Public Charity

The American-Scandinavian Foundation

The American-Scandinavian Foundation is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.0M revenue, $6.9M expenses, $55.0M total assets. 35 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $819K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 131623897 NEW YORK, NY Promotion of International Understanding NTEE: Q20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.0M
Total Expenses$6.9M
Total Assets$55.0M
Grant Records35
Funding Total$819K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION IS A PUBLICLY-SUPPORTED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NORDIC COUNTRIES (DENMARK, FINLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY AND SWEDEN). ASF OFFERS FELLOWSHIPS, CULTURAL GRANTS, TRAINING/INTERNSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS REINFORCING THE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS, AND HONORING THEIR SHARED VALUES AS WELL AS APPRECIATING THEIR DIFFERENCES.

Where $100 goes at The American-Scandinavian Foundation

How The American-Scandinavian Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$49
Training and fellowship
62% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 152,724 grants
$28
Public programs
36% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 100 programs
$2
Publications
2% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Agnes Ahlander Turner
EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Anders Brag
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Anders Iversen
EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Annie Jensen Chapur
EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Arther Zeckendorf
EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Barbro Osher

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$659,571 22 grants
Human & Social Services
$61,250 2 grants
International Aid & Development
$49,700 3 grants
Arts & Culture
$18,050 3 grants
Unspecified
$30,425 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.0M $6.9M $55.0M
2024 $5.8M $5.6M $52.9M
2023 $4.2M $4.7M $50.0M
2022 $6.8M $4.6M $48.8M
2021 $3.6M $3.8M $56.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.6M to $6.0M (+69%), with total assets most recently reported at $55.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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