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← CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,797,759
Total expenses
$15,888,677
Contributions and grants received
$10,655,594
Grants paid
$463,369
Program service revenue
$5,410,164
Investment income
$608,593
Other revenue
$123,408
Total assets, end of year
$48,992,575
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,745,585
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$47,246,990
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,629,961
Management and general expenses
$1,728,271
Fundraising expenses
$530,445
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,629,961

Program services were 85.8% 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

    $270,842

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,384,752

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $55,809

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contracts

    total $5,410,164 · related or exempt $5,410,164

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,146,807 · excluded $1,146,807

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,553,449

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

    securities $6,091,663

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$538,214

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$538,214 · excluded -$538,214

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $213,518

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

    $270,842

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $213,518

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $123,408 · excluded $123,408

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $123,408

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $463,369 · program services $463,369

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $616,916 · program services $333,550 · management and general $188,334 · fundraising $95,032

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,096,478 · program services $7,019,676 · management and general $907,378 · fundraising $169,424

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $182,794 · program services $152,815 · management and general $27,554 · fundraising $2,425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,205,725 · program services $986,681 · management and general $191,509 · fundraising $27,535

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $646,500 · program services $546,187 · management and general $81,119 · fundraising $19,194

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $124,167 · program services $104,348 · management and general $19,819

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,000 · management and general $45,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $144,872 · fundraising $144,872

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,568,617 · program services $2,426,806 · management and general $141,811

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,058 · program services $1,058

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $265,578 · program services $229,176 · management and general $13,136 · fundraising $23,266

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $423,644 · program services $339,719 · management and general $83,517 · fundraising $408

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $244,909 · program services $231,567 · management and general $3,864 · fundraising $9,478

  • 17 · Travel

    total $229,349 · program services $226,790 · management and general $1,103 · fundraising $1,456

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,611 · program services $14,121 · management and general $490

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,947 · program services $68,754 · management and general $5,193

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,633 · program services $33,133 · management and general $6,500

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food and catering

    total $174,021 · program services $170,605 · management and general $3,416

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff development

    total $144,950 · program services $139,482 · management and general $4,469 · fundraising $999

  • 24c · Other expenses: Stipend expenses

    total $43,487 · program services $42,153 · management and general $46 · fundraising $1,288

  • 24d · Other expenses: Workshop/events

    total $30,161 · program services $24,328 · management and general $442 · fundraising $5,391

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108,891 · program services $75,643 · management and general $3,571 · fundraising $29,677

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,172,620 · end of year $2,223,755

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,225,118 · end of year $5,755,768

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,569,823 · end of year $2,260,251

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $322,035 · end of year $1,750,301

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $174,645 · end of year $251,923

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

    $1,736,766

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

    $1,123,099

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $709,531 · end of year $613,667

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $30,834,676 · end of year $36,067,288

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $80,635 · end of year $69,622

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $949,723 · end of year $1,351,760

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $351,931 · end of year $337,237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,027 · end of year $56,588

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,785,201 · end of year $41,321,262

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,935,201 · end of year $5,925,728

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CAA is a community-based civil rights organization that conducts community service, policy advocacy, and movement building activities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Chinese for Affirmative Action ("CAA") is a community-based civil rights organization that conducts community service, policy advocacy, and movement building activities.

  • CAA's local programming nurtures the ability of immigrants to participate fully in civic life. These activities include leadership development for monolingual public school parents, employment services for limited-English proficient newcomers, outreach for immigrant legal services, and community and voter education underscoring issues that impact CAA's constituency. In addition, CAA leads advocacy to improve public policy and inform public discourse through ethnic and mainstream media, and organizes to engage elected and government officials.

    Expenses $4,941,549 · Grants $256,768 · Revenue $3,077,595

  • Stop AAPI Hate is an initiative led by CAA with AAPI Equity Alliance and San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department to address anti-Asian hate, violence, and racism. The need and demand for this work surfaced and has escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Expenses $3,784,195 · Grants $42,882 · Revenue $689,132

  • Hmong Innovating Politics ("HIP"): The Organization is the fiscal sponsor for HIP, a grassroots organization in the Central Valley, California, whose mission is to advance social justice and build power with Hmong youth and families through leadership development and multi-generational community organizing. HIP's work includes civic engagement, youth organizing, communication, narrative change, and social justice coalition building.

    Expenses $1,522,239 · Grants $16,786 · Revenue $690,471

  • Other Programs: CAA continues to support and contribute to a broader progressive movement for social change in multiple ways. In addition to fiscally sponsoring HIP, CAA is the fiscal sponsor for nine additional groups: The Alliance of South Asians Taking Action; APEX Express; Asian Prisoner Support Committee; Asian Refugees United; Hyphen magazine; Lavender Phoenix (formerly APIENC - API Equality Northern California); The Network on Religion and Justice; VietUnity; & The Visibility Project. Together with CAA, these groups share administrative, campaign, and movement building resources while exploring and deepening the connections that our collective members, volunteers, and staff have with one another.

    Expenses $3,381,978 · Grants $146,933 · Revenue $952,966

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Celia Lee

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Lee

    Vice Chair/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Jocson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Henry Der

    Board Member (start Nov.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miguel de la Fuente-Lau

    Board Member (start July)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandhya Jha

    Board Member (start Nov.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Kim

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Kunishima

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Lee

    Board Member (end March)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kosheno Moore

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chandara Phanachone

    Board Member (start July)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Germaine Wong

    Board Member (end Nov.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Wong

    Board Member (end Nov.)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Yee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vincent Pan

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $222,112
    From this org
    $195,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,314
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,853
    Filer's total
    $222,112

  • Cynthia Choi

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $222,589
    From this org
    $196,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,869
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,775
    Filer's total
    $222,589

  • John Fong

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $172,215
    From this org
    $148,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,716
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,974
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,525
    Filer's total
    $172,215

  • Andy Wong

    Managing Director of Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $174,428
    From this org
    $158,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,511
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,340
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,577
    Filer's total
    $174,428

  • Annette Wong

    Managing Director of Programs

    Total calculated
    $174,042
    From this org
    $158,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,550
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,492
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,340
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,210
    Filer's total
    $174,042

  • Annie Lee

    Managing Director of Policy

    Total calculated
    $174,856
    From this org
    $157,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,953
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,331
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,622
    Filer's total
    $174,856

  • Tracy Zhu

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $167,772
    From this org
    $158,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,024
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,748
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,024
    Filer's total
    $167,772

  • Janice Li

    Community Safety & Justice Dir.

    Total calculated
    $141,096
    From this org
    $132,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,226
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413109349304201

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