2023-11-15T10:08:34-05:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-19 874516826 The Very Asian Foundation % Michelle Van Dillen VERY 3147199881 11939 Manchester Road Ste 303 St Louis MO 63131 Michelle Van Dillen President 2023-11-15 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X Michelle Van Dillen 11939 Manchester Road Ste 303 St Louis MO 63131 239312 false X https: www.veryasianfoundation.org X 2022 MO The Very Asian Foundation's mission is to shine a light on Asian experiences through advocacy and celebration. 4 4 2 15 41648 32782 0 168401 0 0 0 0 0 42354 0 210755 0 2808 0 0 0 1266 0 0 29243 0 100675 0 104749 0 106006 0 116895 0 10889 0 106006 The Very Asian Foundation's mission is to shine a light on Asian experiences through advocacy and celebration. true false 29135 2108 0 The Very Asian Foundation's mission is to shine a light on Asian experiences through advocacy and celebration. The Organization accomplishes this by raising money for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander AANHPI groups and issues amplifying diverse stories and experiences providing education and training opportunities for gross across the county and hosting community building events such as film screenings panel discussions and community mixers that foster productive dialogue and promote cultural awareness understanding and appreciation. 23536 700 0 The May Book Project is an Asian American youth guide for all readers that launched in May 2022. Inspired by student's calls for greater Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander AANHPI representation in the made books available to them the May Book Project provides a free toolkit resource guide and booklist of about 250 books of high-quality vetted Asian American literature. The Very Asian Foundation then gives free books to at-need libraries. VAF has worked with libraries in Atlanta Chicago Henderson NC Los Angeles Milwaukee New York Seattle St. Louis and St. Paul and has hundreds of requests in queue. It's been embraced in each state because this project emphasizes choice and celebration. 0 0 0 The Very Asian Creators Fund aims to provide financial support and mentorship opportunities to Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander AANHPI individuals who are making a career pivot into a creative field and provide a launchpad to achieve their goals and make an impact in their communities and society. The Very Asian Creators Fund also includes the idea that by amplifying the voices stories and perspectives of AANHPI creatives and by providing a platform for them to share their work this grant program can help change the representation and narratives in the creative industry by providing a space for more diverse and underrepresented voices and perspectives to be visible. By providing mentorship opportunities the Organization hopes to also help demystify the career pivot process and debunk myths hindering individuals in pursuit of their creative careers by providing real-life examples of individuals who have gone through the process and made it. The overarching goal of this program is to empower AANHPI individuals to make a successful transition into a creative career and to promote representation and diverse narratives in the creative industry which will have a ripple effect on the community and society as a whole. While the program itself did not start in earnest until 2023 the Organization began raising funds for the program in 2022. 0 0 0 52671 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 9 0 true 2 true true true false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 4 false true false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true false false X X THE ORGANIZATION 3147199881 11939 Manchester Road Ste 303 St Louis MO 63131 X Michelle Van Dillen President 25.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alex Lee Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Stephen Lenivy Vice-President 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gia Vang Secretary 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Soogi Hong Contracted Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 0 9795 0 0 158606 0 168401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4249 9795 4249 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65956 24308 41648 0 41648 0 Miscellaneous Income 900099 706 706 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 706 210755 706 41648 0 1608 1608 1200 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1068 854 107 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 158 20 20 48751 31688 9750 7313 618 0 618 0 381 191 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10080 1333 7914 8333 21737 409 8545 12783 7179 3588 3142 449 192 154 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3521 3521 0 0 0 0 0 0 499 250 125 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Booklists 4191 4191 0 0 Programming/Events 3526 3526 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104749 52671 30335 29243 0 0 0 0 0 115779 0 0 0 0 0 1116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116895 0 10889 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10889 X 0 68318 0 37688 0 106006 0 116895 106006 0 0 0 0 0 X false false false X 0 0 0 0 168401 168401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168401 168401 51215 117186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32782 32782 0 0 0 0 706 706 201889 0 X Part II - Line 10 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2018, 0.0000, | 2019, 0| 2020, 0| 2021, 0| 2022, 706Other Income| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED SLO 83 LLC See Part V. 48571 See Part V. false Part V | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part IV Line 1,Column b - 35% controlled entity of spouse of Soogi Hong| Part IV Line 1,Column d - Filing organization engaged with entity to provide contracted executive director management services| Part III, line 2 2022 was the Organization's initial year of operations and all program services commenced during this year. Part VI, Line 3 The Organization contracted with an external organization SLO 83 LLC to provide contracted executive director management services. The services included general operational organizational management and program service support. Compensation for the year totaled $48,751. Part VI, Line 11b The Form 990 is sent to each board member for review prior to a board meeting for discussion and approval the filing by board vote. Part VI, Line 12c Officers and directors are required to disclose any actual and possible conflicts of interest must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts and after any discussion with the interested person he she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. Such disclosure as well as information pertaining to discussion and voting shall be recorded in the Organization's meeting minutes. Annual statements disclosing actual and potential conflicts of interest are also required from any officer and director. Enforcement of the annual statement policy began in 2023. Part VI, Line 15 The Organization's independent board utilized compensation data consisting of information for similarly-sized charitable organizations to make a reasonable compensation determination for the Executive Director roles. Following review and discussion the board approved a compensation offer for the position. The deliberation and decision by the independent board for the resulting compensation offer was contemporaneously documented in writing and kept in the Organization's records. Part VI, Line 18 The Form 990 & 990-T are available and upon request and can be found on Guidestar.org. Part VI, Line 19 The governing documents Form 1023 Forms 990 conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.