Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC
COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,309,487 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($672,142). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Council of Korean Americans Inc does
Mission
We aspire to a world in which korean american leaders serve at the highest levels in society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership development and mentoring: programs and activities supporting the development of future korean american leaders through scholarships, internships, education, and mentoring, and the national leadership conference exploring korean american issues, culture, impact and identity.
$267,930 spent$35,986 earned by the program20% of program spendingMembership: programs and activities designed to grow the membership of the council and to deepen the engagement of members in the council's mission. Since 2011, cka has been building a movement. We began as an all-volunteer group of korean american leaders in sf, dc, and la who wanted to build a national organization to strengthen the voice, visibility, and influence of our community. Today, cka has three full-time staff, 17 board members, 400+ members, and a global network of partner organizations and supporters.
$889,057 spent$313,746 earned by the program66% of program spendingVoice and advocacy: programs and activities that promote civic engagement of korean americans and advance our advocacy positions on issues, including, for example, north korea, civil rights, race relations. Cka is the leading independent, nonpartisan, national leadership organization for korean americans. We are dedicated to connecting, inspiring, and equipping multi-generational leaders for greater influence and impact. We also build coalitions across racial and ethnic groups so that korean americans can have a broader impact. As korean americans, we understand what it means to rise above challenges and deal with adversity.
$68,420 spent$634 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$119,238 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,344,645.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $2.4M (+59%).
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.
102% of COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC’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. 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
Abraham Kim
Executive director
Board chair
Peter Huh
Chair until november 2024
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $124k → $953k.
22 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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
60% 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 COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 27% · 2019 24% · 2020 19% · 2021 32% · 2022 13% · 2023 42% — 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
56% of COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
60% of COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC
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, D.C.
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
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC: 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 COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC?
- COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,309,487 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($672,142). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $4,309,487 in grants to COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $672,142 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 45 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