California · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN
THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $965,715 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($547,101). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $966k
- Net assets
- $679k
What The Center for Asian Pacific American Women does
Mission
Capaw is organized to develop and implement leadership programs that prepare, motivate and empower asian pacific women to increase the number and improve the quality of asian pacific american leadership in america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Asian paficic american womens leadership institute: the purpose is to promote the leadership of asian american, native hawaiian, and pacific islander (aanhpi) women in the public and private sectors by fostering the development of whole-person leaders. Share in the journey of being with other aanhpi woman leders to rediscover whats important to you and how you can enhance yourself in the role within your family, workplace, and community.
$59,711 spent15% of program spendingUnleash the shero in you this program was created for women of color who have been working professionally for five years or less. Our goals are to: increase level of self-confidence and make conscious choices about her personal and professional life; make a positive social impact around racism as a collective cohort; influence other women of color for a better chance at success - as defined by the individual; and learn about relationship mastery and how that is important to the career fulcrum.
$55,987 spent14% of program spendingWomen of color conference: capaw co-hosted the conference with weop.org we want to create opportunities to learn, connect and act to create a hopeful future. During the conference, participants had the opportunity to get connected, learn from each other, and share what they know to help others.
$42,581 spent10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$253,471 spent62% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $411,750.
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 $505k to $1.0M (+107%).
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.
91% of THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Sandy Dang
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $85k → $136k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN’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
THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 89% · 2022 42% · 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
67% of THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 63% 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
65% of THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $340k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $626k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN: 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 THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN?
- THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $965,715 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($547,101). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $965,715 in grants to THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $547,101 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN 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.
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 8 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