Indiana · Nonprofit
BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE
BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,997,019 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($1,376,226). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Burmese American Community Institute does
Mission
Mission to build a thriving self-sufficient and sustainable integrated Burmese Community through advocacy education and employment. Since its inception BACI has assisted more than 30,000 individuals through its various programs the Upward College Program UCP for High School students that helps the students with college preparedness linguistically and academically as well as for their future success the Civic and Cultural Education program CCEP that empowers new Americans with security in their rights and liberties and Employment and Microenterprise Development EMED which assists newcomers to be self-sufficient economically and allows them to give back to their communities and contribute to economic growth. We have also expanded our health and human services that include basic needs assistance and core public health services including Maternal and Child Health Mental Health and Trauma Prevention Chronic Disease Prevention Immunization Program Health Navigation & more.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Upward College Program for High School students
$350,000 spentof which $350,000 as grants$350,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingCivic and Cultural Education Program
$200,000 spentof which $200,000 as grants$200,000 earned by the program10% of program spendingHighlighted in the following are some of the outcomes and major impacts in 2023. In 2023 alone we assisted over 4500 individuals with Citizenship and English language training naturalization applications and other immigration requirements as well as provided support in gaining employment and training mentorship and scholarships and college & university admissions. This made a total of over 25,000 individuals served since 2011. Similarly we continued providing technical assistance to a number of start-up organizations including those that are faith-based which is an important part of the overall successful integration into the community. The Upward College Program UCP for high school students continued to maintain 100% admissions to postsecondary institutions for the students who completed this BACI program. Furthermore we helped over 50% of current college students who were previously enrolled in the UCP to receive scholarships. This past year also saw the college going rate among the Burmese recent high school graduates increase to 93% from 43% in 2014. In response to the emerging needs in the community especially in light of COVID-19 impact we have been able to enhance our basic…
$1,474,035 spentof which $880,000 as grants$880,000 earned by the program73% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,024,035.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $832k to $1.4M (+73%).
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: 2017 71% · 2018 79% · 2019 78% · 2020 71% · 2021 63% · 2022 60% · 2023 68% · 2024 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Elaisa Vahnie
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $65k → $1.2M.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE’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
BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 55% · 2021 61% · 2022 57% · 2023 47% — 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
71% of BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 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
96% of BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $278k 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.
Against its field
BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.8M
- Department of Homeland Security$825k
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 BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE?
- BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE (Indiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,997,019 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($1,376,226). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,997,019 in grants to BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,376,226 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BURMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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