2023-12-20T15:17:02-08:00 2023-06-30 824176202 BG Advisors CPA LTD 1250 E Diehl Rd Ste 406 Naperville IL 60563 990 2022-07-01 363844385 Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago ASIA 7732710899 4716 N Broadway Ave Chicago IL 60640 Grace Pai Executive Director 2023-12-20 true Grace Pai 999009999 true Sachin Gandhi P01424067 6305051081 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Khai Yang 4716 N Broadway Ave Chicago IL 60640 2293890 false X www.advancingjustice-chicago.org X 1992 IL The mission of Asian Americans Advancing JusticeChicago, an affiliate member of Advancing Justice, is to build power through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. 12 12 14 50 0 3123456 2031016 201333 15592 33233 180015 67638 67267 3425660 2293890 0 0 841436 906037 0 215722 1187752 514493 2029188 1420530 1396472 873360 4625631 5476652 98388 76048 4527243 5400604 X The mission of Asian Americans Advancing JusticeChicago, an affiliate member of Advancing Justice, is to build power through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. false false 570300 Grassroots Leadership and Community Organizing:Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago develops grassroots leaders to lead campaigns to achieve racial equity. Through our base-building programs KINETIC, I Speak Power, and A Just Chi, we center the experiences of those directly affected by the issues in our community.KINETIC is Advancing Justice | Chicagos civic leadership program for high school youth in Chicago. Through KINETIC we build a community for, and increase the visibility of Asian American and immigrant students in Chicago.I Speak Power cultivates grassroots leaders through English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at partner organizations in Chicago. Through I Speak Power, we empowercommunity members to share their stories and be leaders for change.A Just Chi is a community of leaders who are organizing for racial equity. Anyone can join A Just Chi to meet new people and get involved with ongoing campaigns. The group meets monthly at the Advancing Justice | Chicago office. 171350 Advocacy:Advancing Justice | Chicago is a coalition leader in Chicago, in Illinois, andnationwide. Together with our partners, we advocate for policy change with a unifiedvoice and exercise our power to win campaigns for our communities.Most recently, Advancing Justice | Chicago led the effort to pass the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, which requires all public schools in Illinois to teach Asian American history starting in the 2022-2023 school year. As the convener of the Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) Coalition, we organize with Asian American-serving organizations in Chicago and the suburbs to empower ourcommunities to take action. Together with PAVE, we organize the annual AsianAmerican Action Day in Springfield and Mayoral Candidate Forums during Chicago municipal election years.As a member of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), wejoin a powerful coalition of community-based organizations from across the state towin campaigns to improve the lives of immigrant and refugee communities. Just Democracy is a broad-based and diverse coalition that works to protect andpromote the value of a single vote, no matter the geographic, racial, ethnic orparty affiliation of the voter. Together with partners across Illinois, we havesuccessfully advocated for the passage of Automatic Voter Registration, Election Day Registration, and Online Voter Registration in Illinois. 125243 Youth Programs:KINETIC is a youth-focused, civic leadership program that works with Limited English Proficient (LEP) immigrant and refugee high school students in Chicago Public Schools both in and out of the classroom. Every year approximately 115 young people participate in our KINETIC programs. This includes our after-school and in-school programs, as well as, our summer corps and service-learning trip to Springfield. Our KINETIC leaders successfully won their very first campaign! 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During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 AAAJC received a donor-restricted grant of $500,000 that requires the full grant amount to be invested in perpetuity and that related earnings thereon be spent in accordance with the Board-developed, donor-approved policy governing this fund. Part X : FIN48 Footnote AAJC's management has determined that ASC 740-10, which addresses accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, has no effect on its financial statements due to AAAJC's tax-exempt status. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Youth Programs:KINETIC is a youth-focused, civic leadership program that works with Limited English Proficient (LEP) immigrant and refugee high school students in Chicago Public Schools both in and out of the classroom. Every year approximately 115 young people participate in our KINETIC programs. This includes our after-school and in-school programs, as well as, our summer corps and service-learning trip to Springfield. Our KINETIC leaders successfully won their very first campaign! KINETIC youth leaders organized their peers and partner organizations to testify at a CPS Board of Education meeting and meet with CPS officials and were able to change the World Language Requirement to be more equitable for English Learner students. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Advancing Justice Affiliation:Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leadingorganizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and otherunderserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation's members are: Advancing Justice - Asian American Justice Center (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice - Southern California, Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), and Advancing Justice - Chicago. We envision a fair and equitable society for all that ensures civil and human rights for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other communities. To achieve this, we will work togetheras equal and independent partners under one name, speaking with one unified and powerful voiceto promote justice, empower our communities, bring local and national constituents together, and strengthen our multi-racial democracy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b From 990 is reviewed by the Finance Committee and the Board of Directors. The Board votes to approve form 990 before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c On an annual basis each Board member and key employee is required to provide a written statement declaring whether or he/she has any known conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Compensation for key employees is reviewed by the Board of Directors on an annual basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 A complete copy of form 990 and the audit report is posted on the web-site of the Illinois Attorney General. This web-site is open to the general public. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Disclosure of governing documents, policies, and financial statements is made available to the general public upon written request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 rounding = $1