New York · Nonprofit
REFUGE AMERICA INC
REFUGE AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being RODNEY L WHITE FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $165
What Refuge America Inc does
Mission
To welcome forcibly displaced LGBTQIA asylum seekers refugees supporting them through sponsorship as they rebuild their lives building community through human connection and serving as advocates storytellers Communities of Care Refuge Americas Communities of Care program provides direct support to LGBTQIA asylum seekers including individuals in immigration detention In 2025 the program provided stipends and basic needs assistance coordinated referrals to legal housing and mental health services and supported individuals navigating the asylum process with dignity and care Nation of Welcome Storytelling Project Through the Nation of Welcome Storytelling Project Refuge America amplified the lived experiences of LGBTQIA asylum seekers and refugees Activities included exhibitions public storytelling panels and creative works designed to humanize migration build empathy and shift public understanding toward more welcoming policies
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
ainbow Relief Advocacy Refuge America engaged in public education and advocacy efforts including campaigns protests and creative projects such as co-producing a play to raise awareness about the impact of immigration and detention policies on LGBTQIA people These efforts promoted systemic change while centering dignity and lived experience
Community Sponsorship Refuge America advanced community sponsorship models by mobilizing volunteers and partners to support LGBTQIA refugees This program focused on education coordination and community engagement to strengthen local networks of welcome and support for displaced individuals
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $20k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 REFUGE AMERICA 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
REFUGE AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 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
100% of REFUGE AMERICA INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
REFUGE AMERICA INC receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REFUGE AMERICA 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 REFUGE AMERICA INC?
- REFUGE AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being RODNEY L WHITE FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REFUGE AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,000 in grants to REFUGE AMERICA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REFUGE AMERICA INC?
- RODNEY L WHITE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REFUGE AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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