California · Nonprofit
Center for Asian American Media
Center for Asian American Media (California) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,296,839 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($16,027,319). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $29M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Center for Asian American Media does
Mission
To present stories that convey the richness and diversity of asian american experiences to the broadest audience possible. The center does this by funding, producing, distributing, and exhibiting films, television, live performances and digital media.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Media Fund - The Organization's Media Fund program supports the creation of media projects by providing grants to filmmakers and offers training, mentorship, and educational opportunities to help media makers develop their filmmaking skills and produce new works.CAAM SELECTED 32 PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH OUR OPEN CALL FOR PRODUCTION FUNDING. THE SELECTED FILMS ARE TIMELY AND REPRESENT ISSUES OF NATIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPORTANCE BY FILMMAKERS. CAAM ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF FILMMAKER TALENT THROUGH FELLOWSHIP AND MENTORSHIP ACTIVITIES.
$2,533,054 spentof which $1,800,738 as grants61% of program spendingFestival - The Organization's Festival program presents films, panel discussions, workshops, and other events celebrating Asian American media through its annual CAAMFest festival and additional programs held throughout the year.IN MAY, 2025, CAAM PRESENTED ITS 44TH SAN FRANCISCO CAAMFEST FILM FESTIVAL. THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL PRESENTED NARRATIVE FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND NARRATIVES, FEATURES, TO A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF OVER 7,000. THE FESTIVAL ALSO FEATURED NUMEROUS PANELS, WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER PROGRAMMING.
$788,320 spentof which $1,000 as grants$206,211 earned by the program19% of program spendingPTV - The Organization's PTV program places completed documentary programs for broadcast and streaming on public media platforms and through other channels accessible to the public, increasing the availability of Asian American content to nationwide audiences.CAAM PRESENTED MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF PUBLIC MEDIA BROADCAST PROGRAMS TO A CUMULATIVE AUDIENCE OF OVER 3 MILLION VIEWERS. THIS HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING GARNERED NUMEROUS AWARDS.
$466,457 spentof which $15,000 as grants$16,289 earned by the program11% of program spendingDigital Media - The Organization's Digital Media program uses social media and other digital platforms to inform and educate the public on topics related to Asian American media, expanding access to programming and increasing public engagement with Asian American stories and perspectives.Innovation - The Organization's Innovation program develops projects that explore new methods of media delivery and produces educational resources, including study guides and other materials that support learning and public engagement.Distribution - The Organization's Distribution program provides educational documentaries and other media to schools, teachers, libraries, community centers, and other educational institutions through sales and distribution activities, expanding access to Asian American media resources.CAAM CONTINUED TO ASSIST INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH FILM DISTRIBUTION AND CO-PRODUCTION OF FILMS ABOUT SUBJECTS AND STORIES FEATURING ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES.
$397,607 spent$45,273 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,185,438.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.4M to $16M (+74%).
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 12% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 11% · 2023 4% · 2024 1% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Center for Asian American Media’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $5.2M.
14 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Center for Asian American Media’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 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
Center for Asian American Media leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% 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 Center for Asian American Media.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 67% · 2019 65% · 2020 59% · 2021 64% · 2022 39% · 2023 36% — 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
57% of Center for Asian American Media'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
Center for Asian American Media draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
Center for Asian American Media holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Center for Asian American Media receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $417k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$417k
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 Center for Asian American Media
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ninth Street Media Consortium · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Asian American Media: 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 Center for Asian American Media?
- Center for Asian American Media (California) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,296,839 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($16,027,319). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Asian American Media have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $29,296,839 in grants to Center for Asian American Media, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Asian American Media?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $16,027,319 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Asian American Media 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 51 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