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ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION INC

EIN 13-3572287 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023
$12,642,656
Expenses 2023
$12,916,563

Program services were 85.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P020
Classification
1000
Street
120 WALL STREET 9TH FLOOR

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 1989, THE ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION (AAF) IS THE STRONGEST LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK SERVING 1.5 MILLION ASIAN NEW YORKERS. OUR MISSION IS TO RAISE THE INFLUENCE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PAN-ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH, POLICY ADVOCACY, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND NONPROFIT SUPPORT. AAF DOES THIS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH APPROXIMATELY 70 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RAISE THE INFLUENCE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PAN-ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

  • POLICY & ADVOCACY:1) CO-LED THE EQUITY BUDGET COALITION TO SECURE $30 MILLION FROM NEW YORK STATE TO FUND OVER 136 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 40% OF GRANTEES LOCATED IN LONG ISLAND AND UPSTATE NEW YORK.2) PLANNED AND ORGANIZED A LEGISLATIVE WORKSHOP ON ASIAN-LATINO CIVIC SOLIDARITY AT THE SOMOS, INC. CONFERENCE IN PUERTO RICO, THE FIRST-EVER ASIAN WORKSHOP HELD AT SOMOS.3) PROVIDED TESTIMONY AT OVER 17 CITY AND STATE HEARINGS.CIVIC ENGAGEMENT:1) LED THE 10-MEMBER AAPI POWER COALITION, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COALITION TO MAKE OVER 300,000 CONTACTS WITH ASIAN VOTERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH TARGETED CAMPAIGNS, WHICH INCLUDED PHONE, TEXT, AND MAIL OUTREACH, AS WELL AS IN-PERSON CANVASSING AND PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS; THROUGH THE NEW YORK CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TABLE'S SPOKE CAMPAIGNS, AAF AND COALITION MEMBERS REACHED OVER 150,000 ASIAN NEW YORKERS VIA TEXT-BANKING ALONE.2) AAF VOTER FESTIVALS ENGAGED 202,205 VOTERS IN PERSON; 110,000 THROUGH DIGITAL TEXT-BANKING; AND 41,309 THROUGH MAILERS.3) CREATED AND DISSEMINATED NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION VOTER GUIDES IN ENGLISH AND EIGHT ASIAN LANGUAGES: ARABIC, BENGALI, CHINESE (TRADITIONAL AND SIMPLIFIED), KOREAN, PUNJABI, TAGALOG, AND URDU.HOPE AGAINST HATE CAMPAIGN:1) AAF'S HOPE AGAINST HATE CAMPAIGN HAS TRAINED OVER 4,800 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS 300+ WORKSHOPS IN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, CONFLICT DE-ESCALATION, UPSTANDER INTERVENTION, AND SELF-DEFENSE SKILLS, IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH AAF'S MEMBER AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.2) AAF'S HOPE AGAINST HATE PARTNERS HAVE CONNECTED OVER 1,300 INDIVIDUALS TO VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES.3) AAF'S SAFETY BOOKLETS, VIDEOS, AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 9,400 AMERICANS.MENTAL HEALTH:1) WORKED WITH AAF'S ASIAN AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH ROUNDTABLE PARTNERS TO PROVIDE OVER 13,000 MENTAL HEALTH AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO SUPPORT ASIAN NEW YORKERS IN NAVIGATING THEIR MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.2) EXPANDED OUR ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORY TO 432 NEW YORK MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, WHO, COMBINED, SPEAK 19 ASIAN LANGUAGES.3) CREATED A MENTAL HEALTH HUB TO SERVE AS ONE-STOP SHOP FOR NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES IN 5 ASIAN LANGUAGES (E.G. ARABIC, BANGLA, CHINESE, HINDI, AND KOREAN). IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION:1) DISSEMINATED RESOURCES TO 47 IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.2) HOSTED SIX ROUNDTABLES WITH NONPROFIT LEADERS TO DISCUSS IMMIGRANT NEEDS, PROMOTE COLLABORATION, AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS.3) COORDINATED EIGHT TRAINING SESSIONS FOR 81 IMMIGRANTS ON ISSUES MOST SALIENT TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.NONPROFIT SUPPORT:1) THROUGH AAF'S NONPROFIT RESILIENCY SERIES, TRAINED 72 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND OTHER SENIOR LEADERS IN LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY; FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY; POWER AND INFLUENCE; AND TRUST AND RETENTION.2) THROUGH AAF'S LEADERS IN TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINED 19 MID- TO SENIOR-LEVEL MANAGERS AND DIRECTORS ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY BUILD, ENGAGE, AND SUPPORT THEIR TEAMS USING EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.SMALL BUSINESS/ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT:1) PROVIDED 100 ASIAN SMALL BUSINESSES WITH DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAININGS TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS.2) LAUNCHED TWO NEW NONPROFIT SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.SENIORS:1) LED THE 12-MEMBER ASIAN SENIORS WORKING GROUP TO IMPLEMENT POLICY PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS THE MOST URGENT SERVICE NEEDS OF ASIAN SENIORS IN NEW YORK CITY.RESEARCH:1) PRODUCED THREE IN-DEPTH REPORTS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND THE STATE OF KOREAN OLDER ADULTS NATIONWIDE; THREE BRIEFS ON POVERTY AMONG ASIAN NEW YORKERS, AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN NEW YORK'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3, AND THE IMPACT OF AAF'S HOPE AGAINST HATE CAMPAIGN; AND LAUNCHED A RELATIONSHIP TEXTING FIELD EXPERIMENT STUDY DESIGN.

    Expenses $11,031,957 · Grants $7,884,240

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kim Lee

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marie Silloway

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jean Siao

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Emily Clarice Ho Mathews

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stella Aquino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris M Kwok

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hwang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Priya Pereira-Sawian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frances Wong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Yue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jo-Ann Yoo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $222,123
    From this org
    $200,183
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,940
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,183
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,690
    Filer's total
    $222,123

  • Joo Han

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,469
    From this org
    $130,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,931
    Hours/week
    35

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,642,656
    Expenses
    $12,916,563
    Contributions
    $12,562,695
    Grants paid
    $7,884,240
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,330,331
    Expenses
    $14,493,117
    Contributions
    $14,159,856
    Grants paid
    $10,123,590
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,630,928
    Expenses
    $12,700,845
    Contributions
    $12,428,299
    Grants paid
    $8,304,441

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
    $12,394,316
    Expenses
    $9,798,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,823,681

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,790,109
    Expenses
    $3,319,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,841,196

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,254,417
    Expenses
    $2,165,986
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,433,891

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,965,169
    Expenses
    $1,681,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,230,808

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,926,068
    Expenses
    $1,716,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,365,280

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,070,937
    Expenses
    $1,168,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $436,336

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $767,047
    Expenses
    $1,046,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $445,351

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $553,151
    Expenses
    $1,112,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $485,119

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

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

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Grants received

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.