Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,325,952 to it, the largest being THE SIDNEY A SWENSRUD FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Federation for American Immigration Reform does
Mission
The Federation for American Immigration Reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Program activities under fair's legal arm, the immigration reform law institute (irli), including its litigation and investigation activities, were absorbed by fair on 8/1/25.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Program activities under fair's legal arm, irli, were absorbed by fair on 8/1/25. The decision to combine the capabilities of fair and irli into a single, more streamlined organization makes fair the one entity in the immigration control movement that is capable of taking an in-house, soup-to-nuts approach to any immigration issue that may arise. From proposals on the hill to arguments before the supreme court, fair now has an all-purpose team with the skills and abilities enough to keep winning the fight against unchecked mass migration.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Public interest legal - fair filed numerous friend-of-the-court briefs in the united states supreme court, the united states court of appeals, united states district courts, and state courts concerning national security and national sovereignty, protecting federal-state cooperation in immigration enforcement, protecting american workers, protecting the environment, defending pro-enforcement state and local officials, ending public-benefit windfalls for illegal aliens, defending pro-enforcement federal, state and local laws, policies, referenda, and initiatives, protecting electoral process integrity, protecting the efficiency of immigration enforcement, and exposing government action to public inspection through foia lawsuits.
$1,544,786 spent23% of program spendingPublic education - fair informed and educated the public about immigration's impact on national security, public safety, the economy, natural resources, and public health. Fair continued to provide insight, perspective, and clarity on the issues affected by unchecked mass migration and irresponsible immigration policies.
$1,377,499 spent21% of program spendingMedia - fair provided essential educational and activism materials to the american public, giving them digital resources to make informed decisions about public policy. The department also responded to inquiries by reporters and producers, providing factual information and commentary on relevant topics.
$805,094 spent12% of program spendingState and local engagement - (sle) the department educated state and local lawmakers and their staff on various immigration issues. Sle drafted and advocated for bills that advanced fair's mission to promote policies in americans' best interests. Sle staff also submitted testimony and other memoranda supporting or opposing proposed bills and provided legislative and issue analysis to legislators. Additionally, sle staff engaged grassroots activists, issued action alerts, and developed talking points to promote true immigration reform.
$645,457 spent$102,837 earned by the program10% of program spendingGovernment relations - federal government relations - the team advanced fair's policy priorities and formulated and executed strategies to accomplish these priorities. It served as a leading resource for members of congress while relentlessly advocating for the organization's priorities and opposing policies that undermine border security and immigration enforcement.
$810,373 spent12% of program spendingResearch & publications - fair research educated the public on the impact of immigration on america, its people, and their economy. This was done through reports, issue briefs, fact sheets, and audiovisual media. Original research served as the basis for outreach efforts, providing the factual analysis underlying print, radio, television, and digital outreach activities. The resources were made available via our website and were regularly sought after by social media influencers, federal agencies, legislators, law enforcement officials, citizen activists, students, journalists, other researchers, and the general public.
$622,606 spent9% of program spendingMembership education and service - fair's membership education program informed members, donors, and the general public about the organization's mission, programs, and immigration reform initiatives through direct outreach, including emails, letters, telephone communications, and in-person meetings. These activities disseminated information regarding fair's policy priorities and programmatic efforts, fostering informed public understanding and engagement. Through this outreach, fair reached millions of individuals, including policymakers, community leaders, and other influential audiences, helping to build support for effective and lasting immigration reform.
$794,428 spent12% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,600,243.
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 2019 to 2020, from $35M to $32M (−9%).
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: 2020 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Julie Kirchner
Executive director until 6/25
Board chair
Don Collins Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $271k → $503k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 74% · 2019 67% · 2020 42% · 2021 45% · 2022 28% · 2023 50% — 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
53% of FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Fair Congressional Task Force Inc · exempt
- Immigration Reform Law Institute Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM?
- FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,325,952 to it, the largest being THE SIDNEY A SWENSRUD FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $4,325,952 in grants to FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM?
- THE SIDNEY A SWENSRUD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 32 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