Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE
ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,059,594 to it, the largest being DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC ($1,625,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $443k
What Asia America Initiative does
Mission
Asia America Initiative believes that peace, security and respect for human dignity are inseparable. Our mission is to be a bridge between the powerless in society through reconciliation and by building medical, educational, and livelihood skills in communities affected by armed conflict and severe poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In january 2025 met with global giving cg a nonprofit organization that supports other nonprofit organization through its crowdfunding platform. Cg promotes community-led development by providing educational tools and best practice forum for better communication which is in line with aai values global giving is one of the few organizations that strictly vet their member organizations including cg staff to visit member program areas in the field. Aai has been a member organization since 2011.
$20,950 spent$10,741 earned by the program2% of program spendingIn 2025 aai met with the board of directors of diana davis spencer foundationddsf a grant making foundation that is dedicated to promoting american values at home and abroad. Aai has been a recurring recipient of ddsf grants. Grantees are invited to apply on a rotating basis of 1-18 months ddsf supports aais mission of community engagement in remote and forgotten areas. Aai considers citizen diplomacy and participation as the best way to deter crime, human trafficking and terrorism in areas of extreme poverty which have little opportunity, education and healthcare.ddsf encourages a focus on women and girls participation as a key to meaningful success aai programs have positive effect on girls school attendance.majority of aai coordinators are women especially nurses and educators.
$60,695 spentof which $450,000 as grants6% of program spendingIn january 2025 met with the officers of fort myer commissary and agreed to donate on a regular basis canned foods and non-perishable goods to be donated to the needy in the metropolitan washington dc. Fort myer commissary is part of the feds feed families campaign at us military bases. Soldiers donate bags of groceries that go to local food banks. Aai is a vetted recipient and in 2025 received foods that was donated to a local non-profit ironstartfoundation.org iron star in turn distributed food in high-risk high poverty areas of washington dc.
$59,600 spent$52,800 earned by the program6% of program spendingProgram service expenses 318,035, grants and allocations 0, revenue 160,000 one world institute is a non profit organization dedicated to philanthrophy for peace program that brings together partners and technologies to serve a world in conflict to help provide opportunities where there is none. Aai and owi have shared values and geographic areas of support in the philippines. Owi donates to aai manpower for widespread coordination and distribution of relief aid including food, water, hygiene supplies, building supplies and other relief. In 2025 aai and owi expanded relief efforts,health missions and school building in new territories, in 2023 an organic farming initiative designed for small scale farms and community gardens was launched to help feed local populationa in 2025 this program now included 6 million farmers who receives seeds, training and guidance. Program service expenses 6,075, grants and allocations 0, revenue 2,000 maryland book bank is a non profit organization dedicated to the belief that children deserve the resources needed to enrich their mind, encourage success and instill a lifetime love for reading.aai and the mbb have aligned missions to provide free…
$860,414 spent$759,959 earned by the program86% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,001,659.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.9M to $459k (−75%).
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 ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $37k → $52k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. 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
ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 85% · 2020 85% · 2021 77% · 2022 80% · 2023 52% — 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
ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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
ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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 ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE: 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 ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE?
- ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,059,594 to it, the largest being DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC ($1,625,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,059,594 in grants to ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE?
- DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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