New York · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,712,909 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,738,972). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 188
- Grants received
- $102M
- Net assets
- $59M
What International Refugee Assistance Project Inc does
Mission
Irap is a global legal aid and advocacy organization working to create a world where refugees and all people seeking safety are empowered to claim their right to freedom of movement and a path to lasting refuge. Everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to get there.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Legal services irap provided information, advice, and legal representation to displaced persons seeking to come to the u.s. Irap expanded our partnerships across the globe to increase access to legal information and services. Irap advances the legal rights of displaced persons globally through the provision of legal information, legal services, and through advocacy and litigation seeking broad policy changes to ensure that displaced people can access safety. Irap works in deep partnership with civil society organizations including refugee led organizations and community based organizations. During fy 25, irap provided legal aid to 4,884 displaced persons and resourced pro bono support with a value of over 20 million dollars. Our systemic impact work benefited 596,826 individuals.
$19,568,566 spentof which $3,826,320 as grants77% of program spendingPolicyirap continued to advocate for humane, transparent, and welcoming policies. Recent campaigns have yielded important gains for displaced persons.irap has been deeply engaged in advocating in collaboration with the refugee advocacy lab and local state partners, working towards bills that preserve and extend protections to refugees and immigrants, as well as working to defeat proposed state bills that increase harm for these communities.
$2,545,176 spentof which $19,587 as grants10% of program spendingLitigationour litigation team achieved significant milestones in cases that protect and defend the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in the united states.we targeted unlawful actions by the government to detain refugees and systematically repeal temporary protected status for several populations. Lawsuits also continue to fight against the dismantling of the u.s. Refugee admissions program as well as fighting to preserve protections for u.s. Allies in afghanistan and iraq. Irap continued litigation under the freedom of information act and systemic delays in the afghan and iraqi siv programs.
$2,313,393 spent9% of program spendingCommunicationsirap continues to amplify the voices of displaced people through traditional media outlets and in the digital sphere. We involve our current and former clients in our media and advocacy work to ensure their voices are heard. In addition to media placement, we utilize social media outlets, including facebook, twitter, and instagram, our website, and mass email campaigns to communicate to supporters. Irap has a number of cross-departmental priority teams working on various issues in partnership with our communications team. Other programsin addition to irap's legal services and advocacy programs, we have several other programmatic areas that support and amplify the impact of our core work. These programs include organizational planning; evaluation & learning; digital resources, products, and engagement; global partnerships; legal knowledge and training; disability inclusion and accessibility; and pro bono. Organizational planning, evaluation, and learning ensure that irap's mission, vision, and programmatic priorities are aligned and enable us to project, track, and measure our impact. Legal knowledge, training, and pro bono allow us to engage meaningfully with legal…
$1,090,895 spentof which $1,250 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,518,030.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $25M to $72M (+193%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Taryn Higashi
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 69 funders, grant income rose $345k → $16M.
33 of 188 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 188 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
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
70% 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 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 42% · 2019 63% · 2020 63% · 2021 23% · 2022 38% · 2023 32% — 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
41% of INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
61% of INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT 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 $40M that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 27 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Refugee Assistance Project Berlin Ggmbh · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: 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 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC?
- INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,712,909 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,738,972). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 188 organizations giving $101,712,909 in grants to INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC, 93 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,738,972 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 188 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing