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ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE

EIN 20-1879258 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2025
$1,277,281
Expenses 2025
$1,155,605

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q43
Classification
1200
Street
1523 16TH ST NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE BELIEVES THAT PEACE, SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY ARE INSEPARABLE. OUR MISSION IS TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE POWERLESS IN SOCIETY THROUGH RECONCILIATION AND BY BUILDING MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND LIVELIHOOD SKILLS IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT AND SEVERE POVERTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AAIS MISSION IS TO BUILD HOPE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND SEVERE POVERTY.OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD INTEGRATED LOCAL PROGRAM THAT CAN BE REPLICATED GLOBALLY

  • IN JANUARY 2025 MET WITH GLOBAL GIVING CG A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THROUGH ITS CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM. CG PROMOTES COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICE FORUM FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION WHICH IS IN LINE WITH AAI VALUES GLOBAL GIVING IS ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT STRICTLY VET THEIR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CG STAFF TO VISIT MEMBER PROGRAM AREAS IN THE FIELD. AAI HAS BEEN A MEMBER ORGANIZATION SINCE 2011.

    Expenses $20,950 · Revenue $10,741

  • IN 2025 AAI MET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DIANA DAVIS SPENCER FOUNDATIONDDSF A GRANT MAKING FOUNDATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING AMERICAN VALUES AT HOME AND ABROAD. AAI HAS BEEN A RECURRING RECIPIENT OF DDSF GRANTS. GRANTEES ARE INVITED TO APPLY ON A ROTATING BASIS OF 1-18 MONTHS DDSF SUPPORTS AAIS MISSION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN REMOTE AND FORGOTTEN AREAS. AAI CONSIDERS CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND PARTICIPATION AS THE BEST WAY TO DETER CRIME, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TERRORISM IN AREAS OF EXTREME POVERTY WHICH HAVE LITTLE OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE.DDSF ENCOURAGES A FOCUS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS PARTICIPATION AS A KEY TO MEANINGFUL SUCCESS AAI PROGRAMS HAVE POSITIVE EFFECT ON GIRLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.MAJORITY OF AAI COORDINATORS ARE WOMEN ESPECIALLY NURSES AND EDUCATORS.

    Expenses $60,695 · Grants $450,000

  • IN JANUARY 2025 MET WITH THE OFFICERS OF FORT MYER COMMISSARY AND AGREED TO DONATE ON A REGULAR BASIS CANNED FOODS AND NON-PERISHABLE GOODS TO BE DONATED TO THE NEEDY IN THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON DC. FORT MYER COMMISSARY IS PART OF THE FEDS FEED FAMILIES CAMPAIGN AT US MILITARY BASES. SOLDIERS DONATE BAGS OF GROCERIES THAT GO TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS. AAI IS A VETTED RECIPIENT AND IN 2025 RECEIVED FOODS THAT WAS DONATED TO A LOCAL NON-PROFIT IRONSTARTFOUNDATION.ORG IRON STAR IN TURN DISTRIBUTED FOOD IN HIGH-RISK HIGH POVERTY AREAS OF WASHINGTON DC.

    Expenses $59,600 · Revenue $52,800

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Yolanda Stern

    MEMBER BD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Luis Martinez

    MEMBER BD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Connie Elliott

    MEMBER BD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Lani Elliott

    MEMBER BD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Santos

    MEMBER BD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Albert Santoli

    PRES/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    55 + 55 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,277,281
    Expenses
    $1,155,605
    Contributions
    $1,273,500
    Grants paid
    $764,085
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $407,179
    Expenses
    $667,932
    Contributions
    $402,983
    Grants paid
    $436,300
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,541,109
    Expenses
    $1,428,442
    Contributions
    $1,541,109
    Grants paid
    $1,095,050

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,964,114
    Expenses
    $1,742,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,856,442

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.