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ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI
ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,260 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($91,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $164k
- Net assets
- $164k
What Asian American Cultural Association of Cincinnati does
Mission
To promote Asian cultural awareness in Greater Cincinnati by creating a sense of belonging through connecting people and organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Asian Food Fest 2025: One of the largest food-focused festival in the Midwest showcasing diverse Asian culinary traditions, featuring food vendors, cooking demonstrations, and cultural programming. The event benefited over 125,000 participants by providing access to authentic Asian cuisine and cultural exchange opportunities while supporting local Asian food businesses and communities. Reimbursements/Grant amount are from both 2024 & 2025 events as original payments were delayed due to changes at the partnership organization (Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber).
$19,914 spentof which $59,764 as grants57% of program spendingAsian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month identifies AAPIHM programs scheduled throughout the month of May and amplifies them by collating into a centralized location both for the AAPI community as well as the broader Cincinnati community.
$5,072 spentof which $10,000 as grants14% of program spendingAsianati Meetups create opportunities for the AAPI community in Greater Cincinnati to build community through networking, socializing, learning, and exploring new locations within Cincinnati.
$3,355 spent10% of program spendingOther program expenses included: Asian Cuisine Week, Hanami Picnic, New Wave Documentary, Passport to Japan, and other community events.
$6,798 spentof which $45,000 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,139.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $92k to $164k (+77%).
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.
100% of ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $55k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI’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
ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
56% 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 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
56% of ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI'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 $73k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k 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 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI: 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 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI?
- ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,260 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($91,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $164,260 in grants to ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $91,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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