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Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California

To strengthen the power of immigrant workers, tenants, and their families to shape their lives, workplaces, homes, communities, cities, and world.

$655k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Employment$582kCommunity Improvement$324kCivil Rights$278kHuman Services$172kHousing & Shelter$73kPublic Benefit$66kHealth$45kEducation$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $318k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LTSC Community Development Corp$250,000
Warehouse Worker Resource Center$87,000
Pilipino Workers Center$49,500
Chinese Progressive Association$39,500
Center on Policy Initiatives$35,000
Jobs with Justice San Francisco$35,000
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment$30,000
The Regents of the University California LA$30,000
CAUSE$19,500
Working Partnership USA$12,500
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$12,500
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED$12,000
MixtecoIndgena Community Organizing Project$12,000
Los Angeles Black Worker Center$10,000
POWER SWITCH ACTION$10,000
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 (FY23–25, $172k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Center on Policy Initiatives: $55k → 11%Center on Policy Initiatives: $40k → 11%Center on Policy Initiatives: $35k → 11%MixtecoIndgena Community Organizing Project: $12k → 10%Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment: $30k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 14 repeat orgs$348k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
11

Total granted

$1.3M
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

100%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsEmploymentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $303k · revenue +17%
  • CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $135k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
    3× · 2023–2025 · $55k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • YO
    YES ON MEASURE ULA UNITED TO HOUSE LA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • CF
    COLLINS FOUNDATIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $39k · revenue -49%
  • WF
    WORLD FOOD BANK KITCHEN AND URBAN F ARM
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue -37%
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.

1
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
2
Fuerza LaboralPower of Workers

Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy in favor of workers by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; taking direct action to recover unpaid…

Education
3
Coalition for Responsible and Equitable Economic Development Los Angeles

To ensure that the workers in the construction industry in Los Angeles are highly trained and professional. The organization seeks the creation of good jobs, safety for workers, health care and a secure retirement for working families.

Community Improvement
4
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
5
Silicon Valley Rising Action

Silicon Valley Rising Action takes on occupational segregation and income inequality with a comprehensive campaign to raise wages, create affordable housing, and build a tech economy that works for everyone.

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6
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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7
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
8
Fair Work Center

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

Employment
9
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
10
Workers Center for Racial Just Nfp

The mission of the Workers Center For Racial Justice is to eliminate structural barriers to sustainable and living wage

Civil Rights
11
California Center for Movement Legal Services

The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

Crime & Legal
12
Working Washington

We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Food Bank Kitchen and Urban F Arm. 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

28 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. 28 of the 30 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
8/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Warehouse Worker Resource Center: $215,750 · EmploymentWarehouse Worker Resource …Jobs with Justice San Francisco: $112,000 · EmploymentJobs with Justice San Fran…Los Angeles Black Worker Center: $51,250 · EmploymentLos Angeles Black Worker C…LTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $302,500 · Housing & ShelterLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELO…TENEMOS QUE RECLAMAR Y UNIDOS SALVAR LA TIERRA-SOUTH LA: $11,250 · Housing & ShelterRESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC: $53,250 · OtherRESTAURANT OPPORTUNI…YES ON MEASURE ULA UNITED TO HOUSE LA: $50,000 · OtherYES ON MEASURE ULA U…COLLINS FOUNDATIONS: $38,750 · OtherCOLLINS FOUNDATIONSNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $36,000 · OtherNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT …The Regents of the University California LA: $30,000 · OtherThe Regents of the U…REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $14,179 · OtherLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $11,250 · OtherWorksafe Inc: $11,000 · OtherWORLD FOOD BANK KITCHEN AND URBAN F ARM: $26,000 · OtherWORLD FOOD BANK KITC…STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION: $14,100 · OtherACCE Institute: $11,250 · OtherCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $135,000 · HealthCHINESE PROGR…LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $32,500 · HealthLOS ANGELES A…SAJE: $21,250 · HealthSAJEWorking Partnerships USA: $12,500 · HealthWorking Partn…POWERSWITCH ACTION: $72,774 · Community ImprovementPOWERSWITCH A…Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $55,000 · Community ImprovementCentral Coast…PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $49,500 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORK…UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA: $11,250 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAYS O…CENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES: $130,000 · Human ServicesCENTER ON P…Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action: $30,000 · Human ServicesAlliance of…MIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $12,000 · Human ServicesMIXTECO IND…United for Respect: $35,500 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $30,000 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $15,000 · Civil Rights
Employment$379,000Housing & Shelter$313,750Other$295,779Health$201,250Community Improvement$188,524Human Services$172,000Civil Rights$80,500

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 budgetLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $302,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWarehouse Worker Resource Center: $215,750 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $135,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES: $130,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetJobs with Justice San Francisco: $112,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetPOWERSWITCH ACTION: $72,774 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $55,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTERS UNITED INC: $53,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLos Angeles Black Worker Center: $51,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $49,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $36,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited for Respect: $35,500 over 2y, 88% of budgetLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $32,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD FOOD BANK KITCHEN AND URBAN F ARM: $26,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSAJE: $21,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP FORWARD FOUNDATION: $14,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENEMOS QUE RECLAMAR Y UNIDOS SALVAR LA TIERRA-SOUTH LA: $11,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACCE Institute: $11,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorksafe Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

The James Irvine Foun…The San Francisco Fou…The California Endowm…Liberty Hill Foundati…Weingart FoundationThe California Wellne…Working Partnerships …United Way IncAmalgamated Charitabl…Silicon Valley Commun…California Community …Powerswitch Action
The James Irvine FoundationCA29.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The James Irvine Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Endowment · Liberty Hill Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Working Partnerships USA · United Way Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Powerswitch Action

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 Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California 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 30 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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