Georgia · Nonprofit
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,235,291 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($1,050,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $492k
What Asian American Advocacy Fund Inc does
Mission
The aaaf amplifies the collective power of georgia's asian american communities through community organizing, storytelling, electoral organizing, and policy advocacy. We work in deep and transformative partnerships towards a hopeful future and dignified presence for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Voter education and community engagement programs: in 2025, the organization conducted nonpartisan voter education, community assessment, and direct voter contact (dvc) programs to engage asian american and immigrant communities across georgia and reduce barriers to civic participation. The organization prioritized in-language outreach and culturally competent engagement to ensure voters had access to accurate and timely election information. Through its "woven together" community assessment initiative, the organization hosted focus groups and community conversations across multiple communities, including korean, chinese, vietnamese, south asian, and refugee populations, to identify key issues, barriers to participation, and community priorities. The organization implemented a robust direct voter contact program, including door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, mail, and digital outreach. Outreach focused on historically underrepresented and low-propensity voters. These programs supported increased awareness and participation in multiple 2025 elections, including statewide public service commission races and local elections across jurisdictions such as state house district 106,…
$447,339 spentof which $2,560 as grants36% of program spendingCommunications, cultural organizing, and community engagement programs: in 2025, the organization conducted communications, public education, and community engagement programs designed to increase civic awareness, strengthen community connection, and expand participation among asian american and immigrant communities across georgia. The organization utilized culturally relevant communications strategies, including digital outreach, multilingual content, and storytelling, to provide accessible information on civic participation, community issues, and available resources. These efforts included public education campaigns and materials designed to reach diverse audiences across languages and cultural contexts. As part of its cultural organizing ("artivism") work, the organization partnered with local artists and community members to develop creative projects that integrated art, storytelling, and civic education. These initiatives created accessible entry points for community members to engage with civic issues in culturally meaningful ways. The organization also hosted community events and gatherings, including workshops, small group discussions, and cultural events, to foster…
$290,304 spentof which $1,180 as grants23% of program spendingCivic engagement, leadership development, and advocacy programs: in 2025, the organization conducted civic engagement, leadership development, and policy advocacy programs to increase participation and representation of asian american and immigrant communities across georgia. The organization implemented outreach and engagement efforts, including digital communications, community events, and multilingual public education, to connect community members with information on civic participation, public issues, and opportunities for engagement. These efforts focused on historically underrepresented communities and aimed to reduce language and access barriers. The organization also conducted leadership development programs to support community members in building skills related to civic participation, community organizing, and public leadership. Participants engaged in trainings, volunteer activities, and outreach efforts, with opportunities to take on increasing responsibility in organizing and advocacy initiatives. In addition, the organization engaged in policy advocacy at the local and state level on issues impacting asian american and immigrant communities, including access to…
$516,295 spentof which $458 as grants41% of program spendingOther grants and services.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,253,938.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $606k (−64%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Aklima Khondoker
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 16 funders, grant income rose $180k → $2.0M.
4 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders 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 ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 15% · 2021 14% · 2022 22% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
63% of ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC has grown faster than half of the 479 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Aaaf Independent Committee · exempt
- Aaaf Political Action Committee · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC: 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 ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC?
- ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC (Georgia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,235,291 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($1,050,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $10,235,291 in grants to ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC?
- OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 40 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing