California · Nonprofit
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,402 to it, the largest being Working Partnerships USA ($417,918). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $450k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $917k
- Net assets
- $394k
What Vietnamese American Roundtable does
Mission
The Vietnamese American Roundtable (VAR) envisions a strong and unified Vietnamese American community that works towards improving our quality of life. To this end, VAR focuses our mission to organize, advocate, and educate our community. We accomplish this through mobilization, advocacy, and education - mobilization through events and coalition building, advocacy through empowering and strategy, and education through panels, workshops and cultural events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Working Partnerships USA - Worker Education | As a part of the Fair Workplace Collaborative in service of the constituents of Santa Clara County, VAR organized monthly virtual and in person workers rights trainings for underprivileged employees and laborers. These trainings and other educational information provided resources regarding unlawful labor practices and were disseminated to over 2000 constituents over the course of the year
$49,745 spent$66,687 earned by the program14% of program spendingCOVID19 and Community Outreach | Sierra Health/CZI Grant | VAR partnered with a local community health center, along with other community-based organizations, to provide outreach, education, and information regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccination equity. Weekly newsletters and bi-weekly ethnic radio shows were broadcast to distribute updates and information regarding welfare programs, food distribution, EDD/unemployment, and holistic care to community members that reached over 30,000 Facebook views and engagements via social media. As a part of our vaccine and testing equity campaign, we directed 100+ community members to get vaccinated, and distributed over 2000 COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at several cultural events.
$40,969 spent$37,478 earned by the program11% of program spendingVAR's racial justice projects aim to amplify and uplift the histories, identities, narratives, and experiences of refugees, immigrants, and their descendants against the backdrop of social and racial inequity. The Student Engagement and Education for Development and Success (SEEDS) Summer Youth Program annually hosts 20-30 young local high school and collegiate leaders ages 14-24 to participate in project-based workshops and activities to identify civic and social issues and develop solutions for their communities. The Let's Be Rieu (Let's Be Real) Program is a monthly facilitated conversations on topics of racial justice (anti-AAPI hate, Black Lives Matter, political participation and representation) that has brought together inquiring youth to open up and share their thoughts on contemporary matters relevant to their experiences and identities. Com Gia Dinh is a hybrid anthological project in progress that aims to capture the narratives of community members across generations and languages through food and storytelling. The Com Gia Dinh Project aims to address the adverse impacts of anti-Asian hate and violence by collecting, compiling, and presenting the humanistic experiences…
$55,043 spent$82,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingBlack April | On April 30, 2021, VAR commemorated the 46th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon virtually on the theme of "Resilience, Renewal, and Representation." Over 4700 people were reached nationwide with 295 engagements and 2000 views of the live stream that was broadcasted on VAR's Facebook and YouTube pages. The program featured community dialogues, artwork, music, keynote speeches, and dance performances by local and national Vietnamese Americans who collectively reflected on our community's shared past"
$33,299 spent$18,952 earned by the program9% of program spendingParent Pod
$482 spent0% of program spendingCom Gia Dinh
$17,001 spent$15,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingSeeds
$43,905 spent$21,191 earned by the program12% of program spendingLnysj
$116,335 spent$106,842 earned by the program32% of program spendingLny
$4,932 spent1% of program spendingCivic Engagement
$4,712 spent$72,289 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $366,423.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $188k to $567k (+202%).
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: 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 29% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Philip Nguyen
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $16k → $74k.
5 of 11 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 VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE’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
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 94% · 2020 56% · 2021 48% · 2022 30% · 2023 52% — 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
40% of VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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 VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209k 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
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE
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
73% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE?
- VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,402 to it, the largest being Working Partnerships USA ($417,918). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $917,402 in grants to VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE?
- Working Partnerships USA is the largest funder on record, with $417,918 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 11 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