Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC
BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $989,539 to it, the largest being WATSI INC ($946,999). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $253k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $990k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Burma Border Projects Inc does
Mission
We are dedicated to providing funding for medical procedures, educational opportunities and psycho-social support to the displaced refugee and migrant populations from Burma living along the Thai-Burma border. BBP has a long history of over 18 years in working with displaced Burmese refugees and migrants in the areas of mental health, psychosocial well-being, and education. In addition, BBP is also presently focusing its efforts on providing funding for complex often life-saving medical services for children which can not be readily provided by local indigenous medical clinics.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
There are over 2 million migrant workers from Burma now living in Thailand. Many of these workers have children who for various reasons are not able to attend Thai schools. There exists a makeshift network of schools called Migrant Learning Centers which attempts to provide a basic education for these children. Burma Border Projects supports some of these schools by providing salaries for teachers and other educational material in support of this mission. Our counseling programs provide direct one-on-one trauma-informed therapy to children who have suffered from child abuse and individuals of any age who have suffered from human trafficking.
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 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $9k to $5k (−43%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $416k → $18.
3 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 BURMA BORDER PROJECTS 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
BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k 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 BURMA BORDER PROJECTS 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 BURMA BORDER PROJECTS 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 BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC?
- BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $989,539 to it, the largest being WATSI INC ($946,999). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $989,539 in grants to BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC?
- WATSI INC is the largest funder on record, with $946,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BURMA BORDER PROJECTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2018–2019), 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