Minnesota · Nonprofit
LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,549,931 to it, the largest being Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc ($1,471,931). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $352k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $447k
What Lao Advancement Organization of America does
Mission
The mission is to advance educational and economic opportunities for Lao people and strengthen their connection to Lao culture and traditional values.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Health Education and Prevention Programs reach seniors with important preventive health information. Activities include exercise (Tai-Chi Quan-Moving for a better balance). The culturally-tailored meals program served 113 clients a total of 8,250 meals home-delivered by van and congregant dining at the center. It promotes good health, improves nutrition status, and increases socialization. Additional activities we offer include ethnic dance, elder's wisdom (elder circle), picnics, field trips, garden, SNAP, and socialize with others. Civic Engagement and Community Empowerment Programs offer English Language, Basic computer use, and Citizenship classes.With the Dementia Program we provided 1,115 information materials. The Health Ed program served 105. There were three participants in Adult Day care. Home Respite Care was a new program and served 25 clients.
$137,980 spent$212,695 earned by the program47% of program spendingAssisted transportation programs served 108 clients with 2,200 rides. assisted transportation is provided for clients 60 and over to a variety of destinations including medical appointments, food shelf, congregate dining, daily errands, educational classes and socialization
$91,999 spentof which $83,526 as grants31% of program spendingSpecial Access programs provide advocacy to access daily needed services in a timely manner and ensure fair treatment from community-based and government resources such as: legal, healthcare, SNAP, housing, social services providers. Many Lao and Hmong seniors may not know where to find help for issues that they face. The staff and volunteers are able to understand the cultural context of a problem and can assist individual seniors in expressing their needs. Special Access reached 110 clients with 455 individual services.
$62,502 spentof which $57,431 as grants21% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $292,481.
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 2019 to 2020, from $275k to $606k (+120%).
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 91% · 2018 62% · 2019 64% · 2020 4% · 2021 18% · 2022 18% · 2023 29% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Oudone Lamkhamphoui
Chair Board of Directors
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $132k → $154k.
From the IRS filings of LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA’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
LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 87% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA's grant income comes from Minnesota 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.
Against its field
LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: 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 LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA?
- LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,549,931 to it, the largest being Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc ($1,471,931). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,549,931 in grants to LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA?
- Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,471,931 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAO ADVANCEMENT ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA 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.
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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