Minnesota · Nonprofit
Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Coalition of Asian American Leaders (Minnesota) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,058,534 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,500,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Coalition of Asian American Leaders does
Mission
The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2023, CAAL continued the important work of the Linking Leaders Partnership and secured enough funding to pay for .5 FTE and a consultant to manage the program; there was a focus on developing clear messaging about the partnership and planned prioritize for 2024; additionally, the partnership launched the Truth and History Project, where 16 community leaders and 4 academic historians were interviewed to capture the lived experiences from each cultural community. All videos have been recorded and will be released in 2025.CAAL also built stronger relationships with the Edina Asian American Alliance and the Saint Paul Public School parents and students to organize a candidate forum.
$219,974 spentof which $22,500 as grants$116,937 earned by the program18% of program spendingCAAL worked on multiple bills this legislative session and it was a huge success. Details on page 44. In additional to important legislative wins, CAAL continues to be a trusted voice at the legislature building bipartisan relationships and working with all elected officials who care about Asian American issues. CAAL works in partnership with multiple organizations through cross-racial coalition work and our systems change successes are a result of these cross-racial coalitions
$268,432 spentof which $3,000 as grants23% of program spendingCAAL increased their network from 5000 to 5500 in the last two years due to our leadership support programs. CAAL also had a record number of participants in our programs, especially in our youth and parent programs. CAAL is now in 7 major school districts - Lino Lakes, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Edina, Inver Grove Heights, Anoka, and Washington. The parents and students from these school districts continue to participate in our advocacy work on Ethnic Studies and Anti-Asian Hate to ensure that Asian American students feel seen and heard in their schools and most importantly they feel safe.
$257,714 spentof which $5,300 as grants22% of program spendingNetwork Weaving: Convening, facilitating and gathering leaders across sectors, generations and ethnicities.
$86,794 spent$115 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther 2023 Accomplishments: CAAL initiated the first Education Racial Solidarity program with funding from the Saint Paul Public Schools, training 15 parents, hosted a family retreat for 40 people, and collaborated with other organizations of color to convene a School Board candidate forum with all candidates. CAAL also distributed its first round of Stronger Together Small Business grants, hosted learning sessions, and connected with financial institutions. In regards to CAAL's legislative agenda, it won big in 2023 starting with a $4 million appropriation for the Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program that started in 2017 at $500,000 and has grown to a $4 million appropriation. Additionally, we passed important policy initiatives with Ethnic Studies, Driver's License, Combating Hate, and supporting immigrants in healthcare and other safety net programs. Equally, we had an extremely successful Day at the Capitol with over 200 attendees and 20 legislative visits. The Governor and Lt. Governor were both present along with bipartisan legislative supporters. We also partnered with Greater Minnesota organizations to reach out to Asian Americans in rural communities with less resources…
$358,474 spentof which $287,053 as grants30% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,191,388.
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 $3.9M to $5.8M (+50%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Coalition of Asian American Leaders’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
ThaoMee Xiong
Executive Director
Board chair
Nicole Dailo
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $297k → $975k.
12 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 Coalition of Asian American Leaders’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
Coalition of Asian American Leaders has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
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 Coalition of Asian American Leaders.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 78% · 2019 29% · 2020 18% · 2021 19% · 2022 29% · 2023 21% — 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
35% of Coalition of Asian American Leaders's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
85% of Coalition of Asian American Leaders's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Coalition of Asian American Leaders runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Coalition of Asian American Leaders
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
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 Coalition of Asian American Leaders: 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 Coalition of Asian American Leaders?
- Coalition of Asian American Leaders (Minnesota) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,058,534 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($2,500,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Coalition of Asian American Leaders have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $13,058,534 in grants to Coalition of Asian American Leaders, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Coalition of Asian American Leaders?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Coalition of Asian American Leaders find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 44 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