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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 FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $389k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+10 grants · $5.3M
$50,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION$1,606,695
MALDEF$527,260
NARF- NATIVE AM RIGHTS FUND$517,260
SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE$517,260
LATINO JUSTICE PRLDEF$387,945
DEMOS$387,945
LAWYER'S COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW$382,260
NAACP LDEF$382,260
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$286,695
AALDEF$258,630
NAT'L ASIAN PACIFIC CTR AGING (NAPCA)$145,000
RIGHT TO BE$120,000
KAREN KOREMATSU KOREMATSU INSTITUTE$75,000
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE$66,600
ASIAN AMERICANS UNITED$62,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $4.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOC: $50k → 16%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $100k → 10%UNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $100k → 11%THE FRESNO CENTER: $35k → 19%WE ARE OCEANIA: $100k → 9%ARAB AMERICAN ASSN OF NY: $50k → 20%BPSOS: $100k → 16%NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTER: $100k → 14%ARKANSAS COALITION OF MARSHALLESE: $100k → 14%API MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $25k → 14%AAAJ-ATLANTA: $735k → 9%ASIAN PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100k → 8%ASIAN SERVICES IN ACTION: $34k → 13%AARW(ASIAN AM RESOURCE WKSP): $100k → 16%ARAB AMERICAN ASSN OF NY: $50k → 20%BOAT PEOPLE SOS- HOUSTON: $57k → 16%AAAJ-ATLANTA: $100k → 9%INSTITUTO LAB: $200k → 11%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP (AARW): $100k → 16%ASIAN PACIFIC POLICY AND PLANNING COUNCIL: $100k → 14%KOREAN-AMERICAN FAMILY SVC CTR: $50k → 13%HOLLABACK: $185k → 20%BOAT PEOPLE SOS - GULF COAST: $50k → 16%AAAJ-ATLANTA: $38k → 9%AARW(ASIAN AM RESOURCE WKSP): $55k → 16%RIGHT TO BE: $120k → 20%BOAT PEOPLE SOS- HOUSTON: $50k → 16%SEAMAAC INC: $50k → 22%RIGHT TO BE: $100k → 20%BOAT PEOPLE SOS- HOUSTON: $40k → 16%AALDEF: $259k → 14%ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL SERVICES: $35k → 21%ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICEASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COALITION OF W: $300k → 9%SEAMAAC INC: $50k → 22%RIGHT TO BE: $100k → 20%ASIAN AMERICAN LEAD: $100k → 14%ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF UTAH: $100k → 8%ACRS: $80k → 9%RIGHT TO BE (FORMERLY HOLLABACK INC): $44k → 20%ASIAN AMERICAN LEAD: $50k → 14%ACRS: $52k → 9%ASIAN AMERICAN LEAD: $31k → 14%ACRS: $50k → 9%CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 16%ACRS: $35k → 9%ACRS: $28k → 9%UTOPIA WA: $100k → 9%SAAHA FOR CAUSE: $48k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
NC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 57 repeat orgs$6.5M to everyone else

57 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
63

Total granted

$22M
$6.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+28%

Still filing today

91%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $407k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsHealthEducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +66%
  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +50%
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASIAN AMERICAN EDUCATION PROJECT
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M
  • ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $299k · revenue -46%
  • CF
    Center for Pan Asian Community Services
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -57%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
2
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.

Civil Rights
3
Asians for Collective Action

Asians for Collective Action (ACA) harnesses the strenghts of Asians and Asian Americans to drive systemic change to create a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

Public Benefit
4
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc

AAPIP expands and mobilizes resources for AAPI communities to build a more just and equitable society.

Philanthropy
5
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
6
Caaav Voice Inc

CAAAV Voice is a grassroot organization aiming to empower Asian immigrant communities by organizing against gentrification, tenant rights and promote social justice.

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7
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
8
Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc

CAAAV was founded in 1986 as one of the first groups in the United States to respond to racially motivated violence against Asians. Since then, CAAAV has broaden its focus to address a wide array of needs and challenges facing the Asian…

Civil Rights
9
Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment Inc

Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment CAUSE is a 501c3 nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization with a mission to advance the political and civic empowerment of the Asian Pacific American APA community through…

Civil Rights
10
Association of Asian American Investment Managers

Founded in the Year 2006, the Association of Asian American Investment Managers AAAIM is a national trade association dedicated to the advance of AAPIs Asian Americans & Pacific-Islanders in the asset management industry. AAAIM supports…

Community Improvement
11
Asian Inc

The core mission of ASIAN, Inc. is the empowerment of the Asian American Community to achieve social equality by reducing dependency to create and expand access to opportunities in the areas of business development, housing and education.…

Community Improvement
12
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California; the most unlike its peers is Instituto Lab. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

128 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 128 of the 137 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
126/128
Grantees still filing
82/128
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,953,222 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION…MALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,402,046 · Civil RightsMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGA…NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $1,114,296 · Civil RightsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND IN…NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $844,296 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUN…NATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $462,500 · Civil RightsNATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVI…Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $398,777 · Civil RightsEvery Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice: $358,650 · Civil Rights+16 more: $1,361,766 · Civil Rights+16 moreASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE ATLANTA INC: $1,026,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICANS AD…ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $565,096 · Human ServicesASIAN COUNSELING A…RIGHT TO BE INC: $549,400 · Human ServicesRIGHT TO BE INCAsian American LEAD: $439,280 · Human ServicesAsian American LEA…BOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $296,650 · Human ServicesBOAT PEOPLE SOS IN…ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $255,000 · Human ServicesInstituto Lab: $200,000 · Human Services+25 more: $1,576,500 · Human Services+25 moreASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,320,000 · Crime & LegalASIAN AMERICANS …SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $1,114,296 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN COALITI…Asian Law Caucus: $885,000 · Crime & LegalAsian Law CaucusLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $835,722 · Crime & LegalLATINOJUSTICE PR…Asian Pacific American Legal: $175,150 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $100,000 · Crime & LegalLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $844,296 · OtherLawyers' Committee for Civil…National Asian Pacific Center on Aging: $478,900 · OtherNational Asian Pacific Cente…ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $298,518 · OtherORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS OF GREATER HOUSTON: $270,150 · OtherPACIFIC ISLAND KNOWLEDGE 2 ACTION RESOURCES INC: $263,500 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $700,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR…AAPI MONTCLAIR INC: $286,633 · OtherASIAN AMERICANS UNITED INC: $382,000 · Other+49 more: $3,993,338 · Other+49 moreTHE ASIAN AMERICAN EDUCATION PROJECT: $1,257,411 · EducationTHE ASIAN…WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $633,222 · EducationWILLIAM J…FRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $225,000 · EducationFRED T KO…Asian American Voices for Education Inc: $100,000 · EducationNEW BREATH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $113,500 · EducationDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $835,722 · Public BenefitSEAD PROJECT: $258,500 · Public BenefitOHIO VOICE: $150,000 · Public BenefitAlaska Public Interest Research Group: $123,650 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc: $50,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $40,000 · Public BenefitASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO: $900,000 · Social SciencePACIFIC RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING: $100,000 · Social ScienceVISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA: $100,000 · Social Science
Civil Rights$7,895,553Human Services$4,907,926Crime & Legal$4,430,168Other$7,517,335Education$2,429,133Public Benefit$1,457,872Social Science$1,100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $700,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Quincy Asian Resources Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Coalition for Anti-Racism and Equity Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Aapi Montclair Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Asian Health & Service Center Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
  • Asian American Resource Workshop Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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