Nevada · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC (Nevada) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,606 to it, the largest being PARK AVENUE CHARITABLE FUND ($63,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $229k
What National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance Inc does
Mission
The mission of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is to change perceptions of fat and end size discrimination through advocacy, education, and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
New Services: As part of our overall Community Support programming, we have added new "Community Connect" programs where our Executive Director and other key members of a community will plan an in-person meet up for that Community. This allows local community members to network with others and be more actively involved in both NAAFA and in whatever fat community events may be taking place.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Civil rights advocacy -the campaign for size freedom established in fy 2022/23, in conjuction with the fat legal advocacy, rights and education project (flare) a project of the law office of brandie solovay, continued this fiscal year. The campaign for size freedom promotes grass-roots advocacy for the civil rights of fat people across the united states through education and awareness while focusing on fat as intersectional and as a social justice issue. The campaign supports fat community across the nation in a variety of ways including promotion through social media, educational programming and acting as a subject matter expert in the field of fat rights. Naafa received specific requests to meet with various individuals as advisors in their activities to address fat discrimination in their areas, coalition building and in understanding the law as it pertains to their rights as a marginalized group. As a result, this fiscal year, the city of minneapolis passed legislation making height and weight protected classes.
$21,611 spentof which $30,000 as grants$1,527 earned by the program17% of program spendingCommunity support - naafa supports fat community in varies ways: online fat social events, publication of a monthly email newsletter, blog postings in the fat community voices blog, event sponsorships, collaboration with other fat organization leaders, volunteer coordination and the production of fat liberation month every august. All of these events are fat centric and give the fat community space to feel comfortable to be who they are with no judgment.
$46,725 spentof which $8,750 as grants$1,000 earned by the program37% of program spendingPublic education - naafa continues to produce educational resources that address all aspects of living in a fat body in our society. This is accomplished through a variety of information available through our website (naafa.org), through live webinars at no cost to attendees that are later made available through youtube. We also utilize our social media platforms to educate and make known upcoming events. In our role as subject matter experts, we also conducted contracted presentations (both live and electronicly) providing educational information on matters of diversity, equity, inclusion and access for various schools, companies and other organizations or associations.
$58,391 spentof which $8,750 as grants$12,490 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $126,727.
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 2022 to 2023, from $86k to $232k (+170%).
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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% 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
Tigress Osborn
Executive director
Board chair
Amanda Cooper
Pr director and chair of the board of directors
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $16k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC’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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 94% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
80% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE 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 $33k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Nevada, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE 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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC (Nevada) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,606 to it, the largest being PARK AVENUE CHARITABLE FUND ($63,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $165,606 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC?
- PARK AVENUE CHARITABLE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $63,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 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