Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION
KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $425,000 to it, the largest being The Levant Foundation ($215,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $425k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Kuwait-America Foundation does
Mission
The Kuwait-America Foundation's (the foundation) primary purpose is to initiate educational and philanthropic activities in america which result in a greater understanding of the culture and history of kuwait and enhance relationships between the people of the two nations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Reducing the violence program: the foundation works with american co-sponsors to develop and implement programs related to reducing violence in the united states.
$1,393,349 spentof which $223,782 as grants64% of program spendingDisadvantaged persons: the foundation supports certain programs and organizations, such as the united nations, when it comes to addressing the needs of disadvantaged persons, such as the homeless, children at risk, and women in need in and outside of the united states.
$781,218 spentof which $781,218 as grants36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,174,567.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $20M to $19M (−6%).
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.
63% of KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Basma Rayess
Executive director
Board chair
Hassan Al-Ebraheem Phd
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $110k → $15k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION’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
KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 67% · 2019 40% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 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
KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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
KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $425k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION: 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 KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $425,000 to it, the largest being The Levant Foundation ($215,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $425,000 in grants to KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION?
- The Levant Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $215,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KUWAIT-AMERICA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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