Paaia Fund
Donations deductibleRevenue
$669k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$664k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$197k
$10k liabilities
Net assets
$187k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.7 years on average
Staff
5
10 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Paaia Fund's network
7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas Ardehali | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Asghar Nosrati | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Leila Austin | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Pirooz Parvarandeh | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Pouria Abbassi | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Shadi Farokhzad | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Soroush Shehabi | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Faraj Saghri | Vice Chair | since 2019 |
| Forough Hosseini | Chair | since 2019 |
| Fred Pezeshkan | Vice Chair/Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Leila Austin | Exec. Dir./Sec. | since 2018 |
| Neda Bolourchi | Executive Director, Secretary | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neda Bolourchi | Executive Director, Secretary | 50 | $146k | $5k | |
| Leila Austin | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Pouria Abbassi | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Asghar Nosrati | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Soroush Shehabi | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Pirooz Parvarandeh | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Abbas Ardehali | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Shadi Farokhzad | Director | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Fred Pezeshkan | Vice Chair/Treasurer | 0.1 | $0 | ||
| Forough Hosseini | Chair | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Paaia Fund
- EIN
- 260551428
- Address
- 601 13th St Nw 12th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005-3819
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- PAAIA Fund is organized and operated to educate the American political establishment, media and public about the community of Iranian-Americans and to foster greater understanding of the Iranian-American community and its Persian Heritage. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A11 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2007
- Principal officer
- Neda Bolourchi (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2008
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAsghar Nosrati
≥8years on the filingsPirooz Parvarandeh
≥8years on the filingsPouria Abbassi
≥8years on the filingsSoroush Shehabi
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $197k
- Total liabilities
- $10k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $187k
- Contributions and grants received
- $652k
- Program service revenue
- $17k
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 10
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.PAAIA Fund likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Foreign Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 5 March 2008
- Registered agent
- C T Corporation System (city and state not held)