California · Nonprofit
KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER
KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,597 to it, the largest being SHIRAKIKU FOUNDATION ($169,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $484k
- Net assets
- $588k
What Korean American Special Education Center does
Mission
The entitys programs and services are directed toward people with disabilities and their families, and raise awareness of disabilities in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grant-funded community support programs: kasec implemented several grant-funded projects to support children with developmental disabilities and their families across california. These included: 1. Free early developmental screenings for children ages 0-5 2. A mental health awareness campaign tailored to korean american communities 3. The ongoing development of a culturally responsive parent training curriculum, designed to help immigrant families better understand and navigate developmental disability services.
$261,730 spent$268,980 earned by the program32% of program spendingKasec provides a range of programs and services supporting individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, as well as their families. Key services include inclusive basketball and music programs, adhd consultation, parenting seminars and workshops, and developmental and autism diagnostic services. All programs are designed to support the education, well-being, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities within the community.
$565,917 spent$262,402 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $827,647.
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 2017 to 2018, from $125k to $302k (+141%).
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: 2018 23% · 2019 32% · 2020 9% · 2021 18% · 2022 25% · 2023 26% · 2024 33% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Sungheon Kang
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $27k → $83k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER’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 SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
29% 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 SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 55% · 2019 75% · 2020 54% · 2021 44% · 2022 67% · 2023 30% — 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
50% of KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
100% of KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k 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
KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER: 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 KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER?
- KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $483,597 to it, the largest being SHIRAKIKU FOUNDATION ($169,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $483,597 in grants to KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER?
- SHIRAKIKU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $169,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER 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.
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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 14 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