Every donation to KASA goes into one of three areas: direct services to families (food, heating aid, emergency support), educational programs (language classes, IT education, English support), or organizational operations (the infrastructure that makes everything else possible). We try to keep the operational fraction as small as we can while still running the organization properly.

The honest version of why donations matter is not the optimistic one — it is not that KASA is on the verge of transforming the Kurdish American community and just needs a little more funding. The honest version is that without continued community support, programs that are currently running will stop. The Ramadan food distribution, the weekly hot meals, the language classes — these exist because people give. If people stop giving, they stop existing.

The Kurdish American community is not a large community, and the families who most need KASA’s services are not the ones who can fund them. The funding comes from Kurdish Americans with more stability and from non-Kurdish Americans who learn about the community and want to help. Both are essential. If you are in a position to give, we are grateful. If you are not, there are other ways to help, and we would be glad to discuss them.