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Asian Arts Initiative

The Asian Arts Initiative is a community-based arts center in philadelphia that engages artists and everyday people to create art that explores the diverse experiences of asian americans, addresses our social context, imagines and affects positive community change.

$313k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$310kPublic Benefit$33kCommunity Improvement$30kYouth Development$15kCivil Rights$15k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $65,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $313,021 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $248,021 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Unity LLC$35,000
Spark Greatness LLC$30,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Spark Greatness LLC: $30k → 22%Unity LLC: $35k → 10%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $15k → 14%NEO Philanthropy Inc: $33k → 17%CHINA RESIDENCIES INC: $30k → 20%WING LUKE MUSEUM OF THE ASIAN: $20k → 9%Norris Square Neighborhood Project: $15k → 22%ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP: $15k → 17%Asian Americans United: $20k → 22%Fractured Atlas: $15k → 17%illReality Inc: $15k → 22%PING CHONG AND COMPANY: $20k → 17%The Attic Youth Center: $15k → 22%MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: $20k → 17%Fleisher Art Memorial: $15k → 22%Taller Puertorriqueo inc: $15k → 22%Vox Populi Inc: $15k → 22%Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp: $15k → 22%Movement Alliance Project: $15k → 22%Urban Affairs Coalition: $15k → 22%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.
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 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.

1
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
2
Kearny Street Workshop Incorporated

Ksw makes artists out of community members and community members out of artists. since 1972, ksw has nurtured the creative spirit, and offered an important platform for new voices to be heard -full statement on schedule o

Arts & Culture
3
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
4
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
5
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa) collaborates with artists and communities to make public art accessible to all and create an enduring legacy for future generations. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that inspires diverse…

Arts & Culture
6
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc

Mural arts - the city of philadelphia mural arts program unites artists and communities through a collaborative process rooted in the traditions of mural making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.

Arts & Culture
7
Harlem Arts Foundation

The Harlem Art''s Foundation''s Mission Is To Showcase And Preserve Harlem''s Tradition Of Rich Culture And Community By Working With Our Local Partners To Strategically Shape The Physical And Social Opportunities Of Our Neighborhood…

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8
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
9
Peabody Essex Museum Inc

Pem offers thought-provoking experiences of the arts, humanities, and sciences to activate understanding of our shared humanity and to empower imagination and learning through experimentation. we steward, build, and make our collections…

Arts & Culture
10
The Black Literacy and Arts Collaborative Project
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11
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
12
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian American Writers Workshop Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vox Populi Foundation. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 21 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
5/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHINA RESIDENCIES INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCHINA RESIDENCIES INCFiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and C…MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICASAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INCFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP INCJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUMMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECTTALLER PUERTORRIQUENO INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTALLER PUERTORRIQUENO INCUnity LLC: $35,000 · OtherUnity LLCSpark Greatness LLC: $30,000 · OtherSpark Greatness LLCWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $15,000 · OtherURBAN AFFAIRS COALITIONillReality Inc: $15,000 · OtherillReality IncASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POLITICAL AL LIANCE: $15,000 · OtherASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POLITICAL AL …ASIAN AMERICANS UNITED INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentASIAN AME…THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ATTIC…NEO Philanthropy Inc: $32,500 · Public BenefitNEO Phila…NORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $15,000 · Community ImprovementPHILADELPHIA CHINATOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Community ImprovementVOX POPULI FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$160,000Other$130,000Youth Development$35,000Public Benefit$32,500Community Improvement$30,000Civil Rights$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINA RESIDENCIES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS UNITED INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHINATOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS WORKSHOP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTALLER PUERTORRIQUENO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Henrietta Tower Wurts…The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…The Patricia Kind Fam…The Philadelphia Cult…Grace S and W Linton …Adam and Maria Sarah …The Allen Hilles FundIndependence Public M…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…GofundmeorgUnited Way of Greater…
Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial FoundationPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Grace S and W Linton Nelson Foundation · Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls · The Allen Hilles Fund · Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Gofundmeorg · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

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 Arts Initiative funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asian Arts Initiative. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to Asian Arts Initiative?

    Find your warmest path to Asian Arts Initiative through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 21 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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