Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS
NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,794 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Nafsa Association of International Educators does
Mission
See schedule o.nafsa leads the way in advocating for a better world through international education by serving international educators, their institutions, and the profession, advancing international education in institutions of higher education, and promoting international education and the policies that sustain it in the public arena. The association helps define the profession of international education by establishing principles of good practice and providing professional development opportunities. Nafsa encourages networking among professionals by convening physical and virtual conferences and collaborative dialogues and promotes research and knowledge creation to strengthen and serve the field. Nafsa seeks to conduct international education in socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable ways.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences - the association provides various workshops and meetings that serve as a forum for the latest developments in international educational exchange. These meetings offer a concentrated opportunity for the exchange of ideas and offer a network for sharing information as it seeks to increase awareness of and support for international education. Since returning to in-person meetings in 2022 for annual conference and fall regional events, nafsa has seen attendance levels increase from 60% of pre-pandemic levels to over 80% of pre-pandemic levels.
$5,765,022 spentof which $25,674 as grants$11,895,404 earned by the program41% of program spendingMember programs and services - represents expenses related to the provision of professional practice support information to members, the coordination and communication of membership benefits to the members and prospective members, and the provision of educational activities designed to support professional development by promoting core competencies, mid-level training needs, and leadership symposium programming to the field.
$5,113,587 spentof which $20,000 as grants$3,993,113 earned by the program36% of program spendingRegional programs - regional programs are comprised primarily of meeting related activities for specific meetings and workshops at the local level as well as travel assistance for the needs of nafsa members within their respective geographic areas.
$1,311,624 spent$1,106,122 earned by the program9% of program spendingPublic policy - represents expenses incurred to link association members with congress and federal agencies, advocating for support for the exchange programs, removing barriers to exchange, and informing membership of government actions affecting educational exchange.
$1,056,557 spent$8,724 earned by the program8% of program spendingPublications - the association maintains a website and produces various publications, magazines, and newsletters. These publications represent the association's commitment to the ongoing enhancement of international educational exchange.
$773,756 spent$861,061 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,020,546.
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 2021 to 2022, from $18M to $26M (+45%).
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: 2020 16% · 2021 18% · 2022 10% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Fanta Aw
Executive director & CEO
Board chair
Ahmad M Ezzeddine Phd
President and chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $9k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS’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
NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 174 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $206k on record.
- Department of Commerce$149k
- Peace Corps$20k
- Department of Homeland Security$18k
- Department of State$15k
- Department of Health and Human Services$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS: 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 NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS?
- NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,794 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $105,794 in grants to NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS?
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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 NAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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