Washington · Nonprofit
PEYVAND
PEYVAND (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $11k
What Peyvand does
Mission
Peyvand (Persian for Union) is a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of culture, identity and belonging. We build bridges across communities in the Greater Seattle area through inclusive arts and cultural engagement rooted in Iranian, Central Asia and Middle Eastern (SWANA) traditions. We foster community building and encourage cross-cultural understanding through arts with a special focus on underrepresented immigrant and multicultural youth and their families. By creating inclusive spaces we celebrate heritage and empower participants through arts programming, including storytelling, arts & culture exhibitions, and educational workshops. Our programs provide youth with opportunities for creative expression, identity affirmation and community engagement. Peyvand's mission is to help the underrepresented youth and their families realize their potential through community building, education Opportunities and enrichment resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
n 2024 Peyvand held and/or sponsored 42 public programs in collaboration with schools, libraries, festivals, galleries and other community partners across King and Snohomish counties. 72% of the events were free to the public in addition to discounted tickets offered to ensure accessibility. Altogether, Peyvand's programming in 2024 served over 14000 individuals through in-person and an additional 6900 through print or recorded educational materials. The following were some of the Key 2024 accomplishments: 1-Nowruz Public Exhibits at Libraries: Peyvand curated Nowruz (Persian New Year) installations at 10 King County and Snohomish County libraries. These displays included multilingual educational trifolds, Haft Seen Tables, and hand-on art activities for the youth. Staff feedback noted unprecedented levels of community engagement and appreciation. 2-Film Screenings & Director Talks: Peyvand hosted and/or sponsored six major film screenings followed by Q & A sessions with directors and scholars and an interview with a director. Screenings included award winning feature and documentary films with narratives from Iran, Central Asia and the Middle East at venues like Cinemark Lincoln…
$22,359 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,359.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Shahrzad Sherry Shams
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PEYVAND’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.
Where its funders are
100% of PEYVAND's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PEYVAND runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PEYVAND: 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 PEYVAND?
- PEYVAND (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEYVAND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to PEYVAND.
- Who is the largest funder of PEYVAND?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEYVAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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