California · Nonprofit
US Africa Institute
US Africa Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $155k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $76k
What US Africa Institute does
Mission
U.S. Africa Institute?s primary exempt purpose is to support immigrant students and communities by offering a wide range of academic and community services at no cost. These services aim to enhance educational opportunities, promote social integration, and empower immigrants to succeed in their academic and professional pursuits. Additionally, the Institute is dedicated to fostering and strengthening academic partnerships and collaborative programs between institutions in the United States and Africa. Through these efforts, the organization seeks to facilitate cross-cultural exchange, advance higher education, and contribute to sustainable development and mutual understanding between the two regions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
U.S. Africa Institute has three program accomplishments: 1. Higher Education, Immigration Support and Academic Support Programs for Immigrant Students The Institute provides comprehensive academic support services including building coalitions among higher education institutions to better serve immigrant students and also offer academic support programs to immigrant students, including tutoring, mentoring, college preparation workshops, and scholarship guidance. These services help improve educational outcomes and increase access to higher education. Over the past year, more than 1,200 immigrant students benefited from these programs at various campuses and community centers. 2. Exchange Programs/Public Diplomacy Programs Through our exchange programs and public diplomacy initiatives, U.S. Africa Institute Institute fosters cross-cultural understanding and strengthens relationships between the U.S. and African communities. This includes cultural events, speaker series, and academic exchange programs, engaging over 800 participants annually, such as students, educators, and community leaders. These efforts promote dialogue and collaboration that enhance international partnerships.…
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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.
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 $6k to $76k (+1290%).
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 US Africa Institute’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Tadios Belay
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of US Africa Institute’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.
Where its funders are
100% of US Africa Institute's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
US Africa Institute runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding US Africa Institute receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- Department of State$40k
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 US Africa Institute
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US Africa Institute: 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 US Africa Institute?
- US Africa Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US Africa Institute have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to US Africa Institute.
- Who is the largest funder of US Africa Institute?
- THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US Africa Institute 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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