Public Charity

FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER

FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $5.2M revenue, $4.9M expenses, $2.8M total assets. 58 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 133880402 NEW YORK, NY Special Education NTEE: B28 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.2M
Total Expenses$4.9M
Total Assets$2.8M
Grant Records58
Funding Total$1.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER FWAB WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996 WITH THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY AND LOVING LIFE. FWAB ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY PROVIDING FREE, COMPASSIONATE MEDICAL CARE TO CHILDREN IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, BY CREATING HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND BY TRAINING LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

Where $100 goes at Friends Without a Border

How Friends Without a Border divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$83
Lao friends hospital for children lfhc opened on february 11, 2015 in luang prabang with an outpatient department
98% of program spending
$2
Fwab provides financial support to angkor hospital for children ahc and the lake clinic tlc, both located in siem reap, cambodia
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

DIRECTOR Alex S Chanthasoto
DIRECTOR David Chang
DIRECTOR Diana Cheung
TREASURER Kay Bradley
FOUNDER AND HONORARY PRESIDENT Kenro Izu
DIRECTOR Michael Stern

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,677,417 38 grants
Education
$93,530 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$60,334 6 grants
International Aid & Development
$45,000 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$25,757 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.2M $4.9M $2.8M
2024 $3.3M $3.3M $2.6M
2023 $3.0M $3.1M $2.5M
2022 $3.1M $3.4M $2.5M
2021 $3.0M $2.9M $2.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.0M to $5.2M (+71%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.8M.

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

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