Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,226,415

Total expenses

$2,044,628

Contributions and grants received

$1,556,047

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$40,695

Investment income

$126,371

Other revenue

$503,302

Total assets, end of year

$10,851,871

Total liabilities, end of year

$585,170

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$10,266,701

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,571,931

Management and general expenses

$194,348

Fundraising expenses

$278,349

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,571,931

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

3 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202533379349300033

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