2025-04-04T15:59:23-04:00 2024-09-30 043035636 LEE YEE & COMPANY PC 20 SOUTHWEST PARK WESTWOOD MA 020901548 990EZ 2023-10-01 432017217 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AFGHANISTAN STUDIES AMER 6173584648 232 BAY STATE ROAD SUITE 426 BOSTON MA 02215 ANDREA KOKKINOS ASST. U.S. DIRECTOR 6173584649 2025-02-17 true false GARY F YEE P00956493 7812372525 2025-03-27 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X WWW.AFGHAN-INSTITUTE.ORG X X 91274 X 69750 21524 91274 91810 72 10000 101459 203341 -112067 478213 366146 478213 366146 478213 366146 478213 366146 X TO IMPROVE RESEARCH AND ADVANCED STUDY OF AFGHANISTAN AND ITS REGION. PRESIDENTS REPORT SINCE THE CLOSING OF THE KABUL OFFICE CLOSED, AIAS HAS HAD TO REORIENT WHERE ITS MONEY WOULD GO. THE AMOUNT OF FELLOWSHIPS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AS AIAS IS ABLE TO DEDICATE MORE FUNDING FOR FELLOWSHIPS AND DECIDED TO FUND RESEARCH ON AFGHANISTAN FROM WITHIN THE U.S. INSTEAD OF AFGHANISTAN. DR. BARFIELD SHARED WHO THE 2024 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS WERE; ALL AWARDS ARE NOTED IN THE YEAR IN REVIEW REPORT. AIAS GRANTED 5 CAORC AWARDS AND 4 AIAS-FUNDED AWARDS. THIS YEAR WAS A HIGHER NUMBER OF AWARDS THAN PREVIOUS YEARS DUE TO BEING ABLE TO OBLIGATE MORE FUNDING TO FELLOWSHIPS THAN PROGRAMMING. AIAS TRIES TO BE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF RESEARCH IT IS FUNDING AND CAN RETURN TO THE CONVERSATION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH FROM WITHIN AFGHANISTAN. DR. BARFIELD SHARED THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS TO AFGHANISTAN AGAIN OR RESEARCH FROM WITHIN AFGHANISTAN AGAIN. 136922 136922 OMAR SHARIFI COUNTRY DIRE 20.00 28400 THOMAS BARFIELD PRESIDENT 1.00 0 ANDREA KOKKINOS ASST. U.S. D 20.00 30610 DIPALI MUKHOPADHYAY VICE PRESIDE 1.00 0 RICHARD WOLF SECRETARY 1.00 0 ROBERT CREWS TREASURER 1.00 0 NILE GREEN EXECUTIVE CO 1.00 0 MARGARET MILLS EXECUTIVE CO 1.00 0 JENNIFER MURTAZISHVILI EXECUTIVE CO 1.00 0 MAHDI SUROSH COUNTRY DIRE 20.00 30800 JOHN MOCK TRUSTEE 1.00 0 SENZIL NAWID TRUSTEE 1.00 0 false false false false false false false false false ANDREA KOKKINOS 232 BAY STATE ROAD BOSTON MA 02215 6173584648 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 408074 296635 58775 141050 69750 974284 408074 296635 58775 141050 69750 974284 974284 974284 13685 1.00000 1.00000 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES OFFICE SUPPLIES & EXPENSES 13,052 TRAVEL & MEETING 15,273 CONFERENCE EXPENSES 1,109 KABUL CENTER ACTIVITIES 448 HONORARIA 1,000 EVENTS 11,527 FELLOWSHIP 54,425 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 4,625 TOTAL 101,459 FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 PRESIDENTS REPORT SINCE THE CLOSING OF THE KABUL OFFICE CLOSED, AIAS HAS HAD TO REORIENT WHERE ITS MONEY WOULD GO. THE AMOUNT OF FELLOWSHIPS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AS AIAS IS ABLE TO DEDICATE MORE FUNDING FOR FELLOWSHIPS AND DECIDED TO FUND RESEARCH ON AFGHANISTAN FROM WITHIN THE U.S. INSTEAD OF AFGHANISTAN. DR. BARFIELD SHARED WHO THE 2024 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS WERE; ALL AWARDS ARE NOTED IN THE YEAR IN REVIEW REPORT. AIAS GRANTED 5 CAORC AWARDS AND 4 AIAS-FUNDED AWARDS. THIS YEAR WAS A HIGHER NUMBER OF AWARDS THAN PREVIOUS YEARS DUE TO BEING ABLE TO OBLIGATE MORE FUNDING TO FELLOWSHIPS THAN PROGRAMMING. AIAS TRIES TO BE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF RESEARCH IT IS FUNDING AND CAN RETURN TO THE CONVERSATION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH FROM WITHIN AFGHANISTAN. DR. BARFIELD SHARED THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANTS TO AFGHANISTAN AGAIN OR RESEARCH FROM WITHIN AFGHANISTAN AGAIN.