Minnesota · Nonprofit
SEWA-AIFW
SEWA-AIFW (Minnesota) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,025,361 to it, the largest being Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc ($404,679). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Sewa-Aifw does
Mission
Sewa-Aifw serves the vulnerable and underserved population of immigrants and refugees in a culturally specific way. There are over 92,000 south asians living in minnesota. 52,000+ asian indians alone. This is the only social services agency serving this population.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sewa-Aifw significantly expanded its community health initiatives in 2024 to increase access to culturally specific medical support and preventative care for minnesotas south asian community. Through free monthly health clinics, health education programs, and public health outreach, sewa provided vital services delivered by volunteer physicians, dentists, and nurse practitioners. Key accomplishments include 12,530 health event attendees, 18 monthly health clinics, 12 vaccination events, and over 160 health-related appointments and referrals. Sewa also partnered with the minnesota department of health to deliver multilingual covid-19 updates and supported the community by distributing masks, sanitizers, test kits, and providing booster shots. Further, in 2024 sewa provided fiscal sponsorhip to other not for profits to conduct community housing and services initiatives under the minnesota 245d framework.
$2,376,811 spentof which $1,997,913 as grants65% of program spendingUnder its crime victims grants, Sewa-Aifw continued to strengthen its trauma-informed, culturally specific advocacy for south asian survivors of domestic and sexual violence. In 2024, the organization supported victims through direct assistance, crisis intervention, safety planning, legal advocacy, and referrals. Sewa recorded 7,601 interactions with victims and survivors, responded to 1,817 crisis calls, facilitated 310 client referrals, and conducted 12 staff trainings to enhance service quality. Additional support included emergency meals, transportation, donated goods, and over 340 legal filings and court preparations. Sewa also expanded community engagement through outreach events, peer support circles, and participation in cultural and wellness-based initiatives.
$660,258 spent18% of program spendingSewa-Aifws senior, youth, and community engagement programs continued to foster wellness, cultural connection, and social support throughout 2024. Senior programs included weekly social gatherings, care calls, dementia support, transportation assistance, and nutrition education, serving 2,208 senior participants and completing 884 care calls. Nutrition initiatives delivered 5,613 meals and 251 grocery packages. Youth efforts engaged 87 participants through educational workshops and two new episodes of the life without limca podcast. Community outreach reached over 1,302 event attendees and 2,725 individuals through awareness campaigns, including participation in the desi pride parade and culturally focused wellness activities. These programs collectively strengthened community ties and supported overall well-being for families across minnesota.
$606,973 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,644,042.
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 2020 to 2021, from $693k to $2.0M (+191%).
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: 2018 47% · 2019 57% · 2020 70% · 2021 95% · 2022 72% · 2023 91% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SEWA-AIFW’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Anjuli M Cameron
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Ashley Alvares
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $23k → $234k.
6 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SEWA-AIFW’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
SEWA-AIFW has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% 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 SEWA-AIFW.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 63% · 2019 66% · 2020 26% · 2021 29% · 2022 17% · 2023 28% — 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.
How long its funders stay
27% of SEWA-AIFW's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
82% of SEWA-AIFW's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $215k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SEWA-AIFW has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SEWA-AIFW receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.7M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.9M
- Department of Justice$1.8M
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 SEWA-AIFW
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SEWA-AIFW: 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 SEWA-AIFW?
- SEWA-AIFW (Minnesota) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,025,361 to it, the largest being Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc ($404,679). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEWA-AIFW have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,025,361 in grants to SEWA-AIFW, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEWA-AIFW?
- Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc is the largest funder on record, with $404,679 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEWA-AIFW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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