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STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION

STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,477 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($183,491). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$169k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$272k
Net assets
$39k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What Steam for Vietnam Foundation does

Mission

To provide free science technology engineering arts and math education for vietnamese children.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION - The Foundation co-organizes Vietnams official VEX Robotics National Championship engaging more than a thousand students annually and serving as the qualifying pathway for Vietnamese teams to compete at the global VEX Robotics World Championship.

    $33,079 spent
    63% of program spending
  2. VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Through training programs and national qualifiers the Foundation enables top Vietnamese student teams to advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship elevating Vietnams presence in the global robotics arena and showcasing the impact of its STEAM pipeline.

    $5,410 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. STEAMese Festival - A large-scale annual STEAM education festival featuring hands-on workshops demonstrations and expert-led sessions. The event promotes creativity and technology literacy for thousands of students with strong inclusion of girls and underrepresented youth.

    $14,250 spent
    27% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,739.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($184k) Expenses 100 ($218k) Net assets 100 ($33k)2023 Revenue 49 ($90k) Expenses 42 ($91k) Net assets 97 ($32k)2024 Revenue 91 ($169k) Expenses 74 ($162k) Net assets 118 ($39k)
202220232024
Revenue (91)Expenses (74)Net assets (118)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $32k to $39k (+21%).

$33k
$32k
$39k
202220232024
Total assets

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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$33k
’22
−$841
’23
$7k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Hung Tran

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $65k → $51k.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION’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

STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION.

67%
largest funder
97%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 64% · 2022 77% · 2023 70% — 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.

Where its funders are

80% of STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.

NY
RI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $272k to it.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $258k on record.

Federal$258k
grants $258kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of State$258k

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 STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION: 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 STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION?
STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,477 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($183,491). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $272,477 in grants to STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $183,491 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like STEAM FOR VIETNAM FOUNDATION find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 6 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