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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ASIAN AMERICANS UNITED.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,107,429
Total expenses
$1,128,179
Contributions and grants received
$901,933
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$163,011
Investment income
$42,485
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,177,902
Total liabilities, end of year
$206,738
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,971,164
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$953,593
Management and general expenses
$109,595
Fundraising expenses
$64,991
Program service expenses (Part III)
$953,593

Program services were 84.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $16,033

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $885,900

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICES

    total $163,011 · related or exempt $163,011

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,485 · excluded $42,485

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $46,807

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $16,033

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $46,807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $80,417 · program services $24,125 · management and general $28,146 · fundraising $28,146

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $551,018 · program services $484,865 · management and general $49,470 · fundraising $16,683

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,891 · program services $37,438 · management and general $8,819 · fundraising $3,634

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,387 · program services $35,457 · management and general $10,277 · fundraising $5,653

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,850 · program services $14,108 · management and general $445 · fundraising $297

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $134,322 · program services $127,606 · management and general $4,030 · fundraising $2,686

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,669 · program services $18,668 · management and general $2,667 · fundraising $5,334

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,569 · program services $14,084 · management and general $2,485

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,963 · program services $5,963

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,141 · program services $2,141

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,687 · program services $1,164 · management and general $337 · fundraising $186

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,553 · program services $9,820 · management and general $1,733

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $169,852 · program services $169,852

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $6,123 · program services $4,286 · management and general $612 · fundraising $1,225

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $5,737 · program services $4,016 · management and general $574 · fundraising $1,147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $693,988 · end of year $633,497

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,388,408 · end of year $1,477,602

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,528 · end of year $56,095

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,692 · end of year $5,650

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $58,012

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $52,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,745 · end of year $5,058

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,400 · end of year $58,128

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $134,047 · end of year $148,610

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,725 · end of year $92,133

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,923,189 · end of year $1,879,031

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

AAU EXISTS SO THAT PEOPLE OF ASIAN ANCESTRY IN PHILADELPHIA EXERCISE LEADERSHIP TO BUILD THEIR COMMUNITIES AND UNITE TO CHALLENGE OPPRESSION. AAU'S ARTS AND CULTURE WORK CREATES SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN: BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY, REALIZING COMMUNITY MEMBERS' INHERENT ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE POTENTIAL, AND BUILDING PRIDE IN CULTURAL HERITAGE. AAU'S YOUTH WORK EXISTS SO THAT THE YOUTH BECOME INDIVIDUALLY, SOCIALLY, AND POLITICALLY AWARE; EXERCISE THEIR VOICE; AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVE STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE. THROUGH THIS WORK, WE CREATE LEADERS WHO SUSTAIN, FIGHT FOR, AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O AAU WORKS DILIGENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS IMPACTED BY ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AND ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS. AAU CONTINUED TO UPLIFT WORKING-CLASS STORIES THROUGH THE "OUR CHINATOWN" STORYTELLING PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE NEW TO PHILADELPHIA'S ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY. OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (CE) TEAM CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP BY HOSTING CITIZENSHIP CLINICS, SCREENING PEOPLE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND GREEN CARD APPLICATIONS, N- 400, I-90, AND I-912 APPLICATIONS, AND REVIEWING AND REFERRING ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES TO OUR LEGAL PARTNERS FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE CE TEAM ENGAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE U.S. CITIZENS TO EXCERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE BY HOSTING VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS IN CHINATOWN AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY CONDUCTED GET OUT THE VOTE EVENTS INCLUDING PHONE BANKING, TEXT BANKING, DOOR KNOCKING AND MAILINGS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE, AND POLLING MONITORING TO CONTINUE ENFORCEMENT OF LANGUAGE ACCESS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDEERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. AAU ORGANIZED A COLLECTIVE VOICE AND PEOPLE POWER AGAINST DISPLACEMENT THAT THREATENS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IN ADDITION TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY, AAU WORKED TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE OUR CULTURE AND NURTURE OUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. THROUGH OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, AAU RAN A SUMMER CAMP SERVING 100+ CHILDREN ACROSS THE CITY; FACILITATED MEETINGS AND BROUGHT THE INCH-BY-INCH GARDEN TO LIFE IN THE SPRING; TAUGHT DOZENS OF ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL YOUTH ABOUT MULTICULTURAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION; AND RALLIED FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION. THE CHINESE YOUTH ORGANIZING PROJECT (CYOP) HELD IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR PROVIDING SAFE SPACES FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH TO EXPLORE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEM. CYOP SUMMER YOUTH UNCOVERED HIDDEN STORIES AND CREATED CAPSTONE PROJECTS. OVER 300 YOUTH VOLUNTEERED AT THE 30TH ANNUAL MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, AND OVER 20 YOUTH SERVED AS LEAD COORDINATORS OF THE FESTIVAL, WHICH FEATURED CULTURAL HERITAGE PERFORMANCES, ARTS ACTIVITIES, CARNIVAL FOLK GAMES, RESOURCE INFORMATION AND CULMINATED WITH OUR LANTERN PARADE. AAU CELEBRATED 40 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND GROWING LEADERSHIP IN EACH GENERATION. FROM IMMIGRANT JUSTICE TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, FROM WORKERS' RIGHTS TO EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, FROM SAVING CHINATOWN TO BUILDING ALTERNATIVE VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE, AAU IS ENTERING THE NEXT DECADE EMPOWERED BY THE FOUNDATIONAL ORGANIZNG WE HAVE DONE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SUSTAIN US.

    Expenses $953,593 · Revenue $163,011

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • VIVIAN CHANG

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $80,418
    From this org
    $72,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,726
    Hours/week
    40

  • NEETA PATEL

    INTERIM PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JENNY CHEN

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TERESA ENGST

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HUIDAN MEI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RENYU WU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AISHIKA JENNELA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SYMBOL LAI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALIX WEBB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNY ZHANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNIE LO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2025
Filed
21 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622659349301007

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