Washington · Nonprofit
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE (Washington) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,948,586 to it, the largest being WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI ($7,083,285). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 101
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Asian Counseling and Referral Service does
Mission
Acrs, grounded in commitment to social justice, provides services that advances the health, wellbeing, dignity and empowerment of asian and pacific islanders and other communities experiencing disparities in health and human services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Behavioral health: the behavioral health (bh) program serves over 2,755 individuals and combines eastern and western approaches to offer a comprehensive array of specialized mental health services to individuals and families with a team of trained mental health case managers, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurses that speak more than twenty different asian and pacific islander languages and dialects. Bh staff assist individuals to develop and regain the skills and independence to live meaningful lives in their communities. Bh staff also provide important linkage to other community resources including housing, public benefits, and supportive employment. Staff work collaboratively with hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers to coordinate care for their mutual clients.
$11,996,497 spentof which $20,103 as grants$12,374,010 earned by the program36% of program spendingAging and adult services: the aging and adult services (aas) plays a vital role in supporting low-income, diverse asian, and native hawaiian/pacific islander (a&nh/pi) seniors, mostly living in the king county area, through its four core programs: title xix case management, community living connections, health home and care transitions, and club bamboo senior center. The aas department promotes the health and well-being of its focus population by creating opportunities for the clients and their families to have access to culturally and linguistically appropriate comprehensive and integrated services either within the agency or through the community partners. In 2023, the aas department served over 5,080 clients across all its programs. The title xix case management (cm) program served a total of unduplicated 3,780 homebound elderly and adults with disabilities in 2023. This program helps seniors and adults with disabilities to function safely and thrive at home with their family and friends. The program's multilingual staff conducts person-centered assessments to identify client's needs and create a holistic care plan. They also connect clients to paid providers for assistance…
$8,247,011 spentof which $446 as grants$760,451 earned by the program25% of program spendingNutrition: we are the only food bank in washington state that regularly distributes foods that cater to asian american and pacific islander diets, including healthy and nutritious staples like rice, tofu, soy milk, noodles, canned proteins and produce. King county residents over 60 years of age and adults with disabilities are welcome to enjoy nutritious meals while engaging in cultural activities, learning english or finding volunteer opportunities. Acrs partners with various volunteer groups to offer meals at convenient locations in the community.in 2023, our meal program served 57,465 meals and 2,113 clients.
$3,296,312 spentof which $355,965 as grants$245,649 earned by the program10% of program spendingChildren, young and families: school-based youth programs offered in-schools for middle school and high school students. We offer social and emotional support while helping young people develop key skills. Topics include cultural identity, healthy relationships, history and culture, job searching, college or career-readiness and financial planning.youth mental health services including intake assessments, individual therapy, group therapy, case management, family therapy, crisis response and management, psychiatric services, and medication management. Bilingual case managers work in partnership with schools, dshs, cps, and juvenile justice workers. Case managers also function as an educational and supportive link to broader mainstream services and the families they serve.we look for ways to make in-school services more accessible and actively seek opportunities to do so. We partner with public charter schools and private schools on a case-by-case basis and have established mous with the following: seattle public schools, lake washington school district, bellevue school district, renton school district, highline school district, kent school district, kent igrad and tukwila school…
$2,990,657 spentof which $75,850 as grants$1,080,485 earned by the program9% of program spendingRecovery services: we address disparities in care for clients facing substance use disorder and/or mental health disorder through a culturally competent continuum of care from outreach and treatment, and aftercare to support long-term wellness and meaningful recovery.
$2,528,353 spentof which $340 as grants$1,260,560 earned by the program8% of program spendingEmployment and training: acrs helps job-seekers find careers, and we connect employers with qualified job seekers. Our services include job search preparation classes, esol classes, vocational skills training, job placement and retention services, as well as three levels of digital literacy classes.
$2,133,956 spentof which $467,218 as grants6% of program spendingCivic engagement: our civic engagement department works to include the voices of asians, native hawiians, and pacific islanders (a&nh/pi) in our democracy throughout washington state. Our programming builds statewide capacity, fosters cross-generational leadership and develops tools and skills within and across a&nh/pi communities to promote long term, year-round participation and engagement on issues critical to their well-being and empowerment. We incorporate different languages and cultures in promoting civic engagement among clients and integrate initiatives into existing services and work to engage clients in a safe place they know and trust.
$1,178,551 spentof which $24,432 as grants4% of program spendingCitizen and immigration: our citizenship and immigration services program helps immigrants and refugees who want to become u.s. Citizens navigate the naturalization process by offering citizenship preparation classes, citizenship examination preparation, mock interviews and more.
$889,974 spentof which $459 as grants$9,252 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther services include covid-19 assistance.
$122,217 spent0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,383,528.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $23M to $30M (+28%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 81% · 2018 82% · 2019 84% · 2020 80% · 2021 50% · 2022 48% · 2023 42% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Ho Y Byun
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $3.9M.
10 of 101 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 101 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 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
90% 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 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 51% · 2019 34% · 2020 28% · 2021 20% · 2022 29% · 2023 32% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
86% of ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.0M
- Department of Homeland Security$1.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Acrs Community Service Center LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: 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 COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE?
- ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE (Washington) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,948,586 to it, the largest being WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI ($7,083,285). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE have?
- IRS filings report 101 organizations giving $26,948,586 in grants to ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE?
- WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI is the largest funder on record, with $7,083,285 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 101 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