New York · Nonprofit
INSAAN GROUP
INSAAN GROUP (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,758 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $211k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $824k
What Insaan Group does
Mission
Insaan means human. Insaan's mission is to change the lives of many, for better, for good. We do this by investing in solutions to poverty. We provide catalytic capital to early-stage ventures that create employment and/or deliver a service or product relevant to low-income, under-served markets with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and India.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Impact Footprint - This program expense was used to build Impact Footprint. Impact Footprint is a new digital tool to accelerate the financing of innovative solutions contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Powered by accessible and standardized data, it enables changemakers to showcase their story and impact, and allows philanthropists and impact investors to discover and accelerate the financing of local solutions. Impact Footprint (IF) is a public good and registration is free. It is powered by Insaan Group, a philanthropic entity that invests in solutions to poverty and brings systemic change through innovation. Insaan means human. The platform can be seen here: https://impactfootprint.org/
$128,144 spent$10,000 earned by the program26% of program spendingInsaan Group Foundation - In 2022 Insaan made catalytic investments in 1. Aakar Innovations, whose revolutionary technology has received a Government of India patent and aims to be a solution provider in menstrual hygiene, and other related products; and 2. Lal10, a wholesale platform for handicraft enterprises in India, driving a maker's revolution by digitizing small and medium rural manufacturers to take their sustainable products to global markets. Insaan is registered in India as Insaan Group Foundation, hence the administrative costs. Its operational impact is currently limited by foreign funds' transfer regulations in India, and the team's limited current capacity to invest in local fundraising there.
$8,400 spent$150,000 earned by the program2% of program spendingHealth (Access Afya, LLC) - In 2016, Insaan joined a team of aid agencies, foundations and impact entrepreneurs in supporting the growth of Access Afya, a micro-clinic model serving the poorest in the slums of Nairobi by providing patient-centered, low-cost, high quality, outcome-focused decentralized healthcare. Access Afya also works with communities in schools and factories for prevention and treatment. In 2020, in response to the Covid-19 global pandemic, Insaan helped facilitate support on behalf of Access Afya who worked on the frontline promoting awareness and prevention, together with WHO and the Ministry of Health, and launched a telemedicine platform to treat and advise patients online keeping them at home and out of crowded clinics.
$242,596 spentof which $242,596 as grants$248,596 earned by the program48% of program spendingSupply Chain - Madagascar - During the year, the organization reviewed outstanding pledges. Following this review, a pledge determined to be uncollectible was written off. This adjustment ensures that the financial statements and Form 990 accurately reflect the resources available to support program services. Insaan made its first catalytic investment in Madagascar in 2021 by investing in the start-up Malakass which specializes in the transformation of cassava into high quality flour. Malakass' vision is aligned with the national "Made in Madagascar" strategy and targets a region vulnerable to famines. Insaan and its coinvestors support allow the company to put into operation its factory, structure its supply network, obtain essential certifications for export & implement commercial & communication actions that allow the brand to be widely distributed in Madagascar and creating a lasting impact.
$121,647 spent24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $500,787.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $954k to $892k (−7%).
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.
99% of INSAAN GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Farahnaz Karim
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 INSAAN GROUP’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
INSAAN GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 INSAAN GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of INSAAN GROUP'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $182k 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
INSAAN GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INSAAN GROUP
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 INSAAN GROUP: 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 INSAAN GROUP?
- INSAAN GROUP (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,758 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSAAN GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $181,758 in grants to INSAAN GROUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSAAN GROUP?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSAAN GROUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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