Indiana · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS
INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,500 to it, the largest being GLOBAL WHOLE BEING FUND ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $157k
What Institute of Chin Affairs does
Mission
ICA is dedicated to advancing the dignity, resilience, and well-being of the Chin people through collaborative, community-driven initiatives in education, health, humanitarian support, and research-driven advocacy, while remaining responsive to evolving needs, priorities, and opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthcare: In 2025, the Institute of Chin Affairs Inc. (ICA) provided essential healthcare services to conflict-affected and displaced communities across Chin State, western Sagaing Region, Myanmar, and Mizoram, India. With two medical centers and two mini-hospitals in Chin State, one medical center along the India-Myanmar border, and two clinics in Kalay Township, ICA provided free medical consultations, primary and emergency care, essential medicines, and minor surgical treatment. To reach communities in remote and hard-to-access areas, ICA also operated mobile medical teams consisting of four physicians and 11 nurses, making regular visits to displaced camps in Chin State and Champhai District, Mizoram. Through these combined services, ICA reached 11,502 patients, including 181 pregnant women, providing timely diagnosis, treatment, medicines, and surgical care to people with limited access to healthcare. Seasonal influenza and acute diarrheal illnesses were among the most commonly treated conditions. By bringing healthcare directly to displaced persons, refugees, and other vulnerable communities, ICA helped address urgent and ongoing health needs while protecting the health,…
$57,616 spentof which $10,490 as grants16% of program spendingEducation: For higher education, ICA worked with two universities in Northeast India to help 14 displaced students from Myanmar continue their university studies. ICA also renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mizoram University to strengthen research collaboration and expand access to higher education opportunities for students from Myanmar. Under its basic education programs, ICA supported more than 550 teachers serving over 6,000 students from primary to high school in Chin State, Myanmar, while also operating a Community School and providing mother-tongue Myanmar and Chin literacy classes for young learners. In Mizoram, India, ICA supported 16 teachers at refugee schools in Zokhawthar near the Myanmar border. In collaboration with partner organizations, ICA also facilitated 10 teacher-training programs during 2025 to strengthen educators' capacity and support the quality and continuity of education for conflict-affected and displaced communities.
$236,701 spentof which $120,318 as grants67% of program spendingHumanitarian Relief: The ICA provided humanitarian assistance to displaced families, refugees, and vulnerable populations affected by the conflict. In 2025, the organization distributed food, shelter materials, WASH and hygiene supplies to more than 30,000 people from over 4,500 families. ICA also supported community resilience and social connection through its annual Christmas gathering, International Women's Day celebrations, and the "Together for Humanity" Friendship Dinner. As the humanitarian crisis intensified toward the end of 2025, ICA remained committed to supporting conflict-affected communities and called for continued support from partners and donors.
$40,976 spentof which $34,217 as grants12% of program spendingResearch and Documentation: In 2025, ICA strengthened its research and documentation work to systematically collect, preserve, and analyze information on conflict, political developments, human rights, and humanitarian issues affecting Chin communities. ICA conducted interviews with representatives from different sides of internal conflicts, affected community members, and local leaders, documenting cases of arrest, alleged torture, detention, and release, as well as airstrikes affecting civilian areas and healthcare facilities and violations against Chin political prisoners. ICA produced human rights and situation reports for relevant stakeholders and maintained quarterly Chin Political and Human Rights Dashboards to monitor and analyze key developments. ICA also published articles and reports on political, humanitarian, human rights, social, and regional issues, contributing to public awareness, informed analysis, and advocacy efforts.
$18,772 spentof which $8,593 as grants5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $354,065.
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 2024 to 2025, from $57k to $157k (+178%).
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.
94% of INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
S Nilian
Board Chairman, President and Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS’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
INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
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 INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS.
“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
INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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
INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% 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 INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS: 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 INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS?
- INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS (Indiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $57,500 to it, the largest being GLOBAL WHOLE BEING FUND ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $57,500 in grants to INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS?
- GLOBAL WHOLE BEING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE OF CHIN AFFAIRS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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