CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICANS UNITED FOR SELF-EMPOWERMENT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R22Z

Classification

2000

Street

360 E 2ND ST STE 819

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

• CAUSE elevates Asian Pacific American voices through Voter Outreach, Training, & Education VOTE Initiatives by continuing to provide in-language access and educate APA voters about issues that impact their communities. In 2020, CAUSE held two events with then-Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, to provide information to the APA community, the fastest-growing sector of voters, about mail-in voting and COVID-19 safety protocols. This initiative also included Cross Cultural Dialogues focused on a series of Multiethnic Statewide Community Polls conducted in partnership with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality and Los Angeles Urban League, in consultation with the Los Angeles Times. The poll captured perceptions of race relations and identity, responses to COVID-19 efforts, and insights into issues including elections, immigration, and hate crime.

  Expenses $398,960

• The CAUSE Leadership Academy CLA for Students is a nine-week internship program for college students who are interested in civic engagement, public policy, and Asian Pacific American APA community issues. Through CLA, students are exposed to thought leaders and policymakers while gaining a deeper awareness of the civic issues facing the APA community in California. Interns leave the program with a better understanding of how to engage in local politics and affect the change they want to see in the world. Traditionally, the program consists of four elements: The Internship, Civic Leadership Workshops, Civic Engagement Project, and an Annual Capitol Summit. Graduates of this program have gone on to run for political office and become leaders in politics, business, and nonprofits.

  Expenses $381,148

• CAUSE ON CAMPUS IS A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) students. This program provides students with the opportunity to develop leadership, advocacy, and civic engagement skills while working on a hands-on voter engagement project.

  Expenses $76,446

• The CAUSE Leadership Institute CLI for Professionals, is a 6-month community leadership and advocacy training certificate program for high-potential professionals with seasoned leadership experience and a passion for serving the needs of the Asian Pacific Americans APA community in California. Participants complete the program armed with the skills and connections vital to advocate for the APA community. Graduates of this program have gone on to change the civic landscape in the region through elected office and leadership roles in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

  Expenses $20,315

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,016,609

  Expenses

  $1,105,161

  Contributions

  $1,024,791

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $793,610

  Expenses

  $749,004

  Contributions

  $818,362

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $840,972

  Expenses

  $797,365

  Contributions

  $867,853

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $842,505

  Expenses

  $520,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $724,479

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $634,698

  Expenses

  $422,905

  Assets (EOY)

  $402,243

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $671,121

  Expenses

  $636,932

  Assets (EOY)

  $194,044

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $608,540

  Expenses

  $602,757

  Assets (EOY)

  $161,465

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $480,450

  Expenses

  $436,085

  Assets (EOY)

  $150,290

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $436,073

  Expenses

  $365,403

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,318

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $274,169

  Expenses

  $297,482

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,903

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $256,131

  Expenses

  $254,445

  Assets (EOY)

  $62,110

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $286,000

  2024 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $55,000

  2022 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  $52,500

  2022 · SEE SCHEDULE O MISSION STATEMENT.

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• UNITED WAY INC

  $30,000

  2022 · SHARED PROSPERITY

• ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  $27,500

  2024 · SEE SCHEDULE O MISSION STATEMENT

• JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

  $25,000

  2022 · GRANT EXPENSE

• ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  $20,000

  2023 · SEE SCHEDULE O MISSION STATEMENT

• JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

  $15,000

  2023 · TO ENHANCE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $7,555

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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