Virginia · Nonprofit
FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,947,520 to it, the largest being YORK FOUNDATION ($19,375,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Fairfax University of America does
Mission
Fairfax University of America's (the university) mission is to educate students from all over the world through a highly qualified, equally diverse faculty and staff. (see schedule o for continuation)as an institution of higher learning, fxu will strive to provide academic programs that will engender the intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity that are urgently needed in the global community. The university systematically encourages the development of a strong knowledge base, study skills, technical know-how, and the personal motivation necessary for competent scholarly inquiry and the lifelong pursuit of learning.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction - the university offers its students accredited graduate and undergraduate level programs in computer science, business, and management, as well as full and part-time certificates in a variety of professional and technical fields, including english as a second language (esl).
$675,521 spentof which $166,032 as grants$168,257 earned by the program26% of program spendingAcademic support - academic support promotes and fosters academic excellence at certificate, undergraduate and graduate level at fxu. The academic affairs office strives to provide the best education resources to instructors to further enhance students' knowledge as well as oversee operations of all academic schools.
$823,243 spent$83,460 earned by the program32% of program spendingStudent services - student services is responsible for assisting students with fxu housing, insurance options and student id cards. Student services also oversees the student clubs, student union, the leadership and mentorship program, diversity luncheons, and events/activities for the students.
$130,148 spent5% of program spendingBuilding management - academic support dedicated to recognizing and promoting good practices in education.
$969,591 spent37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,598,503.
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 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $19M (+57%).
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: 2021 22% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Dr Hisham Y Altalib
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16M → $42.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA’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
FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
55% 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 FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77 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
FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA's revenue fell 42% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $786k on record.
- Department of Education$786k
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 FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Heritage Education Trust LLC · disregarded
- International Institute of Islamic Thought · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: 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 FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA?
- FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,947,520 to it, the largest being YORK FOUNDATION ($19,375,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,947,520 in grants to FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA?
- YORK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIRFAX UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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