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NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH
NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,352,213 to it, the largest being IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER ($548,991). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Nihonmachi Legal Outreach Dba Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach does
Mission
Api legal outreach works to tear down long-standing barriers that have denied asiansand pacific islanders equal justice and equal access to the american legal system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Violence against womeneach year, thousands of survivors of domestic violence and individuals in crisis call our offices seeking legal advice and assistance. Some call from a shelter or afriend's safe-home
$5,022,584 spent100% of program spendingImmigration and naturalizationwhile the hallmarks of the immigration project - direct services and community education - remained constant, our staff focused much of its attention during the past year to expanding virtual access to our services to the diverse api community.some of the highlights included:* collaborated with api community groups to make immigration services more accessible.* established a variety of community-based clinics in alameda, san mateo, andsan francisco counties.* provided a full range of immigration services and advocating for immigrantrights, including combating the increasing numbers of deportations that separatefamilies and destabilize communities.
Human traffickingpreying on the desperation and dreams of vulnerable immigrants around the world,human traffickers lure their victims to the u.s. With false promises and tales ofliving the american dream. Most victims are pulled to the u.s. By the hope ofopportunity and pushed from their home country by the lack of the same chances ofmaking a better life for themselves and their loved ones. But once in the u.s., theexperiences of these individuals are strikingly similar: abuse, threats of violenceand retaliation, elimination of personal liberty and free agency, and dehumanizingtreatment that crushes the dignity, self esteem, and self worth of the victim. For the fortunate few that are able to escape their trafficking situations, these men, women, and children all too often deal with seemingly insurmountable challenges of daily survival: they are in a foreign land, unable to speak english, terrified of police and immigration, no knowledge about available help or resources, and little or no money or even any idea about where they will be sleeping that night.the anti-trafficking project of api legal outreach serves these needs. We providelegal representation to these individuals to…
In-kind legal servicesduring the year ended december 31, 2024, a substantial number of unpaidprofessionals have made significant contributions of time and services to variousdepartments or programs of api legal outreach. Api legal outreach has estimated thevalue of these in-kind services as follows: (1) pro-bono attorneys were valued at$200-$300 per hour, (2) law clerks and legal assistants were valued at $100 perhour, (3) non-attorneys were valued at $50 per hour. The total estimated marketvalue of these professional services amounted to $171,750 for the year endeddecember 31, 2024.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,022,584.
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 $4.3M to $5.1M (+19%).
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.
5% of NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Dean Ito Taylor
Exec director
Board chair
Jerett Yan
Co-chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $104k → $254k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH’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
NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
79% 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 NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 77% · 2019 36% · 2020 37% · 2021 42% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% — 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 NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
74% of NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $545k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH is better cushioned than half of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH?
- NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,352,213 to it, the largest being IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER ($548,991). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,352,213 in grants to NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH?
- IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $548,991 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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