Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,507,533

Total expenses

$1,690,238

Contributions and grants received

$1,360,943

Grants paid

$317,853

Program service revenue

$117,052

Investment income

$29,538

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$3,885,766

Total liabilities, end of year

$194,485

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,691,281

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,191,388

Management and general expenses

$411,338

Fundraising expenses

$87,512

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,191,388

Program services were 70.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• In 2023, CAAL continued the important work of the Linking Leaders Partnership and secured enough funding to pay for .5 FTE and a consultant to manage the program; there was a focus on developing clear messaging about the partnership and planned prioritize for 2024; additionally, the partnership launched the Truth and History Project, where 16 community leaders and 4 academic historians were interviewed to capture the lived experiences from each cultural community. All videos have been recorded and will be released in 2025.CAAL also built stronger relationships with the Edina Asian American Alliance and the Saint Paul Public School parents and students to organize a candidate forum.

  Expenses $219,974 · Grants $22,500 · Revenue $116,937

• CAAL worked on multiple bills this legislative session and it was a huge success. Details on page 44. In additional to important legislative wins, CAAL continues to be a trusted voice at the legislature building bipartisan relationships and working with all elected officials who care about Asian American issues. CAAL works in partnership with multiple organizations through cross-racial coalition work and our systems change successes are a result of these cross-racial coalitions

  Expenses $268,432 · Grants $3,000

• CAAL increased their network from 5000 to 5500 in the last two years due to our leadership support programs. CAAL also had a record number of participants in our programs, especially in our youth and parent programs. CAAL is now in 7 major school districts - Lino Lakes, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Edina, Inver Grove Heights, Anoka, and Washington. The parents and students from these school districts continue to participate in our advocacy work on Ethnic Studies and Anti-Asian Hate to ensure that Asian American students feel seen and heard in their schools and most importantly they feel safe.

  Expenses $257,714 · Grants $5,300

• Network Weaving: Convening, facilitating and gathering leaders across sectors, generations and ethnicities.

  Expenses $86,794 · Revenue $115

• Other 2023 Accomplishments: CAAL initiated the first Education Racial Solidarity program with funding from the Saint Paul Public Schools, training 15 parents, hosted a family retreat for 40 people, and collaborated with other organizations of color to convene a School Board candidate forum with all candidates. CAAL also distributed its first round of Stronger Together Small Business grants, hosted learning sessions, and connected with financial institutions. In regards to CAAL's legislative agenda, it won big in 2023 starting with a $4 million appropriation for the Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program that started in 2017 at $500,000 and has grown to a $4 million appropriation. Additionally, we passed important policy initiatives with Ethnic Studies, Driver's License, Combating Hate, and supporting immigrants in healthcare and other safety net programs. Equally, we had an extremely successful Day at the Capitol with over 200 attendees and 20 legislative visits. The Governor and Lt. Governor were both present along with bipartisan legislative supporters. We also partnered with Greater Minnesota organizations to reach out to Asian Americans in rural communities with less resources and serves. We were in Worthington, Rochester, and Duluth. We made significant hiring with a new Associate Director and two Movement Building Program Managers. We increased our Spark Grant amounts; we pushed for the re-classification of Hmong Americans under Southeast Asia; we traveled to DC to advocate for increased support for Anti-Asian Hate initiatives and funding.

  Expenses $358,474 · Grants $287,053

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MN8

  $234,221

  Fiscal sponsorship

• CAPI USA

  $52,833

  Transfer of funds received by CAAL from AMAJ to CAPI to use for the mission.

• Edina Community Foundation

  $10,000

  Edina Asian American Alliance Sponsorship.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

18 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202433139349301798

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