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ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $247k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora Inc does
Mission
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) is an organization of international scholars seeking to further our understanding of Africa and the African Diaspora. We seek to do this by way of conferences and symposia held periodically, as well as through publications. In addition, we look for ways to share our work with students and the general community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
International Conference for Members
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Bi-ennial International Conference for all members
$206,887 spent$178,227 earned by the program98% of program spendingMemberships
$0 spent$49,892 earned by the program0% of program spendingPresented academic prizes for outstanding books and articles.
$3,876 spent2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,763.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $203k to $45k (−78%).
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.
7% of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA 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
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC.
“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
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC's revenue grew 36% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC
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In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC?
- ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC?
- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLDWIDE AFRICAN DIASPORA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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