New York · Nonprofit
KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC
KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $725,127 to it, the largest being ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC ($296,377). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $725k
- Net assets
- $109k
What Korean American Civic Empowerment for Community Inc does
Mission
Kace's mission is to empower the korean american community by promoting civic participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Becoming respected american citizens 8080 campaign - this year-round campaign is dedicated to increasing voter registration rates and voter turnout rates of korean americans to 80%. Candidate forums - kace hosts non-partisan candidates forums to help community members to make an educated decision in the election. Get out the vote - kace get out the vote campaign aims to mobilize the korean american voters to increase voter turnouts. Voter data analysis - kace has conducted a yearly analysis of new york and new jersey voter data. Kace is the only organization that offers annual publication of voter data.
$244,868 spent78% of program spendingEmpowering our community kace legal task force - the kace legal task force was established in february 2017 and have been working tirelessly on behalf of the korean immigration community by providing workshops, seminars, media presentations, publications and mobilizing korean american churches. Civic academy - in collaboration with community organizations, kace offers community education programs on the social benefit programs. Town hall meeting - kace hosts a series of town hall meetings, where elected politicians meet their constiutes, discuss and come up with solutions to local issues.
$61,217 spent20% of program spendingTraining next generation to become proud community leaders: 2021 grassroots internship program - the internship workshop includes korean american identity, asian american immigration history, federal/state/local government system, voter registration study, grassroots activism study, and a wider variety of topics. Interns will require hands-on experiences and knowledge to understand the society and figure out their own contribution to make for the community. Young leadership development - to bridge the gap between the generations in the community, kace is relentlessly working to cultivate leadership groups in the region. The leadership development of young korean american is a key component of the effort to build the sustainable community.
$6,711 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $312,796.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $218k to $331k (+52%).
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: 2021 23% · 2022 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Kim Dohyung
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $13k → $162k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 75% · 2023 43% — 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
25% of KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
84% of KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $229k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,800 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC?
- KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $725,127 to it, the largest being ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC ($296,377). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $725,127 in grants to KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC?
- ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $296,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 11 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