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UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $414,460 to it, the largest being RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC ($247,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$130k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$414k
Net assets
$222k
5/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 64%
01What it does

What Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc does

Mission

AlumnUSB (Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America, Inc.) is a non-profit corporation that provides a platform for USB Alumni living outside Venezuela to connect and support their Alma Mater, University Simon Bolivar in Venezuela.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scholarships: Provided Scholarships to 17 undergraduate students selected by academic merit and low household income. Student received $50 a month and maintained GPA through out the year. Students were monitored to verify if they remained enrolled during the year.

    $18,500 spentof which $18,500 as grants$15,129 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  2. Teaching Awards: Awarded 149 faculty members based on teaching productivity. Selection was based in quantitative teaching criteria and received the award of $50 monthly depending on their teaching hours. Faculty are checked every 3 months if they remain teaching/employed by the University.

    $43,800 spentof which $43,800 as grants$15,233 earned by the program
    25% of program spending
  3. Acting as Fiscal Sponsor of the Latin American Science Academy - Lounsbury Foundation Grant: Scientists from University Simon Bolivar and other Venezuelan Latin American universities obtain grants to travel and do short research internships in different Latin American Countries than their country of origin to foster collaboration and new research networks

    $23,790 spentof which $23,790 as grants$3,300 earned by the program
    13% of program spending
  4. Donated Equipment: Computers, books, office supplies, laboratory equipment for STEM courses and research projects. Students benefited indirectly and directly around 4000.

    $25,930 spentof which $25,930 as grants$19,447 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  5. Grant for Biology Program at Universidad Simon Bolivar: Obtained a Grant from the Richard Lounsbery Foundation to enhance the Biology program at USB by giving teaching and research grants, and acquiring minor equipment and consumables. The execution of the program started in fiscal year 2025.

    $65,004 spentof which $65,004 as grants
    37% of program spending
  6. Fiscal sponsor of ACAL (Latin American Academy of Science) Conecta Project: Project to connect and create networks of Latin American Researchers.

    $0 spent$3,600 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,024.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($472k) Expenses 100 ($277k) Net assets 100 ($290k)2022 Revenue 53 ($249k) Expenses 90 ($249k) Net assets 100 ($290k)2023 Revenue 49 ($233k) Expenses 89 ($246k) Net assets 95 ($277k)2024 Revenue 89 ($423k) Expenses 124 ($342k) Net assets 123 ($357k)2025 Revenue 27 ($130k) Expenses 95 ($264k) Net assets 77 ($222k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (27)Expenses (95)Net assets (77)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 2024 to 2025, from $357k to $222k (−38%).

$290k
$290k
$277k
$357k
$222k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC’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. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$196k
’21
−$366
’22
−$13k
’23
$80k
’24
−$135k
’25
10
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed88101110
Joined·+0+3+2+0
No longer listed·0111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $48k → $148k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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

UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

37% 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 UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC.

60%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 58% · 2021 70% · 2022 75% · 2023 81% — 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

UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.

MA
CT
DC

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−104% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−28% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 28%Fundraising 5%

Governance

8
board members
100%
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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $414,460 to it, the largest being RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC ($247,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $414,460 in grants to UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $247,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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