The Asia Foundation
The asia foundation (TAF) is an international nonprofit organization working to solve the toughest social and economic challenges in asia and the pacific. (continued on schedule o)
Key facts about The Asia Foundation
In short: The Asia Foundation reported $17.5M in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 94-1191246
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Grants paid (2025)
- $17,525,257 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- Total assets
- $97,013,480
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$97.0M
+7.6% YoY
Grants Paid (reported total)
$17.5M
-26.7% YoY
Revenue
$91.5M
-20.6% YoY
Net Investment Income
$861K
-33.6% YoY
About The Asia Foundation
Based on IRS filings
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $97.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $17.5M in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $861K.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 0 recipients in 2025
Grant Size Distribution
0 grants across all recorded years
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for 2025.
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $97,013,480 | $90,174,494 | $88,330,326 |
| Revenue | $91,533,507 | $115,339,816 | $114,520,358 |
| Expenses | $96,709,865 | $116,994,134 | $117,865,560 |
| Qualifying Distributions | — | — | — |
| Net Investment Income | $861,417 | $1,296,729 | $804,144 |
| Distributable Amount | — | — | — |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 16, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 26, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 30, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 6, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Asia Foundation is led by Laurel E. Miller, CEO & President on every filing since 2023; 15 of 45 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Laurel E. Miller
CEO & President
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$414K (2024) → $525K (2025)
S. Timothy Kochis
Trustee & Chairman
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clare Lockhart
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel F. Feldman
Trustee
Trustee & Treasurer → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deanne Weir
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacqueline Lundquist
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janet Montag
Trustee & Vice Chair
Trustee → Trustee & Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Stephens
Trustee & Vice Chair
Trustee & Vice Chair → Trustee, 2021
Trustee → Trustee & Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Moriarty
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredeth Ludlow
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael J. Green
Trustee & Secretary
Trustee & Secretary → Trustee & Sectretary, 2024
Trustee & Sectretary → Trustee & Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patricia M. Loui
Trustee & Treasurer
Trustee → Trustee & Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert O. Blake Jr.
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruby Shang
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Winnie C. Feng
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Debra Knopman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ted Osius
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harry Thomas Jr.
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Ann Peters
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Fahey
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Calvin Sims
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eun Mee Kim PhD
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lin Jamison
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Hass
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheng-Ling Chen
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank Lavin
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lama Ahmad
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ma Laurice Jamero
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Penny Williams
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amy H. Ovalle
Former Key Employee
Vice President & Global Communications → Vice President & Global Comms., 2024
Vice President & Global Comms. → Former Key Employee, 2025
On filings since 2019
$180K (2019) → $118K (2025)
Jaime Faustino
Strategic Advisor
Project Manager → Strategic Advisor, 2023
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$257K (2019) → $262K (2025)
Kenneth M. Krug
Vice President Finance & CFO
Vice President, Finance & CFO → Vice President Finance & CFO, 2024
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$247K (2019) → $327K (2025)
Meloney C. Lindberg
Country Representative
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$255K (2019) → $265K (2025)
Nancy Yuan
Senior Vice President & Washington Dc
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$220K (2019) → $278K (2025)
Suzanne E. Siskel
Executive Vice President & COO
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$296K (2019) → $351K (2025)
Thomas Parks IV
Vice President Strategic Partnerships
Country Representative → Vice President Strategic Partnerships, 2025
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$259K (2019) → $242K (2025)
Wendy L. Soone-Broder
Chief Philanth. Officer
Chief Philanthropy Officer → Chief Philantropy Officer, 2024
Chief Philantropy Officer → Chief Philanth. Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$183K (2019) → $233K (2025)
Todd Wassel
Country Representative
On filings since 2022
37.5 hrs/week
$259K (2022) → $313K (2025)
Behnaz Raufi
Chief of Staff & Assistant Secretary
Assistant Secretary → Chief of Staff & Assistant Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$150K (2024) → $160K (2025)
Mark Koenig
Vice President Programs
Country Representative → Country Respresentative, 2024
Country Respresentative → Vice President Programs, 2025
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$293K (2023) → $282K (2025)
Winston K. Chow
Country Representative
Senior Director → Country Representative, 2025
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$285K (2023) → $269K (2025)
Hector Salazar Salame
Country Representative
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$283K (2025)
Sharon Thompson
Chief People Officer
New on the 2025 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$265K (2025)
Jenny Choi-Fitzpatrick
Vice President & COO
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Nikolos Oakley
Vice President, Finance & CFO
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (42)
- Former: David D. Arnold (2019–2024) — Former Officer
- Former: Gordon R. Hein (2019–2024) — Former Officer
- Former: Karl Eikenberry (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Roger Craig (2019–2024) — Former Key Employee
- Former: Adil Najam (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: James D. McCool (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Markos Kounalakis (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Moon Kook-Hyun (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen Kahng (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Terrance Adamson (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Timothy Kochis (2019–2023) — Trustee & Chairman
- Former: William Ball III (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Franklin Lavin (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Badruun Gardi (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Kelsey Harpham (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Michelle Rhodd (2022–2023) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: Dustin Palmer (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Howard Berman (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Iromi Perera (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Mark W. Lippert (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Sunder Ramaswamy (2019–2022) — Trustee & Chairman
- Former: Meghan Nalbo (2020–2022) — Country Representative
- Former: Elizabeth Economy (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kim J. Deridder (2019–2021) — Country Representative
- Former: Mandy Au Yeung (2019–2021) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: William Neukom (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Kwang W. Kim (2021) — Country Representative
- Former: Jerome Dodson (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Karl Inderfurth (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Masako Shinn (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Noeleen Heyzer (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Teresita C. Schaffer (2019–2020) — Trustee & Secretary
- Former: Theodore Elliot III (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Walter Jared Frost (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Czarina Medina-Guce (2019) — Trustee
- Former: David M. Lampton (2019) — Trustee & Chairman
- Former: Diana D. Won (2019) — Trustee
- Former: James Kelly (2019) — Trustee
- Former: L. Brooks Entwistle (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Mary Brown Bullock (2019) — Trustee & Secretary
- Former: Reuben Jeffrey III (2019) — Trustee & Treasurer
- Former: Sara Taylor (2019) — Country Representative
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
Frequently asked questions about The Asia Foundation
How much does The Asia Foundation give each year?
The Asia Foundation reported $17.5M in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $23.9M in grants paid.
How large is The Asia Foundation?
The Asia Foundation reported $97.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $91.5M.
What is The Asia Foundation?
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in San Francisco, CA. It holds $97.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Asia Foundation operate?
The Asia Foundation has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, New York, Virginia.
What is The Asia Foundation's EIN?
The Asia Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-1191246. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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