Illinois · Nonprofit
THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER
THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,589 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($48,889). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $348k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Korean American Resource & Cultural Center does
Mission
To enhance the lives of korean american in the chicago area through education, social services, cultural and community organizing
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Social ServicesKorean American Resource and Cultural Center KRCC assists community members gaining U.S. citizenship, visa renewal, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status. KRCC coordinates outreach, holds workshops, and provide services to individual members by appointment and walk-ins. KRCC also supports community members by providing translation, advocacy, and interpretation at immigration services and courts. KRCC also holds workshops on citizenship test and mock interviews. Additionally, KRCC develops and provides education on how American government works and the role of its citizens. Furthermore, KRCC supports community members by providing education on how to vote, when to vote, where to vote, and by providing translation, transportation, and needed assistance on election days. KRCC works in collaboration with organizations such as Korean American Human Service Coalition, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and Asian American and Arab American Collaboration on Deferred Action.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $59k → $8k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
88% 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 KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER'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.
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In Illinois
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
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 THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER: 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 KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER?
- THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,589 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ($48,889). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $66,589 in grants to THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER?
- ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS is the largest funder on record, with $48,889 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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