Nonprofits›The Asian American Foundation

Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

The Asian American Foundation

WASHINGTON, DC

WebsiteView as a funder

Total revenue

$18.9M

Total expenses

$26.1M

Net assets

$72.4M

Grants received

$51.9M

95 grants

EIN

852050585

Tax year

2024

Mission

The asian american foundation (taaf) serves the aapi community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander and violence, in furtherance of its charitable mission taaf conducts.

Programs

4 programs

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Expenses: $5.7MGrants: $40K

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Expenses: $2.7MGrants: $1.4M

Narrative changetaaf's narrative change efforts elevate stories and storytellers that combat stereotypes and contribute to aanhpi'sbeing seen in their full humanity. Taaf invests in debut filmmakers and underrepresented aapi voices, mentorship andtraining to advance the careers of aapi creatives, and research supporting aapi leaders in media, entertainment andjournalism.

Expenses: $2.6MGrants: $1.2M

Data & research.

Expenses: $1.7M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$16.9M
Program service revenue—
Investment income$2.0M
Other revenue—
Total revenue$18.9M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.1M
Salaries & benefits$6.8M
Fundraising$166K
Other expenses$10.2M
Total expenses$26.1M
Total assets$77.9M
Net assets$72.4M

People

15 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ISABEL KIM

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$305K

40 hrs/wk

NORMAN CHEN

CEO AND DIRECTOR

Board

$90K

40 hrs/wk

PENG ZHAO

CO-CHAIRMAN

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

RUSHIKA FERNANDOPULLE

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

SHAMINA SINGH

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

SHEILA MARCELO

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

LI LU

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

JOSEPH BAE

CO-CHAIRMAN

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

JOE TSAI

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

JERRY YANG

DIRECTOR/TREASURER

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

GERALDINE ACUNA-SUNSHINE

DIRECTOR

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

PRISCA BAE

CHIEF PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER

Staff

$340K

40 hrs/wk

GEORGETTE BHATHENA

CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$313K

40 hrs/wk

ROHIT PAUL

CHIEF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OFFICER

Staff

$278K

40 hrs/wk

JOY MOH

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Staff

$242K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

THE DATAFACE LLC

GENERAL CONSULTING

$272K

ENFRANCHISEMENT PRODUCTIONS LLC

PRODUCTION CONSULTANT

$250K

SUNSHINE SACHS MORGAN LYLIS

PRODUCTION CONSULTANT

$233K

STUDIO PRODUCTIONS NYC LLC

MARKETING CONSULTANT

$203K

MARIA CHOI DBA RAISE FOR GOOD LLC

FUNDRAISING CONSULTING

$200K

Grants received

Showing 95 of 95

FromAmountPurposeYear
THE ZHAO-CHEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
$2M
TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ADVOVACY, POWER AND REPRESENTATION
2024
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$695K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$250K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
General Atlantic Foundation
$250K
General & Unrestricted
2024
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
$175K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
$175K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2024
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$161K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION
$141K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION
$125K
BACKING EQUAL FUTURES: TAAF
2024
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$110K
Civic Participation
2024
MARK & ANLA CHENG KINGDON FOUNDATION
$105K
GENERAL
2024
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$60K
IN SUPPORT OF ITS NARRATIVE CHANGE INITIATIVE, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SUPPORTING HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS AND CONVENINGS
2024
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
$50K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2024
Daffy Charitable Fund
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF MISSION
2024
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
$21K
Public, Societal Benefit
2024
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
$16K
CIVIL RIGHTS
2024
ANDREW SABIN FAMILY FOUNDATION
$1K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATIONS CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES
2024
Wallace H Coulter Trust
$1K
General Support
2024
JESSIE CHENG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO ASSIST RECIPIENT'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2024
JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION
$370
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
SAN FRANCISCO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
$200
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
FULU FOUNDATION
$25
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC
$4
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2024
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$3.1M
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$2.6M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$2.1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$2.0M
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
THE LI LU FOUNDATION
$2M
TO SUPPORT THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY IN THEIR PURSUIT OF BELONGING AND PROSPERITY THAT IS FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION, SLANDER, AND VIOLENCE.
2023
THE ZHAO-CHEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
$2M
TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ADVOVACY, POWER AND REPRESENTATION
2023
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
$1.1M
HUMAN SERVICE
2023
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
$500K
PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT
2023
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$250K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
WAL-MART FOUNDATION
$250K
RACIAL SOLIDARITY
2023
General Atlantic Foundation
$250K
General & Unrestricted
2023
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$170K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION
$133K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
NEW VENTURE FUND
$109K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION
$108K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$107K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$105K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
THE BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
MASTERCARD IMPACT FUND
$50K
SMALL BUSINESS
2023
General Atlantic Foundation
$25K
TAAF Summit Contribution 2023
2023
THE WARBURG PINCUS FOUNDATION
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
Zimmer Biomet Foundation Inc
$10K
General support for educational initiatives
2023
JUDITH EHM FOUNDATION
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
CHUBB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$2K
Matching Gifts
2023
THE MENEZES FOUNDATION INC
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
The James Irvine Foundation
$1K
For support of California activities
2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$518
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION
$50
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
NEW VENTURE FUND
$5.1M
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$2.5M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$2.1M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$2.0M
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
THE ZHAO-CHEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
$2M
TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO IMPROVE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ADVOVACY, POWER AND REPRESENTATION
2022
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
$1M
GENERAL
2022
THE KROGER CO FOUNDATION
$1M
ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
$1M
WIRE
2022
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
$350K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$300K
in support of implementation of the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act in Illinois
2022
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND
$268K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$250K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$146K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2022
ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION
$136K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$114K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
LLOYD A FRY FOUNDATION
$100K
FOR TEAACH ACT IMPLEMENTATION
2022
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$50K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
WOODS FUND OF CHICAGO
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
THE WARBURG PINCUS FOUNDATION
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
IMPACTASSETSINC
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
RLB Private Foundation
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS CHARITABLE
$10K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2022
THE ALLSTATE FOUNDATION
$10K
EIG Group Grant Program - 3AN
2022
THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
$3K
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION
2022
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$3.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$3.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC
$2.0M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$1M
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$1M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC
$252K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
HERBERT ALLEN FOUNDATION
$250K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
THE BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$121K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
The Chicago Community Trust
$101K
General operating support. In support of the Asian American Foundation's implementation of the TEAACH Act through Supporting a majority of Illinois English, Language Arts (ELA) and social sciences teachers with both curricular resources and associated professional development.
2021
The Chicago Community Trust
$101K
General operating support. In support of the Asian American Foundation's implementation of the TEAACH Act through Supporting a majority of Illinois English, Language Arts (ELA) and social sciences teachers with both curricular resources and associated professional development.
2021
ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION
$100K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
SHI ZHANG FAMILY FOUNDATION
$20K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2021
THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$20K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2021
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
$10K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2021
GANG TYRE RAMER BROWN & PASSMAN
$20K
PUBLIC INTEREST
2020
JESSIE CHENG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO ASSIST RECIPIENT'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
2020

Funded by

$51.9M from 53 funders · 95 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$11.7M · 4 grants · 2021–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$6.1M · 3 grants · 2021–2023

The Zhao-Chen Family Foundation Inc

$6M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

New Venture Fund

$5.2M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$4.3M · 3 grants · 2021–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$4.2M · 3 grants · 2021–2023

American Endowment Foundation

$2.1M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

The Li Lu Foundation

$2M · 1 grant · 2023

Details

EIN852050585
NTEE codeR22
Subsection03
Ruling date2021-09
Formed2020
Employees10
Volunteers15
THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo