In response to pope francis' call on Every european parish to host one refugee family, Every Campus a Refuge was founded at guilford college by dr. Diya abdo in september of 2015 to call on Every college and university in the world to partner with their local refugee resettlement agencies to house refugees on Campus grounds and assist them in resettlement. The idea is that university and college campuses have everything necessary housing, food, care, skills to take in refugees and support them as they begin their lives in their new homes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$50K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $147K a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $412K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$77
0.01% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$711K
-25% vs prior year
Spent
$682K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$749K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$711K
FY2025▼ -25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$426K
FY2022$276K
FY2023$596K
FY2024$943K
FY2025$711K
Expenses
$682K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$22K
FY2022$402K
FY2023$503K
FY2024$608K
FY2025$682K
Net assets
$749K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$411K
FY2022$285K
FY2023$378K
FY2024$713K
FY2025$749K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2017.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $620K Management & general 9% · $63K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $50K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$31,026Pt VII · Sec A
$18,717Pt VII · Sec A
Asst. Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Diya Abdo’s $31K as President is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 852 $100K–1M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects colleges with refugees, providing housing and support for resettlement.

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1 program · $620K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Our sole program is to help host refugee families. We do this by calling on every college and university to partner with their local refugee resettlement agencies to house refugees on campus grounds and assist them in resettlement.

$620Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$412K
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Grants paid · 12 grants · $119K · 2022–2025
St Ambrose UniversityIA · FY2023$10,000
James Madison UniversityVA · FY2023$9,899
Wake Forest UniversityNC · FY2022$10,000
World LearningFY2022$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$711K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$691K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Money outPt IX
$682K
Ln 25
Programscol B$620K
Managementcol C$63K
Owns and owesPt X
$749K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$442K
Total assetsLn 16$749K
LiabilitiesLn 26$77
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$691K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Total revenueLn 12$711K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$428K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$307K
Total assetsLn 16$749K
LiabilitiesLn 26$77
Net assetsLn 32$749K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$714K$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$307K
Total assetsLn 16$714K$749K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$77
Net assetsLn 32$713K$749K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$58K$58K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$486K$486K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$39K$39K
TravelLn 17$42K$42K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$5K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$682K$620K$63K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $711K$682K$28K$749K 990 PDF
FY2024 $943K$608K$335K$713K 990 PDF
FY2023 $596K$503K$93K$378K 990 PDF
FY2022 $276K$402K−$127K$285K 990 PDF
FY2021 $426K$22K$405K$411K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $710,820 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $942,744$691,294
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$19,526
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $942,744$710,820
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $19,167$10,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$76,250
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $588,613$596,226
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $607,780$682,476
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $334,964$28,344
Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $710,820 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$691,294
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$691,294
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $19,526$19,526
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19,526$710,820
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $682,476 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $10,000$10,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $58,456$58,456
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,940$8,940
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,885$3,885
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,969$4,969
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,550$4,550
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $486,059$486,059
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,211$2,211
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $38,949$38,949
IX-17 TravelPrograms $42,127$42,127
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,443$3,443
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,107 · Management $13,780$18,887
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $619,543 · Management $62,933 · Fundraising $0$682,476
Part X · Balance sheet $749,462 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $714,354$14,098
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$428,354
X-11 Publicly traded securities$307,010
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $714,354$749,462
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,787$77
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,787$77
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $712,567$749,385
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $712,567$749,385
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $714,354$749,462
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $749,385 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$710,820
XI-2 Total expenses$682,476
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$28,344
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$712,567
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$8,474
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$749,385

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