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SOUTHEAST ASIA RESOURCE ACTION CENTER

EIN 52-1161473 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$1,389,193
Expenses 2024
$2,422,176

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q12
Classification
1000
Street
1025 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 600

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEARAC IS A NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS POWER WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES FROM CAMBODIA, LAOS, AND VIETNAM TO CREATE A SOCIALLY JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARGEST REFUGEE COMMUNITY EVER RESETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES, SEARAC STANDS TOGETHER WITH OTHER REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS IN PURSUIT OF SOCIAL EQUITY.

  • CALIFORNIA - SEARAC'S CALIFORNIA PROGRAM FOCUSES ON EQUITABLE HEALTH ACCESS, DATA EQUITY, SUPPORT TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND ETHNIC STUDIES. WE ENGAGE AND EDUCATE COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWER LEADERS TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH LOCAL AND STATE POLICIES. THE PROGRAM INTEGRATES CONVENING, COALITION BUILDING, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION FOR LOCAL AND STATE ADVOCACY, AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO EDUCATE AND INFORM KEY AUDIENCES ON POLICIES THAT IMPACT SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $530,681 · Grants $62,550 · Revenue $2,500

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS - SEARAC'S GENERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUR WORK AROUND COMMUNICATIONS, STORYTELLING, AND TRAININGS THAT CENTER THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM INTEGRATES SOCIAL MEDIA, MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, AND STORY COLLECTION THROUGH OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND COALITION BUILDING WORK TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS, ELDERS, AND LEADERS.

    Expenses $329,955 · Grants $8,385

  • HEALTH AND AGING - SEARAC'S HEALTH AND AGING PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND AGING. WE ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY, POLICY AND COALITION BUILDING EFFORTS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING LANGUAGE ACCESS AND CULTURALLY-RELEVANT SUPPORT IN HEALTH, INCREASING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UPLIFTING COMMUNITY-DEFINED BEST PRACTICES, AND ENSURING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HEALTH CARE. WE ALSO ADVOCATE FOR ELDERS TO HAVE FINANCIAL SECURITY AND CAREGIVING SUPPORT TO AGE WITH DIGNITY.

    Expenses $305,422 · Grants $84,962

  • EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION, LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TRAINING (LAT), FIELD, LEAF.

    Expenses $674,524 · Grants $69,050 · Revenue $15,250

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Quyen Dinh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,753
    From this org
    $195,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,134
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,619
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,134
    Filer's total
    $232,753
  • Katrina Dizon Mariategue

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,006
    From this org
    $150,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,424
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,582
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,424
    Filer's total
    $185,006
  • Kham Moua

    NATIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,634
    From this org
    $144,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,259
    Hours/week
    32
  • Mandy Diec

    CALIFORNIA DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,437
    From this org
    $144,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,062
    Hours/week
    32
  • Elaine Sanchez Wilson

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $147,713
    From this org
    $120,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,148
    Hours/week
    32
  • Anna Byon

    DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $123,250
    From this org
    $114,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,497
    Hours/week
    32
  • Jenna McDavid

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $112,039
    From this org
    $112,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32
  • Alvina Yeh

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Varaxy Yi Borromeo

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Hoa Nguyen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roseryn Bhudsabourg Hessabi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kaolee Yang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisette Le

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Seng So

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Victor Donge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Samantha Hing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nanda Neng

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Viravyne Chhim

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,389,193
    Expenses
    $2,422,176
    Contributions
    $1,206,500
    Grants paid
    $214,942
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,867,435
    Expenses
    $2,733,935
    Contributions
    $2,684,255
    Grants paid
    $359,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,217,035
    Expenses
    $2,435,717
    Contributions
    $2,101,339
    Grants paid
    $10,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,402,034
    Expenses
    $2,364,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,684,548
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,598,201
    Expenses
    $1,575,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,792,698
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,415,359
    Expenses
    $1,553,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,795,229
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,986,315
    Expenses
    $1,762,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,161,008
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,029,891
    Expenses
    $1,418,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,487,086
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $997,843
    Expenses
    $1,424,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $914,194
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,680,193
    Expenses
    $1,346,915
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,399,667
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $770,351
    Expenses
    $989,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $973,425

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2024 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2024 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2024 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2023 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

  • 2024 THE PURPOSE OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL OR STATE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OR ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES ALIGN TO GRANT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO THREE GRANT-FUNDED PROGRAMS: NATIONAL EDUCATION, CALIFORNIA, OR BUILDING FINANCIAL FUTURES.

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Grants received

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Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.