Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE AHLA FOUNDATION
THE AHLA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,905,191 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,525,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $31M
What The Ahla Foundation does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to help people build careers that improve their lives, and strengthen the lodging industry. We achieve this by giving them necessary tools, resources, and education so they are able to launch long-term careers in our great industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Ahla Foundation launched the "no room for trafficking" survivor fund, expanding the hotel industry's ongoing work to eradicate human trafficking by directing resources towards supporting survivors in the aftermath of their victimization. The nrft survivor fund will provide grants to community-based organizations that engage and support survivors from direct funding for their crisis and baseline needs through to career-related support that can empower and equip them on their path forward. With this significant investment in survivors' economic stability, the hotel and lodging industry embodies a best practice approach to eradicating human trafficking and supporting survivors. Industry and survivor leaders will help set the framework and criteria for nrft survivor fund grants. It issued its first awards in july 2023, in advance of the world day against human trafficking.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
De&I: The Ahla Foundation's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion continues throughout its holistic programming aimed at attracting, retaining, and advancing talent. In 2023, this included providing leadership training for women, build & elevate, with about 70 participants that resulted in many of them earning career promotions; maintaining its mentorship program/platform (90 participants with high satisfaction rate) as well as online hub of dei specific resources for hotels; and shared value partnerships with organizations such as the alliance for hospitality equity & diversity. The foundation wrapped up it a place to stay bi-lingual industry and career awareness marketing campaign with an impressive 7.8m ad clicks and 632k total website sessions.
$2,151,441 spentof which $179,816 as grants40% of program spendingNo room for trafficking: ahlaf's inaugural year of the no room for trafficking survivor fund invested $500,000 in community organizations helping survivors connect to wraparound services, pre-apprenticeship training and employment opportunities.e upskilled in 13 different specialty certifications.
$1,339,708 spentof which $854,382 as grants25% of program spendingScholarships: The Ahla Foundation awarded $926,000 total in academic scholarships and $45,000 in hbcu travel scholarships to industry conferences among hospitality degree students from 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. Ahlaf launched its travel scholarship program in 2023 to increase student exposure to career pathways in hospitality by inviting them to attend industry conferences, carving direct access to industry leaders and current-day trends information. Additionally, ahlaf awarded more than $91,000 in professional development certification scholarships to 184 individuals working at over 60 different hotel locations across the country.these scholarships helped hospitality workers become upskilled in 13 different specialty certifications.
$1,179,290 spentof which $1,061,488 as grants22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$672,652 spentof which $34,970 as grants$331,576 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,343,091.
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 2021 to 2022, from $39M to $32M (−17%).
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.
45% of THE AHLA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $10k → $670k.
7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.2M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute). These are real filings, and they are not money THE AHLA FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE AHLA 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
THE AHLA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 83% · 2020 53% · 2021 81% · 2022 58% · 2023 45% — 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
83% of THE AHLA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE AHLA FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $539k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE AHLA FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE AHLA FOUNDATION
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 34 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute · exempt
- American Hotel and Lodging Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AHLA 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 THE AHLA FOUNDATION?
- THE AHLA FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,905,191 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,525,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AHLA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,905,191 in grants to THE AHLA FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AHLA FOUNDATION?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AHLA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 14 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