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Nonprofit · EIN 36-3844385

ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO

Tax-exempt · CHICAGO, IL 60640

Financials

$6.7M$2M2023$2.2M$2M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$2,226,415$2,044,628$181,787$10,851,871$585,170$10,266,701
June 30, 2024990$6,732,087$2,047,777$4,684,310$10,608,072$523,158$10,084,914
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,556,047
Program service revenue
$40,695
Investment income
$126,371
Other revenue
$503,302

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$110,308
Other salaries and wages
$1,098,150
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,413,791
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$125,603
Travel
$9,019
Depreciation
$26,932
Program services (functional)
$1,571,931
Management and general (functional)
$194,348
Fundraising (functional)
$278,349

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$10,608,072
Total assets, end of year
$10,851,871
Total liabilities, end of year
$585,170
Net assets, end of year
$10,266,701
Land, buildings and equipment
$110,918
Publicly traded securities
$6,281,029
Net assets without donor restrictions
$9,741,043
Net assets with donor restrictions
$525,658
Gross receipts
$2,226,415
Employees
18
Volunteers
0
Year formed
1992
State of legal domicile
IL

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
GRACE PAIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$110,308
JEAN KIMCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
AISHA GHORI OZAKIVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
YOUNGMEE KOTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
CATHY NIENGSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
KARTHIK RAJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHAEL P CHUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARK ANTHONY FLORIDODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHEEHAN BANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARIA ODIAMAR RACHODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RUMMANA HUSSAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GEORGE AYEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
GRACE PAIEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$100,109
KHAI YANGCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
KARTHIK RAJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
JEAN KIMVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
YOUNGMEE KOTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
MICHAEL P CHUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARK ANTHONY FLORIDODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHEEHAN BANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MILYNN MAPALODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHY NIENGSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1$0
AISHA GHORI OZAKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARIA ODIAMAR RACHODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARY MAMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RUMMANA HUSSAINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4716 N BROADWAY ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640-4909
In care of
% TUYET LE
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
KHAI YANG, 4716 N BROADWAY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Signed the 990
GRACE PAI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(773) 271-0899
Return prepared by
BG ADVISORS CPA LTD

Mission

THE MISSION OF ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE-CHICAGO, AN AFFILIATE MEMBER OF ADVANCING JUSTICE, IS TO BUILD POWER THROUGH COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING TO ACHIEVE RACIAL EQUITY.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING:ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO DEVELOPS GRASSROOTS LEADERS TO LEAD CAMPAIGNS TO ACHIEVE RACIAL EQUITY. THROUGH OUR BASE-BUILDING PROGRAMS KINETIC, I SPEAK POWER, AND A JUST CHI, WE CENTER THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.KINETIC IS ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO'S CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH IN CHICAGO. THROUGH KINETIC WE BUILD A COMMUNITY FOR, AND INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN CHICAGO.I SPEAK POWER CULTIVATES GRASSROOTS LEADERS THROUGH ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) CLASSES AT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN CHICAGO. THROUGH I SPEAK POWER, WE EMPOWERCOMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND BE LEADERS FOR CHANGE.A JUST CHI IS A COMMUNITY OF LEADERS WHO ARE ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL EQUITY. ANYONE CAN JOIN A JUST CHI TO MEET NEW PEOPLE AND GET INVOLVED WITH ONGOING CAMPAIGNS. THE GROUP MEETS MONTHLY AT THE ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO OFFICE.
    Expenses $198,580
  • ADVOCACY:ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO IS A COALITION LEADER IN CHICAGO, IN ILLINOIS, AND NATIONWIDE. TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE WITH A UNIFIED VOICE AND EXERCISE OUR POWER TO WIN CAMPAIGNS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.MOST RECENTLY, ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO LED THE EFFORT TO PASS THE TEACHING EQUITABLE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY (TEAACH) ACT, WHICH REQUIRES ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS TO TEACH ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY STARTING IN THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR. AS THE CONVENER OF THE PAN-ASIAN VOTER EMPOWERMENT (PAVE) COALITION, WE ORGANIZE WITH ASIAN AMERICAN-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN CHICAGO AND THE SUBURBS TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION. TOGETHER WITH PAVE, WE ORGANIZE THE ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN ACTION DAY IN SPRINGFIELD AND MAYORAL CANDIDATE FORUMS DURING CHICAGO MUNICIPAL ELECTION YEARS.AS A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS (ICIRR), WE JOIN A POWERFUL COALITION OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO WIN CAMPAIGNS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES. JUST DEMOCRACY IS A BROAD-BASED AND DIVERSE COALITION THAT WORKS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE VALUE OF A SINGLE VOTE, NO MATTER THE GEOGRAPHIC, RACIAL, ETHNIC OR PARTY AFFILIATION OF THE VOTER. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS ACROSS ILLINOIS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THE PASSAGE OF AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION, ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION, AND ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION IN ILLINOIS.
    Expenses $370,407
  • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT:WE ORGANIZE OUR COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS AND ACROSS THE MIDWEST TO BE ENGAGED YEAR-ROUND IN ORDER TO GROW OUR POWER. WE GET OUT THE VOTE DURING ELECTION SEASONS, EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES ON ISSUES, AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WIN CAMPAIGNS.ELECTIONS ARE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE EXERCISE OUR POWER AS A COMMUNITY. WE CONDUCTSEASONAL GET OUT THE VOTE CAMPAIGNS WITH THE PAN-ASIAN VOTER EMPOWERMENT (PAVE) COALITION TO REGISTER, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO SHOW UP AND DISPLAY OUR POWER ON ELECTION DAY.ASIAN AMERICAN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE HISTORICALLY FACED BARRIERS THAT PREVENT PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS. WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES' RIGHTS TO VOTE BY RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND DEPLOYING VOLUNTEER POLL MONITORS TO OVER 100 PRECINCTS EVERY ELECTION DAY TO ENSURE THAT VOTERS' RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED.ASIAN AMERICANS FACE A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE STATE. WE EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES YEAR-ROUND ON ISSUES AND CURRENT EVENTS, PROMOTING ACTION BEYOND ELECTION SEASON.EVERY YEAR, WE ORGANIZE A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY DAY IN SPRINGFIELD WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE PAVE COALITION. OVER 300 ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY TO RALLY AND MEET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES.A COMPLETE CENSUS COUNT ENSURES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES GET THE RESOURCES AND REPRESENTATION THAT THEY DESERVE. HISTORICALLY, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE AMONG THOSE MOST LIKELY TO BE UNDERCOUNTED. IN THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS, WE WILL BE WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES AND GET A COMPLETE COUNT OF AAPI COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS.
    Expenses $357,711
  • YOUTH PROGRAMS:KINETIC IS A YOUTH-FOCUSED, CIVIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. EVERY YEAR APPROXIMATELY 115 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN OUR KINETIC PROGRAMS. THIS INCLUDES OUR AFTER-SCHOOL AND IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS, OUR SUMMER CORPS AND SERVICE-LEARNING TRIP TO SPRINGFIELD. OUR KINETIC LEADERS SUCCESSFULLY WON THEIR VERY FIRST CAMPAIGN! KINETIC YOUTH LEADERS ORGANIZED THEIR PEERS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO TESTIFY AT A CPS BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AND MEET WITH CPS OFFICIALS AND WERE ABLE TO CHANGE THE WORLD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT TO BE MORE EQUITABLE FOR ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS.
    Expenses $645,233
  • ADVANCING JUSTICE AFFILIATION:ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE IS A NATIONAL AFFILIATION OF FIVE LEADING ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATING FOR THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL. THE AFFILIATION'S MEMBERS ARE: ADVANCING JUSTICE - ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE CENTER (WASHINGTON, D.C.), ADVANCING JUSTICE - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ADVANCING JUSTICE - ATLANTA, ADVANCING JUSTICE - ASIAN LAW CAUCUS (SAN FRANCISCO), AND ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO. WE ENVISION A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL THAT ENSURES CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER-AS EQUAL AND INDEPENDENT PARTNERS UNDER ONE NAME, SPEAKING WITH ONE UNIFIED AND POWERFUL VOICE-TO PROMOTE JUSTICE, EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES, BRING LOCAL AND NATIONAL CONSTITUENTS TOGETHER, AND STRENGTHEN OUR MULTI-RACIAL DEMOCRACY.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
36-3844385
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1993
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Social science (V33Z)
Assets (IRS master file)
$10,851,871
Income (IRS master file)
$2,226,415

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$2,226,415$2,044,628$10,851,871XML
990June 2024$6,732,087$2,047,777$10,608,072XML
990June 2023$2,293,890$1,420,530$5,476,652IRS
990June 2022$3,425,660$2,029,188$4,625,631IRS
990June 2021–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-3844385).

Questions about ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO

What is the EIN of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO is 36-3844385.
Is ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
Are donations to ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names KHAI YANG.
Who are the officers and directors of ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $110,308 (GRACE PAI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - CHICAGO have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,226,415, expenses of $2,044,628 and total assets of $10,851,871 at year end.

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