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Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation

The mission of APILC Foundation is to promote and support the history culture and heritage of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans APIA.

$208k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$100kCommunity Improvement$81kCivil Rights$50kArts & Culture$36kEnvironment$10kHuman Services$10k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$349k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Amalgamated Foundation$100,000
Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom$25,000
Gold House Foundation Inc$15,000
Coaltion of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc$15,000
Equality California Institute$15,000
California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute$10,000
CA Environmental Voters Education Fund$10,000
ACC Senior Services$10,000
Golden TV Inc$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Gold House Foundation Inc: $15k → 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.
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
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
2
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
3
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation

APIAHIP is the only national organization dedicated to protecting historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Arts & Culture
4
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

The center promotes the artistic and organizational growth of the San Francisco Bay Areas Asian Pacific arts community by organizing and presenting the annual United States of Asian America Festival

Arts & Culture
5
Californian Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Institute Inc

The Institute was formed for the purpose of raising funds to educate local Asian Pacific Islander elected officials and legislative staff to prepare them for higher positions. All expenses include lodging, meals, travel and materials.

Public Benefit
6
Asian American Advertising Federation Inc

The Asian American Advertising Federation was established in February 1999 under the name Association of Asian American Advertising Agencies, and is made up of Asian American advertising agency principals, media, advertisers, and strategic…

Community Improvement
7
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Arts & Culture
8
Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California

Our mission is to cultivate philanthropists to invest in organizations that empower under-served asian and pacific islanders (api) to prosper by 1) building healthier communities, 2) developing api leaders, 3) creating a stronger api…

Unclassified
9
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

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

Civil Rights
10
Api Cultural CenterInc Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Oakland Asian Cultural Center builds vibrant communities through Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) arts and cultural programs that foster intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue, cultural identity, collaborations, and social…

Recreation & Sports
11
Uc Chinese Alumni Foundation
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12
Api Coalition

T o create synergy for uniting Asian Pacific American leaders and API organizations and to promote APIA empowerment and civic engagement

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equality California Institute; the most unlike its peers is Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
3/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation IncASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CAPITOL ASSN: $56,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER…NEVADANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: $25,000 · OtherNEVADANS FOR REPRODUCTI…GLOBALSF: $10,000 · OtherGLOBALSFGolden TV Inc: $5,000 · OtherGolden TV IncTHE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherTHE CALIFORNIA LEGISLAT…ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER …COALITION OF ASIAN PACIFICS IN ENTERTAINMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCOALITION OF…CHINESE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HIST…APA HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAPA HERITAGE…EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE: $15,000 · Public BenefitGOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$100,000Community Improvement$56,000Other$60,000Arts & Culture$30,500Public Benefit$15,000Human Services$15,000Environment$10,000

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 budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER CAPITOL ASSN: $56,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetNEVADANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOALITION OF ASIAN PACIFICS IN ENTERTAINMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPA HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 2.6% 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.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Foundation 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 13 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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