California · Nonprofit
Uplift Afghanistan Fund
Uplift Afghanistan Fund (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,058,304 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($2,072,987). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $833k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $900k
What Uplift Afghanistan Fund does
Mission
As a charitable fund, we vet and support grass-roots organizations that are doing impactful work on the ground in Afghanistan and with Afghan refugees around the world. We monitor, evaluate, and audit organizations for the purpose of connecting compassionate, impact-driven donors with community-led initiatives and grassroots organizations they can trust. Our team serves as experts with eyes and ears on the ground to assess critical areas of need, and work to ensure a sustainable future for Afghans and Afghan refugees worldwide. Our work is divided into seven sectors of support: 1) Humanitarian Relief; 2) Refugee Resettlement; 3) Education; 4) Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; 5) Preservation of Afghan Knowledge, Expertise, & Art; 6) Environmental Protection & Sustainability; 7) Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Uplifts Humanitarian Relief Fund provides emergency response in the form of food, water, shelter, healthcare, and livelihood resources to Afghanistans most vulnerable populations (women, children, elderly, disabled, and internally displaced persons).
$260,901 spentof which $200,374 as grants$69,441 earned by the program33% of program spendingUplifts Cultural Preservation Fund provides fellowships and scholarships to Afghan artists and cultural producers to continue their work, build upon their countrys knowledge, and preserve its cultural heritage. This fund supports projects aimed at documenting and archiving Afghan cultural practices and narratives that preserve cultural memory.
$138,605 spentof which $63,126 as grants$38,506 earned by the program18% of program spendingUplifts Education Fund supports access to education through curriculum development, teacher training and salaries, educational technology platforms, and collaborative partnerships between local and international organizations.
$138,472 spentof which $75,171 as grants$93,482 earned by the program18% of program spendingUplifts Refugee Resettlement Fund provides evacuation and resettlement services for at-risk Afghans. These services include sustainment, housing, transportation, visas, and resettlement and acculturation support once they reach their host country.
$127,825 spentof which $125,851 as grants$19,279 earned by the program16% of program spendingUplifts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund supports organizations committed to protecting and empowering Afghan women/girls, children/adults with disabilities, and ethnic/religious minorities within the Afghan population. Projects in the current year focused on menstrual hygiene, mental health services, womens shelter, livelihood support and training, and support for women-led NGOs.
$122,951 spentof which $120,150 as grants$78,274 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $788,754.
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 2021 to 2022, from $480k to $1.5M (+202%).
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.
100% of Uplift Afghanistan Fund’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $124k → $1.0M.
3 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Uplift Afghanistan Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 funders by total. 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
Uplift Afghanistan Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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: 2021 55% · 2022 74% · 2023 72% — 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
Uplift Afghanistan Fund draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $370k 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.
Against its field
Uplift Afghanistan Fund is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Uplift Afghanistan Fund
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Uplift Afghanistan Fund: 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 Uplift Afghanistan Fund?
- Uplift Afghanistan Fund (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,058,304 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($2,072,987). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Uplift Afghanistan Fund have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,058,304 in grants to Uplift Afghanistan Fund, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Uplift Afghanistan Fund?
- OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $2,072,987 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Uplift Afghanistan Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 23 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