The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2021 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 6 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2021).
Disease research
5 grants on file · $2.7M · FY2017–2022
IRS 990 · FY2024
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$0
FY2024 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$1.2M
FY2024 · end of year
Revenue
$44.7K
FY2024
Expenses
$148K
FY2024
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2024
Program services89%
Management and general11%
Fundraising0%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2024
990
$44,704
$148,452
$0
$1,155,557
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
International affairs$2.1M · 1
Where recipients are
VA$2.1M · 1
Not stated$650K · 1
DC$2,266 · 3
Based on the 20% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Aaron Epstein
PRESIDENT
40.00
$0
Col Rob Lim
VICE PRESIDE
10.00
$0
David Epstein
SECRETARY
10.00
$0
Matthew Hinkle
TREASURER
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$1,155,438
FY2023
990
$23,063
$657,871
$0
$1,263,780
$1,259,188
FY2022
990
$2,464,329
$3,410,145
$2,123,987
$1,893,863
$1,864,333
FY2021
990-PF
$886,067
$523,569
$0
$2,834,317
$2,810,152
FY2020
990-PF
$2,561,032
$853,591
$650,000
$2,450,027
$2,450,027
FY2019
990-PF
$739,329
$49,171
$966
$701,995
$701,995
FY2018
990-PF
$39,814
$40,551
$0
$11,837
$11,837
FY2017
990-PF
$24,493
$22,233
$0
$12,574
$12,574
FY2016
990-PF
$116,883
$111,391
$0
$10,314
$10,314
MINISTRY OF THE PESHMERGA
TO SUPPORT MEDICAL MISSION IN KURDIS
$650,000
2020
CFC Charity Help CenterWashington, DC
quality of life
$966
2019
CFC CHARITY HELP CENTERWASHINGTON, DC
QUALITY OF LIFE
$930
2018
CFC CHARITY HELP CENTERWASHINGTON, DC
QUALITY OF LIFE
$370
2017
10.00
$0
Form 990 · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
IRS 990 e-file·FY2023·file fingerprint 8bf43849·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202421379349302007
Form 990 · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
IRS 990 e-file·FY2022·file fingerprint 289f8c9b·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202312999349301526
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
IRS 990 e-file·FY2021·file fingerprint 3f25f51e·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202222449349100712
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
IRS 990 e-file·FY2020·file fingerprint 58b8a701·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202132789349100108
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
IRS 990 e-file·FY2019·file fingerprint 15803c35·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 202013219349106746
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
IRS 990 e-file·FY2018·file fingerprint 04430ad1·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 201933109349100728
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
IRS 990 e-file·FY2017·file fingerprint 657b7705·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 201802889349100300
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
IRS 990 e-file·FY2016·file fingerprint 34b3fad8·U.S. Government public domain·View filing
Filing id 201743199349102339
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