New York · Nonprofit
ASIA CATALYST INC
ASIA CATALYST INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,699 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($502,272). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $783k
- Net assets
- $0
What Asia Catalyst Inc does
Mission
Asia Catalyst, Inc. ("AC") promotes the rights of marginalized communities by supporting a vibrant network of advocates committed to ending stigma, discrimination, and criminalization. We strengthen civil society by providing training and resources for community based organizations to become more effective and responsive to community needs, and to conduct rigorous human rights documentation and advocacy. We work side by side with grassroots activists to ensure that their voices are fully represented in local, national, regional, and global policymaking.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
Myanmar Human Rights Documentation and Advocacy Program:In light of COVID-19 restrictions and a coup dett in February 2021, Asia Catalyst staff prioritized personal security and, once able, provided humanitarian aid to partner groups, maintaining ongoing support throughout 2021 to the extent possible, when internet was available and it was deemed safe, using extreme precautions and secure means. Programs with our cohort groups (Kachin Positive Womens Network, Lotus, Youth Star, and SWiM) were wound down, having completed most training workshops online when possible, and providing technical and proposal writing support when requested.Grassroots Empowerment in Southeast Asia:Asia Catalyst was able to support the activities of HIV, youth, LGBTQI, migrant, and sex work groups, such as APCOM, MAP, and EMPOWER Foundation, to address urgent COVID needs among these highly vulnerable and marginalized communities. In addition, these groups worked on decriminalization and empowerment at the grassroots, and supported Asia Catalysts health and human rights hub by giving interviews by their leaders for archiving on the site. In addition, we supported a leading HIV and LGBTQI group, Lighthouse…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
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 $540k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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 → 2021: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $143k → $124k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 CATALYST 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
ASIA CATALYST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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 87% · 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 90% · 2021 81% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of ASIA CATALYST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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 FY2021, 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
70% of ASIA CATALYST INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k 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.
Organizations like ASIA CATALYST 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 New York
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
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Asia Catalyst Hong Kong Limited · exempt
- Asia Catalyst Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIA CATALYST 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 ASIA CATALYST INC?
- ASIA CATALYST INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,699 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($502,272). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIA CATALYST INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $782,699 in grants to ASIA CATALYST INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIA CATALYST INC?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $502,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIA CATALYST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 9 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