California · Nonprofit
Asian Law Caucus
Asian Law Caucus (California) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,288,782 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($13,715,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $62M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Asian Law Caucus does
Mission
The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States. ALC is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant, and underserved AAPIs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Democracy National Initiative: The Asian Law Caucus's Democracy National Initiative (DNI) supports emerging and established Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) organizations in strengthening civic participation and engagement. Through national and statewide initiatives, the program advances voting rights, civic engagement, and community capacity for AAPI, AMEMSA, immigrant, and limited-English-proficient communities.DNI provides partner organizations across the country with strategic guidance, policy and technical assistance, research and data support, and subgrants to enhance local advocacy and community-based initiatives. Its voting rights work focuses on expanding equitable access to the electoral process, including poll monitoring, language access support, and efforts to address barriers to participation for historically underrepresented voters. The organization also collaborates with affiliates nationwide on litigation, policy advocacy, demographic research, mapping, and training to address issues related to redistricting, election administration, voter education, and access in key jurisdictions.In addition,…
$2,816,023 spentof which $273,500 as grants$146,652 earned by the program22% of program spendingCivil Liberties and Community Safety: The Asian Law Caucus' Community Safety and National Security & Civil Rights programs work in coordination to promote public safety, civil rights, and equitable treatment for diverse Asian American communities. The Community Safety program advances preventative, restorative, and community-based approaches as alternatives to the punitive criminal legal system, with a focus on the intersection of local law enforcement and federal immigration policies. Through community education, legal representation, and policy advocacy, the program serves low-income immigrants and communities of color. During 2024-2025, the organization provided funding to community partners to support the expansion of restorative justice infrastructure for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.The National Security & Civil Rights program protects the rights of individuals and communities affected by national security policies, including Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities. The program engages in legal advocacy and representation to address civil rights concerns, including discriminatory surveillance…
$1,950,523 spentof which $273,973 as grants15% of program spendingImmigrant Rights: The Asian Law Caucus is committed to advancing an immigration system that promotes family unity and ensures equitable treatment regardless of immigration status or history of incarceration. The organization provides a comprehensive range of immigration legal services to individuals facing deportation, many of whom have significant ties to their families and communities and are active members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Each year, the organization serves hundreds of clients, allowing it to identify emerging legal issues and trends. This direct service experience informs its broader efforts, including impact litigation, community education, and policy advocacy, to address systemic challenges within the immigration system.
$1,516,376 spentof which $71,401 as grants12% of program spendingHousing Rights: The Asian Law Caucus's Housing Rights program provides legal services and advocacy on behalf of low-income residents in matters related to housing and community development. The program primarily serves low-income communities of color and immigrant communities, with a particular focus on San Francisco, including Chinatown, where residents face displacement due to rising housing costs and economic pressures.Through direct legal services, the organization assists tenants and community members in maintaining housing stability. This work informs its policy advocacy at the local and state levels, where the program promotes tenant protections, preservation of existing housing, development of affordable housing, and efforts to reduce inequities in housing and land use.Workers Rights: The Asian Law Caucus's Workers' Rights program provides legal counseling, direct representation, policy advocacy, and impact litigation to support low-income immigrant workers. The program addresses a range of workplace issues, including discrimination based on race and national origin, retaliation, wage and hour violations, unemployment insurance appeals, and workplace safety concerns.The…
$6,340,919 spentof which $1,619,773 as grants50% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,623,841.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $23M (+57%).
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 22% · 2018 13% · 2019 25% · 2020 30% · 2021 22% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% · 2024 23% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of Asian Law Caucus’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Aarti Kohli
Executive Director
Board chair
Michael Ng
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $8.4M.
29 of 115 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Law Caucus’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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 Law Caucus has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
32% 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 Law Caucus.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 12% · 2018 58% · 2019 37% · 2020 14% · 2021 34% · 2022 19% · 2023 24% — 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 Law Caucus's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 Law Caucus draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 Law Caucus holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 165 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 165 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Asian Law Caucus
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 Law Caucus: 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 Law Caucus?
- Asian Law Caucus (California) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,288,782 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($13,715,000). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Asian Law Caucus have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $62,288,782 in grants to Asian Law Caucus, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Asian Law Caucus?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,715,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Asian Law Caucus 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 115 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