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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE ATLANTA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,120,857
Total expenses
$7,999,578
Contributions and grants received
$6,660,369
Grants paid
$447,000
Program service revenue
$69,663
Investment income
$388,625
Other revenue
$2,200
Total assets, end of year
$10,268,412
Total liabilities, end of year
$786,648
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,481,764
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,286,809
Management and general expenses
$1,315,452
Fundraising expenses
$397,317
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,286,809

Program services were 78.6% 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

    $43,173

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,617,196

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DEMOCRACY LAB

    total $67,093 · related or exempt $67,093

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICES

    total $2,570 · related or exempt $2,570

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $318,825 · excluded $318,825

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,200

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,200 · excluded $2,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,046,494

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $976,694

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $69,800

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $69,800 · excluded $69,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,664

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

    $43,173

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,664

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $447,000 · program services $447,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $981,065 · program services $753,080 · management and general $164,432 · fundraising $63,553

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,123,328 · program services $1,630,844 · management and general $352,999 · fundraising $139,485

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $394,467 · program services $301,287 · management and general $70,726 · fundraising $22,454

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $234,258 · program services $180,307 · management and general $39,406 · fundraising $14,545

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,047 · program services $18,047

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,000 · management and general $17,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $33,164 · management and general $33,164

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,638,896 · program services $1,555,993 · management and general $58,486 · fundraising $24,417

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $229,576 · program services $229,576

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $307,261 · program services $165,203 · management and general $133,868 · fundraising $8,190

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $218,154 · program services $73,390 · management and general $49,539 · fundraising $95,225

  • 17 · Travel

    total $255,963 · program services $179,680 · management and general $68,081 · fundraising $8,202

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,749 · program services $7,651 · management and general $5,098

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,937 · program services $7,762 · management and general $5,175

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,028 · program services $4,392 · management and general $5,636

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $429,829 · program services $427,687 · management and general $282 · fundraising $1,860

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $333,597 · program services $289,684 · management and general $25,332 · fundraising $18,581

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $205,079 · management and general $205,079

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $85,494 · program services $10,107 · management and general $75,387

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,686 · program services $5,119 · management and general $5,762 · fundraising $805

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,646,891 · end of year $1,508,681

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $742,421 · end of year $1,031,175

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,417 · end of year $325,550

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,080 · end of year $4,764

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

    $101,576

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

    $70,172

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,365 · end of year $31,404

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,137,048 · end of year $6,992,087

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $448,042 · end of year $374,751

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $428,841 · end of year $400,790

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $440,178 · end of year $385,858

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,606,728 · end of year $8,441,577

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $576,517 · end of year $1,040,187

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services, organizing & civic engagement, and impact litigation.

  • Civic engagement and organizingCEO works with community partner organizations to make sure Georgia's Asian American and immigrant communities have all of the in-language information support they need to register and vote successfully.

    Expenses $4,526,503 · Grants $447,000 · Revenue $67,093

  • Legal Services Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta provides a range of free and low cost immigration legal services in Georgia.

    Expenses $880,153 · Revenue $2,570

  • Policy Advocacy We work collaboratively with other immigrant and civil rights groups to make sure that we stand united and work on issues that impact people of color. Every year we host an advocacy day for the largest gathering of the Asian American community, business, and faith leaders at our state capitol.

    Expenses $880,153

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephanie Cho

    DIR. DEMOCRACY LAB

    Total calculated
    $166,756
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,756
    Filer's total
    $166,756

  • Murtaza Khwaja

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $151,876
    From this org
    $140,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,240
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,636
    Filer's total
    $151,876

  • Cappel Sookdeo

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $150,390
    From this org
    $134,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,140
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,250
    Filer's total
    $150,390

  • Meredyth Yoon

    DIR. OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $134,073
    From this org
    $117,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,973
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chan Woo

    DIR. OF COMMUNICAT

    Total calculated
    $130,504
    From this org
    $113,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,964
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Lee

    DIR. OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $130,322
    From this org
    $113,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,782
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bruce Janae

    COO

    Total calculated
    $117,143
    From this org
    $110,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,725
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shaney B Lokken

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Soyoung Yun

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Phuong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Huynh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shuaib Hanief

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yoon Ettinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sameera Fazili

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambreen Delawalla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tressa Copenhaver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mayu Arita

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonjui L Kumar

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cassandra Solomon

    Treasurer

    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. 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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349301757

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