Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC
NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,302 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($443,531). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Nadia's Initiative Inc does
Mission
Nadia's initiative is on a mission to create a world where women are able to live peacefully and communities that have experienced trauma and suffering are supported and redeveloped. We advocate for resources and policy changes needed to protect and support survivors of sexual violence and rebuild communities in crisis.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program focus areasfor decades, the yazidi community in sinjar, iraq has suffered from resource deprivation, inadequate service provision, forced land removals, and underrepresentation in the region's local governance and security forces. This targeted marginalization by the iraqi state left them vulnerable to isis' attacks in 2014, which destroyed 80% of sinjar's public and private infrastructure. Since 2019, the organization has worked to sustainably rebuild sinjar by laying the foundations for the community to not only survive but thrive. In line with a grassroots approach to sustainable development, the organization works with the local community and a variety of implementing partners to design, support, and implement projects that promote the restoration and improvement of education, healthcare, livelihoods, wash (water, sanitation, and hygiene), women's empowerment, and cultural preservation. All of the organization's programs are community-driven and survivor-centric, aiming to foster long-term peacebuilding in the region and reduce the community's reliance on foreign aid.1) health - the healthcare sector in sinjar was in a beleaguered state prior to isis' invasion, with…
$1,014,172 spentof which $642,002 as grants$7,435 earned by the program58% of program spendingAdvocacythe organization advocates-at the local, national, and international levels-for resources and policy changes needed to protect and support survivors of sexual violence and rebuild communities in crisis. The organization collaborates with global leaders, governments, and international organizations to raise awareness and direct critical funding necessary to make positive, meaningful change.raising global awareness and fighting for the elimination of conflict related sexual violence (crsv) - the organization advocates for stronger international accountability mechanisms, amplifying survivor voices, and ensuring that crsv is recognized and eradicated as a weapon of war.justice and accountability - the organization advocates for the prosecution of isis members and other perpetrators of mass atrocities, supporting survivors in accessing justice, and advocating for the rescue and reintegration of missing yazidis.women's empowerment and gender equality - the organization advocates for women's empowerment, global gender equality, an end to violence against women, and the provision of reparations to survivors of sexual violence.locally-led, sustainable development for post-conflict…
$517,437 spent30% of program spendingWomen's centerone of ni's flagship initiatives, the women's center opened in 2024 and serves as a hub for women's empowerment in sinjar. Designed to address the unique and intersectional challenges of women and girls in the region, including survivors of isis captivity, the center provides a safe, accessible, and inclusive space where they can recover from trauma, access vital services, and lead transformative change within their communities. Guided by ni's survivor-centric and community-driven approach, the center offers a comprehensive array of services, including livelihood support, education, mental health and psychosocial support (mhpss), legal aid, sports-based programming, and capacity building in leadership and advocacy. Over the next three years, ni will strengthen the center's capacity, expand its programming, and ensure it is accessible to all women and girls in sinjar.
$160,122 spent9% of program spendingWomen's sports complex
$48,592 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,740,323.
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 $11M to $6.7M (−37%).
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: 2018 82% · 2019 72% · 2020 38% · 2021 22% · 2022 42% · 2023 63% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 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.
Chief executive
Brandon Leigh Jacobsen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $49k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 70% · 2021 45% · 2022 77% · 2023 82% — 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
22% of NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $515k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NADIA'S INITIATIVE 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 Washington, D.C.
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
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NADIA'S INITIATIVE 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 NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC?
- NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,302 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($443,531). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,109,302 in grants to NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $443,531 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NADIA'S INITIATIVE INC 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.
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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 2018–2024), and the filings of 22 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