Texas · Nonprofit
THE MIAAN GROUP INC
THE MIAAN GROUP INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $805,405 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($350,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $805k
- Net assets
- $78k
What The Miaan Group Inc does
Mission
The Miaan Group Inc. (Miaan) is an Austin, Texas based organization dedicated to human rights in the Middle East, primarily in Iran. As part of its mission, Miaan focuses on building the capacity of a civil society to promote human rights, good governance, and social justice through advocacy and technology.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fundraising: Miaan will raise funds for its organization by responding to requests for proposals from government agencies, including the US Department of State, and private foundations.
$2,835,095 spentof which $2,586,271 as grants100% of program spendingEngagement in project development, data research and analysis: Miaan will work on multiple projects in furtherance of the organization'smission of supporting human rights in the Middle East. Miaan's 'Policy Analysis' project involves research and analysis on the efficacy ofinternational bodies and foreign governments in promoting human rights in the Middle East. Miaan produces reports and articles on its researchand regularly publishes information on what approaches and tools best promote human rights aims. Miaan is also a leading specialist in internet policy and digital security in the human rights space and its articles and research are regularly referenced in the media. Miaan also provides digital security training and assistance to human rights defenders and journalists. Additionally, Miaan works with partner organizations in the Middle East to conduct research and analysis of marginalized groups in the Middle East. All partner organizations are vetted for financial and operational history, and all are checked against OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
$98,191 earned by the programConsultation services to mission aligned organizations: Miaan offers their expertise and trainings to charitable organizations that share Miaan's goals. As with partner organizations, all trainee organizations are vetted for financial and operational history, and are checked against OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Trainee organizations are charged a service fee for these consultations, which are set via comparison to similar services provided by other organizations. Revenue from these consultation services are used to offset costs and support other aspects of Miaan's operations. Theses consultation services improve the effectiveness of organizations working in the human rights sphere, directly furthering Miaan's charitable purpose.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,835,095.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $385k to $559k (+45%).
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: 2021 72% · 2022 40% · 2023 78% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE MIAAN GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $100k → $248k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 THE MIAAN GROUP 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
THE MIAAN GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 THE MIAAN GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 67% · 2023 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE MIAAN GROUP INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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
THE MIAAN GROUP INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MIAAN GROUP INC
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MIAAN GROUP 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 THE MIAAN GROUP INC?
- THE MIAAN GROUP INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $805,405 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($350,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MIAAN GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $805,405 in grants to THE MIAAN GROUP INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MIAAN GROUP INC?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MIAAN GROUP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 5 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