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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
16/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

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

  1. 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 grants
    65% of program spending
  2. Under 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 spent
    18% of program spending
  3. Sewa-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 spent
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,644,042.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($103k) Expenses 100 ($95k) Net assets 100 ($83k)2018 Revenue 221 ($228k) Expenses 194 ($184k) Net assets 153 ($127k)2019 Revenue 398 ($411k) Expenses 381 ($361k) Net assets 213 ($177k)2020 Revenue 1421 ($1.5M) Expenses 1055 ($999k) Net assets 775 ($644k)2021 Revenue 1228 ($1.3M) Expenses 1198 ($1.1M) Net assets 936 ($777k)2022 Revenue 2050 ($2.1M) Expenses 2065 ($2.0M) Net assets 1127 ($937k)2023 Revenue 2715 ($2.8M) Expenses 2852 ($2.7M) Net assets 1247 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 3937 ($4.1M) Expenses 3960 ($3.8M) Net assets 1621 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (3937)Expenses (3960)Net assets (1621)Peer revenue range

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%).

$83k
$127k
$177k
$693k
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
$3.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,814 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’17
$44k
’18
$50k
’19
$468k
’20
$133k
’21
$159k
’22
$100k
’23
$311k
’24
1.1
months of
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed6667798
Joined·+0+2+4+1+5+1
No longer listed·023132
03Who funds it

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.

20%
largest funder
46%
top three
~10
effective funders

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.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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.

MN
CA
VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
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’23
Minnesota out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SEWA-AIFW has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)69% · top quartile

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.

Federal$4.7M
grants $4.7Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MN

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