ($182k) Net assets 33 ($37k)
20232024
Revenue (52)Expenses (193)Net assets (33)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $111k to $37k (−67%).

$111k
$37k
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$111k
’23
−$74k
’24
14
months of
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.

Board chair

Anthony Asher

Chairman of the Board of Directors

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $20k.

3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION’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

ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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

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 ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 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

100% of ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $130k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION's revenue fell 48% between 2023 and 2024.

Operating margin−69% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−48% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION?
ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $130,000 in grants to ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION?
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ASHER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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