California · Nonprofit
AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND
AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,990,500 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($2,845,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $307k
What Aapi Democracy Fund does
Mission
To elevate the issues impacting asian american and pacific islander (aapi) communities and advance progressive policy change through issue advocacy and electoral campaigns.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grantmaking: manage a grant portfolio by reviewing funding proposals from organizations that serve asian american and pacific islander (aapi) communities. Issue awards to mission aligned organizations and track grant reporting requirements.
$2,507,500 spentof which $2,507,500 as grants79% of program spendingTechnical assistance: providing customized capacity building through technical assistance, trainings, access to tools, leadership development opportunities, and convenings.
$1,072 spent0% of program spendingResearch: commissioning public opinion, policy, and demographic research that is about and relevant to the aapi community.
$651,362 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,159,934.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Luna Yasui
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $145k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Aapi Civic Engagement Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND?
- AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,990,500 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($2,845,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,990,500 in grants to AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND?
- SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,845,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AAPI DEMOCRACY FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing