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WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,597,927 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($500,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $0
What World Affairs Council of Northern California does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to engage the public in the exploration of issues and opportunities that transcend borders.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
The World Affairs Council of Northern California engages the public in the exploration of issues and opportunities that transcend borders. With over 100 programs per year, it convenes thought leaders, change makers and engages citizens to share ideas, learn from each other and engage in conversations that matter. Founded in 1947 world affairs remains one of the most vibrant global affairs organizations on the west coast. Programs include: global policy forum; the education program serving students and educators, the awards dinner, a weekly radio program airing on npr stations, podcasts and multi-media offerings on the organization's website.
$4,001,188 spentof which $2,784,728 as grants$8,713 earned by the program56% of program spendingThe global philanthropy forum (gpf) is a diverse community of philanthropists, social investors, grant makers and executives of foundations committed to strategic philanthropy and engaged in international causes. Through an annual conference and special events, the gpf connects the members of this community to issues, to effective strategies, to potential co-funding partners and to emblematic agents of change from around the world. In so doing, gpf aims to inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their philanthropy, grant making and social investing.
$1,711,058 spentof which $1,190,854 as grants$122,254 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe apec multistakeholder forum (amf) is an initiative to address the local impact of climate change and just transition on the region's diverse communities including leaders from various civil society organizations. The objective of the forum was clear: to highlight community level interventions that take into account the needs of these vulnerable groups during the global shift toward net zero carbon economies. Key topics at the forum include community level action, indigenous peoples' transition experience, voices of youth, public-private partnerships, and innovative low-carbon solutions that are inclusive.
$1,398,391 spentof which $973,246 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,110,637.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $6.8M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2017 2% · 2020 11% · 2021 19% · 2023 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Philip Yun
President and CEO
Board chair
Jonathan Visbal
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $601k → $749k.
15 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $503k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Silicon Valley Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA raised.
From the IRS filings of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 47% · 2019 26% · 2020 37% · 2021 26% · 2022 31% · 2023 53% — 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.
How long its funders stay
34% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $697k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Organizations like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,597,927 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($500,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $3,597,927 in grants to WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 39 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