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Association for Asian Studies Inc

Association for Asian Studies Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $473,360 to it, the largest being The Henry Luce Foundation Inc ($354,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.2M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$473k
Net assets
$12M
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Association for Asian Studies Inc does

Mission

A non-profit dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publication, research support and career development.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Meeting and conferences to facilitate contact and exchange of information among scholars to increase the understanding of Asia. The Association conducts numerous regional and council meetings, and an annual meeting for over 3,000 members and non-members.

    $929,460 spentof which $92,857 as grants$1,076,486 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  2. Publications including the Journal of Asian Studies, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Education About Asia, and publications developed for members and subscribers. There are approximately 7,000 journals circulated annually.

    $500,928 spent$442,066 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Membership dues include the activity to run and operate a professional service organization.

    $190,179 spent$565,761 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  4. Other activity includes career development for our membership, and administration of grants and other funding opportunities for research and educational programs related to the field of Asian Studies.

    $1,197,304 spentof which $806,907 as grants
    42% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,817,871.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.6M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 47 ($1.6M) Expenses 101 ($2.6M) Net assets 90 ($9.1M)2019 Revenue 125 ($4.2M) Expenses 98 ($2.6M) Net assets 106 ($11M)2020 Revenue 96 ($3.3M) Expenses 76 ($2.0M) Net assets 119 ($12M)2021 Revenue 104 ($3.5M) Expenses 83 ($2.2M) Net assets 126 ($13M)2022 Revenue 113 ($3.8M) Expenses 163 ($4.3M) Net assets 97 ($9.8M)2023 Revenue 119 ($4.0M) Expenses 174 ($4.6M) Net assets 104 ($11M)2024 Revenue 123 ($4.2M) Expenses 148 ($3.9M) Net assets 115 ($12M)
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Revenue (123)Expenses (148)Net assets (115)

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 $15M to $13M (−15%).

$12M
$11M
$12M
$13M
$15M
$13M
$13M
$14M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 38% · 2023 14% · 2024 2%. 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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$756k
’17
−$1.0M
’18
$1.7M
’19
$1.3M
’20
$1.3M
’21
−$446k
’22
−$540k
’23
$279k
’24
1.9
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.

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Listed1515151514152023
Joined·+8+6+7+9+8+10+13
No longer listed·867107510
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $21k.

From the IRS filings of Association for Asian Studies Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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

Association for Asian Studies Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 87% · 2021 42% · 2022 59% · 2023 85% — 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

25% of Association for Asian Studies Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

Association for Asian Studies Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 6 states in all.

MI
NY
MA
NJ
DC
HI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Government funding Association for Asian Studies Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.

Federal$1.0M
grants $1.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$1.0M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Association for Asian Studies 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 Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 27%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

68%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Association for Asian Studies Inc?
Association for Asian Studies Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $473,360 to it, the largest being The Henry Luce Foundation Inc ($354,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Association for Asian Studies Inc have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $473,360 in grants to Association for Asian Studies Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Association for Asian Studies Inc?
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $354,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Association for Asian Studies Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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