Virginia · Nonprofit
HONOR THE PROMISE
HONOR THE PROMISE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,111 to it, the largest being OPERATION RECOVERY INC ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $257k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $686k
- Net assets
- $108k
What Honor the Promise does
Mission
Honor the Promise assists members of the afghan special operations community and their families to build resilience as these refugees rebuild their lives in the us.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The major service for this fiscal year was the fundraising for and producing of the noori documentary to raise awareness of the challenges afghan special operations forces (sof) veterans face as refugees. See program service descriptions for details.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Honor the Promise funded the production of a feature-length documentary film, noori. It tells the story of an afghan special operations forces (sof) veteran and his family as they rebuild their lives in the u.s. The film highlights the service, sacrifice, and resilience of afghan sof veterans who fought alongside u.s. Forces during the 20-year war, while also raising awareness of the challenges they face as refugees. The purpose of this program is to use storytelling as a tool for education, ensuring that the contributions of afghan sof veterans are recognized as part of americas veteran community. The program also seeks to mobilize public support for initiatives that provide our beneficiaries and their families with long-term stability and opportunity. Screenings of the film are paired with community discussions, fundraising, and volunteer engagement to further advance Honor the Promises mission.
$187,452 spent75% of program spendingWorkforce development: htp deepended relationships with organizations focused on supporting transitioning veterans as well as professional networking organizations so that afghan sof veterans can participate in and benefit from these existing/proven programs.
$59,421 spent24% of program spendingHolistic health: provide a variety of legal assistance resources (to inlcude live/interactive information sessions, document translation, and interpretation support) for members applications for asylum and adjustment of status (legal permanent residency). Additionally, this line of effort includes various in-person health and wellness events.
$2,132 spent1% of program spendingCommunity engagement: connected afghan military refugees with local communities and resources through events to foster cross-cultural understanding and community-level connections.
$1,306 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $250,311.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $700k to $374k (−47%).
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.
45% of HONOR THE PROMISE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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
Mahboba Lyla Kohistany
Non-voting CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $500k → $115k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 HONOR THE PROMISE’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
HONOR THE PROMISE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 HONOR THE PROMISE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 65% — 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.
Where its funders are
HONOR THE PROMISE draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
HONOR THE PROMISE's revenue fell 74% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HONOR THE PROMISE
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
89% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HONOR THE PROMISE: 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 HONOR THE PROMISE?
- HONOR THE PROMISE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,111 to it, the largest being OPERATION RECOVERY INC ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HONOR THE PROMISE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $686,111 in grants to HONOR THE PROMISE.
- Who is the largest funder of HONOR THE PROMISE?
- OPERATION RECOVERY INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HONOR THE PROMISE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 11 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