Iowa · Nonprofit
ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY
ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $560,347 to it, the largest being REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION ($455,347). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $970k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $560k
- Net assets
- $621k
What Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy does
Mission
Our mission is to empower the community toward self-sufficiency through advocacy, education, and community development throughout iowa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood parent navigator (ecpn) to empower families with children under five, the early childhood parent navigator program provides refugee parents with early childhood development and parenting norms education while simultaneously supporting service access in their native language - empowering parents with knowledge to help their children succeed. The program also works to increase opportunities for family engagement with schools - especially as related to head start, pre-k and kindergarten - and service providers, while also helping teachers and school staff better understand refugee parents.this program serves any family with kids under the age of five.
$271,733 spent32% of program spendingCrisis and advocacythe crisis and advocacy program provides ongoing case management and crisis intervention methods to burmese refugees across iowa. Not only does it assist survivors of crime and violence by giving them access to linguistically and culturally appropriate resources but also provides essential mental health education and resources.this program serves any survivor of violence or crime.
$338,577 spent40% of program spendingThe essential needs program offers three key services: the access center, the community food pantry, and access events.many non-english speaking communities face challenges in accessing resources and completing daily tasks such as reading mail or making phone calls. The access center provides comprehensive wrap-around services in several ethnic languages from burma to both new and existing clients each week, operating on a first-come, first-served basis.the community cultural food pantry is an equal opportunity provider that focuses on asian-specific foods. It is open once a month for the entire community and as needed for crisis and advocacy clients.access events are hosted each year and determined based on community needs. Each year, embarc hosts at least two flu clinics and one liheap clinic. The food pantry is open to all (not restricted to burma community).access center targets program eligible but provides monthly education sessions where clients can attend to receive a voucher for a month of support.access events are open to any client eligible for the service (for example liheap has income guidelines that may apply).
$45,896 spent$92,489 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther costs related to organization's mission and purpose.
$190,374 spent22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $846,580.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $762k to $790k (+4%).
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: 2024 30% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY’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
ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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
95% 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 ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY.
“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
100% of ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- Department of Justice$200k
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 ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY: 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 ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY?
- ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $560,347 to it, the largest being REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION ($455,347). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $560,347 in grants to ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY.
- Who is the largest funder of ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY?
- REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION is the largest funder on record, with $455,347 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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