Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,673,378

Total expenses

$1,290,866

Contributions and grants received

$1,612,358

Grants paid

$165,000

Program service revenue

$53,372

Investment income

$7,648

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,069,837

Total liabilities, end of year

$82,054

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,987,783

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,183,385

Management and general expenses

$79,900

Fundraising expenses

$27,581

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,183,385

Program services were 91.7% 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 · 2023

• AARW ORGANIZES PAN-ASIAN COMMUNITIES AROUND ISSUES OF DISPLACEMENT AND SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH ASIAN YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, NARRATIVE STRATEGY PROJECTS AND THE BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, WORKSHOPS AND POLITICAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, SPACES FOR MEMBERS TO BUILD THEIR ORGANIZING SKILLS AND RESPOND TO TIMELY ISSUES WITHIN THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO SPEAK VIETNAMESE, AROUND ISSUES OF HOUSING AND IMMIGRATION. HERE IS A LIST OF THE PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT:-DORCHESTER ORGANIZING AND TRAINING INITIATIVE: DOT-I IS AN INNOVATIVE ORGANIZING SPACE FOR VIETNAMESE AMERICAN YOUNG ADULTS WHO LIVE IN DORCHESTER. FELLOWS ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS AROUND HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, AND EDUCATION EQUITY.-DORCHESTER TENANT ORGANIZING & DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT: AARW IS GROWING BASE-BUILDING OF WORKING-CLASS VIETNAMESE TENANTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ORGANIZE WITHIN A MULTIRACIAL COMMUNITY PUSHING BACK AGAINST UNAFFORDABLE AND SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT BY SUPPORTING POLICY AND SOLUTIONS SUCH AS TENANT PROTECTIONS TO STABILIZE HOUSING.-SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEPORTATION DEFENSE PROJECT: WE SUPPORT SOUTHEAST ASIAN FAMILIES (MOSTLY CAMBODIAN AND VIETNAMESE) IMPACTED BY DEPORTATION THROUGH CASE SUPPORT, ORGANIZING, AN ACTIVE SUPPORT COMMITTEE, AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICY REFORMS ON THE LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. -GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - AARW HOSTS MONTHLY GENERAL MEMBER MEETINGS TO DEVELOP THE SHARED POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR MEMBERS, AND CULTIVATE THE ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ORGANIZING EFFORTS.-ACTIVIST TRAINING INSTITUTE: ATI IS A PAN-ASIAN INTENSIVE ORGANIZING TRAINING SPACE BUILDING THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZERS IN GREATER BOSTON TO ORGANIZE.-NARRATIVE STRATEGY TEAM: THIS WORK HIGHLIGHTS OUR MEMBERS' STORIES IN THE SERVICE OF ORGANIZING CAMPAIGNS. MEMBERS SUBMIT STORIES ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THEMES LIKE IMMIGRATION OR HOUSING, WHICH PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR CREATIVITY AND LIFTS UP MARGINALIZED VOICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE WORKING ON A PODCAST, ZINE, AND OTHER STORYTELLING CIRCLES.-C-SALT: OUR NEW CAMBRIDGE & SOMERVILLE SOUTH ASIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING (C-SALT) PROGRAM HAS COMPLETED THREE COHORTS OF SOUTH ASIAN YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS FROM CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH ORGANIZING TRAINING AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S CAMPAIGN WORK. -RAISE BOSTON: GIVEN THE FACT THAT 1/3 OF THE UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION IN MA IDENTIFY AS ASIAN, WE SEE OUR GROWING WORK WITH THE UNDOCUMENTED ASIAN COMMUNITY AS CRITICAL. RAISE BOSTON IS A SPACE FOR YOUNG UNDOCUMENTED AAPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TOGETHER, BUILD A BASE, AND PUSH FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE. ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS WE ORGANIZE AGAINST DISPLACEMENT IN ALL ITS FORMS. WE FOCUS ON ORGANIZING AROUND HOUSING JUSTICE, DEPORTATION DEFENSE AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT, WHILE SUPPORTING OTHER ISSUES OF RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

  Expenses $1,183,385 · Grants $165,000 · Revenue $53,372

As filed on the 2023 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

• ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP

  $40,000

  YATZU CHANG SALARY

• CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION

  $20,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $20,000

  COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

• BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER

  $20,000

  COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

• ASIAN TASK FORCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

  $20,000

  COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

• CAMBODIAN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOWELL INC

  $20,000

  COMBAT ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE

• VIETNAMESE AMERICAN INITITATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT INC

  $20,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520569349300017

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