Virginia · Nonprofit
VIETNAM SOCIETY
VIETNAM SOCIETY (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,600 to it, the largest being QUACH-KUO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Vietnam Society does
Mission
Vietnam Society is a public charity organization dedicated to fostering the understanding of past and present through the richness of its art and culture. We believe art and culture is a uniting medium which transcends political lines and helps people to connect and appreciate each uniqueness. Yet there is a large knowledge gap in the U.S. and around the world about Vietnamese art and culture. Filling this gap will play a part in helping the American public and Vietnamese diaspora move on from the painful past of the Vietnam War. We believe in the transcendent power of art to foster healthy discussions about Vietnamese heritage that ultimately unites and bonds people around common understanding.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
On 10/1/2023, Vietnam Society hosted a Vietnam Day Celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival at the North Hall, Eastern Market in Washington DC. The celebration included over 20 vendors serving food, dessert and drink items. In addition, there were 3 cooking, arts and cultural demonstrations. The event was opened to the public and had over 2000 attendees.
$7,824 spent34% of program spendingVietnam Week is Vietnam Society's marquee annual event. Vietnam Week 2023 was held during the first week of October 2023 in partnership with the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and the Busboys and Poets. The events were opened to the public and had over 1000 attendees.
$3,088 spent13% of program spendingOn 9/30/2023, Vietnam Society presented a discussion panel called "Breaking Through the Bamboo Ceiling: Evolution and Future of Vietnamese in Cinema", followed by the film showing Heaven and Earth. The vents were eld at the REACH of the Kennedy Center and had over 200 attendees.
$12,083 spent53% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,995.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6k to $29k (+420%).
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 VIETNAM SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Erin Steinhauer
Executive Director & Co-Founder
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $600.
From the IRS filings of VIETNAM SOCIETY’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
VIETNAM SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
VIETNAM SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
VIETNAM SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Virginia
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 VIETNAM SOCIETY: 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 VIETNAM SOCIETY?
- VIETNAM SOCIETY (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,600 to it, the largest being QUACH-KUO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIETNAM SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $50,600 in grants to VIETNAM SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of VIETNAM SOCIETY?
- QUACH-KUO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIETNAM SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 2 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