New York · Nonprofit
MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC
MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,839,143 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($3,421,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $9.8M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc does
Mission
Companys mission is empowering the korean american community, and wider asian american and immigrant communities, to achieve economic and social justice for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy & community organizing - represents community needs on the federal ,state and local levels of government and provides our community the platform to engage in grassroots organizing and activism.
$218,713 spent9% of program spendingSocial & legal services - offers a comprehensive range of free social and legal services to more than 8,000 low-income community members, mostly are limited english proficient immigrants who have difficulty gaining potential available resources.
$1,536,887 spentof which $63,097 as grants66% of program spendingCivic participation - lead the apa voice (voting and organizing for increased civic engagement) - a eighteen-member collaborative dedicated to demonstrating both the power and needs of the asian-american immigrant population through voter turnout and education.
$401,381 spentof which $192,000 as grants17% of program spendingYouth empowerment & culture -provides asian-american high school youth the opportunity to learn new skills outside of an academic setting through education , service and interpersonal development/team-building. To perform poongmul, an ensemble of traditional korean percussion instruments representing various elements of the universe.
$164,354 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,321,335.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.3M to $4.3M (+32%).
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 6% · 2018 12% · 2019 13% · 2021 28% · 2022 47% · 2023 44% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
John Park
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $247k → $3.2M.
11 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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
MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
83% 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 MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 56% · 2019 47% · 2020 36% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
39% of MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
82% of MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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
84% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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 MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,839,143 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($3,421,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $9,839,143 in grants to MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,421,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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.
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 57 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