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FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC

FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,283,560 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,172,060). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$263k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$124k
6/7 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Friends of Al-Rowwad USA Inc does

Mission

Support, promote, publicize, strengthen and enlargement of the opportunities and facilities of the al-rowwad cultural and theatre training center, or any successor organization having substantially the same purpose, in or associated with the aida refugeee camp, in bethlehem, west bank, palestine, in order to provide educational, cultural, artistic and creative enrichment for children living in an environment of deprivation and often violence, thus encouraging children to be promoters of peace notwithstanding their difficult circumstances.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. 1. Cultural and theatre training2. Dance and choir program3. Photo and video program4. The women's project5. School enhancement project

    $240,000 spentof which $240,000 as grants$255,230 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $240,000.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($488k) Expenses 100 ($352k) Net assets 100 ($175k)2018 Revenue 34 ($164k) Expenses 88 ($308k) Net assets 18 ($32k)2019 Revenue 37 ($181k) Expenses 49 ($174k) Net assets 22 ($39k)2020 Revenue 30 ($145k) Expenses 43 ($153k) Net assets 18 ($32k)2021 Revenue 39 ($191k) Expenses 56 ($198k) Net assets 14 ($24k)2022 Revenue 55 ($269k) Expenses 76 ($266k) Net assets 15 ($27k)2023 Revenue 52 ($255k) Expenses 68 ($240k) Net assets 24 ($42k)2024 Revenue 54 ($263k) Expenses 52 ($181k) Net assets 71 ($124k)
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Revenue (54)Expenses (52)Net assets (71)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $175k to $32k (−82%).

$175k
$32k
$39k
$32k
$24k
$27k
$42k
$124k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$137k
’17
−$144k
’18
$7k
’19
−$7k
’20
−$7k
’21
$2k
’22
$15k
’23
$82k
’24
8.2
months of
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.

201720182019202220232024
Listed655555
Joined·+0+0·+0+0
No longer listed·10·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $64k → $198k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA 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

FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC.

91%
largest funder
96%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 98% · 2019 89% · 2020 91% · 2021 82% · 2022 86% · 2023 92% — 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

94% of FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $83k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states.

NY
IN
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin31% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 3%Fundraising 1%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC?
FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,283,560 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,172,060). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,283,560 in grants to FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,172,060 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF AL-ROWWAD USA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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