New York · Nonprofit
YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC
YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,035,321 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($539,126). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $-83783
What Yemeni American Merchant Association Inc does
Mission
The yemeni american merchants association (yama) seeks to educate and elevate yemeni-american merchants and their families through education, civil rights advocacy, business and social service support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
* Educate: Educating the Yemeni American merchants through programs, campaigns, and collaborations. We aim to enhance, strengthen, and train the Yemeni American community to be professional in their interactions, self-sufficient individuals that improve the makeup and development of their communities. We also provide programming for merchants wives on parenting, health/wellness, and the importance of education. Our goal is to help merchants wives and daughters to become self-sufficient and financially independent through ESL classes for women college and career readiness, and leadership programs.
$306,150 spentof which $19,127 as grants32% of program spending* Advocate: Advocating on behalf of Yemeni Americans to protect their rights, empower them, and build coalitions that promote justice as well as encouragement to the Yemeni American community to be more civically engaged. We advocate on behalf of Yemeni American clients to elected officials to reunite separated families with senators and congressional leaders. We work to challenge hate, e.g., our merchant-led boycott of the New York Post, and decrease hate crimes. YAMA has partnerships with a lawyer who provides pro bono consultation and assistance for clients at our office biweekly. Also, we hired a part-time immigration attorney, and a full-time immigration case manager to help merchants and their workers with any immigration assistance they need.
$222,162 spentof which $13,879 as grants23% of program spending* Elevate Organizing trades and business deals among the Yemeni American communities and the outside world to obtain financial and service privileges that facilitate the advancement of Yemeni American society as a whole. We also strive to keep pace with commercial industry changes and create new opportunities for small business owners. We are also supporting Yemeni women to start their own businesses by supporting Yemeni women-led bazaars being held across the city. This program has not been fully launched yet as we are still exploring means to execute it. In the meantime, we only provide Business related assistance, especially after COVID. Like, apply for loans, or government relief grants for small businesses. Also, we provide starting new business consultants, licenses, and some violations remedy through our Pro bono attorneys.
$434,055 spentof which $27,117 as grants45% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $962,367.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $248k to $1.3M (+441%).
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: 2019 8% · 2020 26% · 2021 28% · 2022 25% · 2024 44% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $90k → $80k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION 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
YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 67% · 2020 67% · 2021 53% · 2022 59% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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
0% of YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
81% of YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k 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
YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC?
- YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,035,321 to it, the largest being Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($539,126). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,035,321 in grants to YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC?
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York is the largest funder on record, with $539,126 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YEMENI AMERICAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing