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Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc

The mission of asian americans advancing justice-aajc (aajc) is to advance civil and human rights for asian americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.

$6.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,606,695
Organizations funded a year
1 to 54
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
22
Total assets, FY2025
$34M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsHealthEducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving49$6.9M27%
FY202439$6.6M41%
FY202323$1.8M30%
FY202254$7.9M69%
FY202141$4.7M78%
FY202028$703k89%
FY20191$73k0%
FY20182$63k50%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$13MHuman Services$2.9MEducation$1.6MPublic Benefit$1.0MCrime & Legal$1.0MHealth$920kPhilanthropy$762kArts & Culture$566kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 133 grantees
All grantees of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,953,22221%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$1,402,04658%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$1,320,00085%
The Asian American Education Project$1,257,4111n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc$1,114,29622%
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$1,114,296210%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc$1,026,000414%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$900,000320%
Asian Law Caucus$885,00025%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$844,29623%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$844,29621%
Latinojustice Prldef$835,72226%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$835,72228%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$633,22221%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service$565,09661%
Right to Be Inc$549,40056%
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging$478,90041%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$462,50044%
Asian American LEAD$439,280421%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote$398,77747%
Asian Americans United Inc$382,000324%
Every Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice$358,650316%
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$298,51816%
Boat People Sos Inc$296,65046%
Aapi Montclair Inc$286,633426%
Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston$270,150313%
Pacific Island Knowledge 2 Action Resources Inc$263,5003n/a
Sead Project$258,500324%
Asian American Resource Workshop Inc$255,000310%
Fred T Korematsu Institute$225,000223%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$210,00020%
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote - Michigan$209,00047%
Missouri Asian Am Youth Fdn$207,5003n/a
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$200,00021%
Center for Pan Asian Community Services$200,00012%
Instituto Lab$200,00017%
Apano Communities United Fund$185,00023%
Asian Pacific American Legal$175,150213%
Asian Mental Health Collective Inc$175,000131%
Asian Community Development Council$167,50032%
Penn Immigration & Citizenship Coalition$150,0001n/a
Ohio Voice$150,00023%
Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network$135,00027%
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization$135,00020%
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association$125,000146%
Alaska Public Interest Research Group$123,65037%
Asian America Federation of Florida Inc$115,500377%
Capi USA$112,50051%
Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese I$108,50025%
Coalition for Anti-Racism and Equity Inc$108,333381%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc$100,00016%
Providence Youth Student Movement$100,000113%
National Tongan American Society$100,0001n/a
Asian Pacific Development Center of COLORADO$100,00013%
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa$100,00013%
Regents of the University of Colorado$100,0001n/a
Asian Association of Utah$100,00012%
Filipino Advocates for Justice$100,00014%
Pacific Asian Counseling Services$100,00011%
Asian Health Services$100,00010%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$100,00021%
Apna Ghar Inc$100,00012%
Aapi Equity Alliance$100,00013%
The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc$100,00010%
Asian American Voices for Education Inc$100,000172%
Asian Health & Service Center Inc$100,00012%
New Mexico Asian Family Center$100,00018%
Arab American Association of Ny Inc$100,00022%
Defending Rights and Dissent Inc$100,000110%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$100,00011%
San Diego Chapter Japanese American Citizens League Inc$100,000195%
Community Youth Center of San Francisco$100,00011%
Union of Pan Asian Communities$100,00011%
We Are Oceania$100,00016%
Asian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional$100,00012%
Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans$100,000112%
New Breath Foundation$100,00014%
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning$100,00013%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander$100,00011%
Visual Communications Media$100,00017%
Domestic Violence Action Center$100,00012%
My Sisters House$100,00013%
Sikh American Legal Defense & Education$95,60029%
North Carolina Asian Americans Together$85,00022%
Church World Service Inc$66,60010%
Access Philanthropy Charities$62,10032%
Montgomery County Progressive Asian American Network Inc$60,0002n/a
The Fresno Center$60,00020%
Asian Community & Cultural Ctr$58,3331n/a
Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs - Community Education Foundation$55,00022%
One Arizona$55,00021%
Asian Services in Action Inc$54,00020%
Center for Southeast Asians$52,50021%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$50,00010%
Asian American Civic Association Inc$50,00011%
Embarc Inc$50,00012%
Hamilton-Madison House Inc$50,00010%
Asian Community Development Center- Texas Inc$50,0001n/a
New York Asian Women's Center Inc$50,00011%
The Korean American Family Service Center Inc$50,00011%
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc$50,00011%
Chinese Community Center Inc$50,00011%
Council on American-Islamic Relations California$50,00010%
Community Partners$50,00010%
Saahas for Cause$48,0001n/a
Foundation for Filipina Womens Network$40,0001n/a
Organization of Chinese Americans Inc$35,00021%
E Pluribus Unum Project$30,0002n/a
Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Inc$30,000336%
Youth Ambassadors Inc$26,3051n/a
Api Middle Tennessee$25,000125%
Emgage Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Quincy Asian Resources Inc$20,00010%
Virginia Civic Engagement Table$20,00011%
Asian Student Alliance INC$20,000172%
Common Cause Education Fund$20,00010%
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc$20,00012%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA$15,00012%
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice$15,00011%
Chinese Culture and Community Service Center Inc$12,50010%
National Federation of Filipino American Assoc$10,50017%
Asian Pacific Self-Development$10,00011%
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations$10,00010%
Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Boat People S O S Inc$10,00010%
Korean Community Center of the East Bay$10,0001n/a
Asian American Federation Inc$10,00010%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum$10,00010%
The Hadanou Collective$8,50010%
Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh$8,5001n/a
Mn8$8,5001n/a
International Child Resource Institute$8,50010%
Center for Empowered Politics$8,3331n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 115 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,953,222 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMaldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $1,402,046 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California: $1,320,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetNative American Rights Fund Inc: $1,114,296 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSouthern Coalition for Social Justice: $1,114,296 over 2y, 10% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc: $1,026,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago: $900,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $885,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $844,296 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $844,296 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLatinojustice Prldef: $835,722 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetDemos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd: $835,722 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $633,222 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAsian Counseling and Referral Service: $565,096 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRight to Be Inc: $549,400 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetNational Asian Pacific Center on Aging: $478,900 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNational Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc: $462,500 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetAsian American LEAD: $439,280 over 4y, 21% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $398,777 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetAsian Americans United Inc: $382,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetEvery Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice: $358,650 over 3y, 16% of budgetAsian American Legal Defense and Education Fund: $298,518 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBoat People Sos Inc: $296,650 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetAapi Montclair Inc: $286,633 over 4y, 26% of budgetOrganization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston: $270,150 over 3y, 13% of budgetSead Project: $258,500 over 3y, 24% of budgetAsian American Resource Workshop Inc: $255,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetFred T Korematsu Institute: $225,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $210,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAsian and Pacific Islander American Vote - Michigan: $209,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetCenter for Empowered Politics Education Fund: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Pan Asian Community Services: $200,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInstituto Lab: $200,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetApano Communities United Fund: $185,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAsian Pacific American Legal: $175,150 over 2y, 13% of budgetAsian Mental Health Collective Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetAsian Community Development Council: $167,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetOhio Voice: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetColorado Asian Culture and Education Network: $135,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetThe Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: $135,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association: $125,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetAlaska Public Interest Research Group: $123,650 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetAsian America Federation of Florida Inc: $115,500 over 3y, 77% of budgetCapi USA: $112,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetArkansas Coalition of Marshallese I: $108,500 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetCoalition for Anti-Racism and Equity Inc: $108,333 over 3y, 81% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetProvidence Youth Student Movement: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 115.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

GofundmeorgCA87.7× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gofundmeorg · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote · The Asian American Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum · Wallace H Coulter Foundation · Wallace H Coulter Trust · New Venture Fund · National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development · Tides Foundation · Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc

How much does Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc give?
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc reported 53 grants totaling $6,928,493 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (55%), Human Services (13%), Education (7%).
Who are Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($2.0M), Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($1.4M), Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California ($1.3M).
Does Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gofundmeorg, NEO Philanthropy Inc, Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote.
Where is Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc based?
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 137 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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