Illinois · Nonprofit
KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO
KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being BISCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $298k
What Korean American Women's Association of Chicago does
Mission
Kawac provides workshops and programs for all ages of korean american women in various areas by helping them to discover their own identities and achieving their dreams.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provides seminars, counseling services, workshops and radio broadcasting to help to achieve better marital/family life, community life, wellness and social assimilation
$8,978 spentof which $9,743 as grants42% of program spendingHold various cultural programs including concerts, book-reading meetings, and provide updated information for government programs and benefits for successful civic life
$6,861 spentof which $7,446 as grants32% of program spendingFacilitation of fraternity and harmony and friendship among members through various events, sports programs and recreations
$5,501 spentof which $5,970 as grants26% of program spendingKawac provides the scholarship to korean america students in order to encournage them to pursue their goals.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,340.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $157k to $229k (+46%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Soon Ja Kim
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.
From the IRS filings of KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO’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.
Where its funders are
100% of KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO: 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 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO?
- KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being BISCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO?
- BISCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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