Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,003,918 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($9,350,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Norwegian Refugee Council USA does
Mission
The Norwegian Refugee Council USA (nrc usa) is a non-profit organization that was incorporated under the laws of the district of columbia in october 2015 and commenced operations during 2016. Nrc usa was established with two primary objectives: raising money for the norwegian refugee council's (nrc's) overseas programs that meet the needs of conflict-affected refugees and internally displaced people and providing humanitarian policy and technical advice to the administration, us congress, and peer non-governmental organizations. Nrc usa is also a resource to universities, think tanks, and the public on humanitarian issues and seeks financial support and partnerships with us based individuals, foundations, and corporations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth, livelihood and educationthe Norwegian Refugee Council USA received funds to support nrc's implementation of programs and capacity building activities related to two-generation youth livelihoods, economic inclusion, early childhood development, and quality education in emergency contexts.
$2,953,856 spentof which $2,953,856 as grants53% of program spendingProgram support and compliance the Norwegian Refugee Council USA assists the norwegian refugee council's field programs in applying for critical financial support. Nrc usa staff also support in ensuring compliance, financial and programmatic reporting, and advise on programs funded by the us government and us-based foundations and corporate donors.
$887,345 spent16% of program spendingTechnology and innovationthe Norwegian Refugee Council USA received funds to support nrc's implementation of innovative technologies and approaches to improve the speed and quality of nrc's ability to anticipate humanitarian needs and deliver principled lifesaving assistance.
$689,846 spentof which $689,846 as grants12% of program spendingCountry based humanitarian
$490,955 spentof which $490,955 as grants9% of program spendingEducation and psychosocial support
$201,257 spentof which $201,257 as grants4% of program spendingAdvocacy
$182,812 spent3% of program spendingHumanitarian access in hard to reach areas
$133,544 spent2% of program spendingAccess negotiation
$59,632 spent1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,599,247.
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 $1.4M to $5.8M (+303%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 13% · 2021 15% · 2022 6% · 2023 9% · 2024 5% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Bernice Romero
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $4.1M.
11 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA’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
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 57% · 2020 27% · 2021 46% · 2022 44% · 2023 75% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA: 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 NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA?
- NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,003,918 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($9,350,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $20,003,918 in grants to NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL USA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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