2025-05-14T22:33:08-05:00 2024-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2023-07-01 942176139 Asian Law Caucus ASIA 4158961701 55 Columbus Avenue San Francisco CA 94111 Aarti Kohli Executive Director 4158961701 2025-05-14 1 1 Oswaldo D Torres CPA P02465082 6264036801 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Aarti Kohli 55 Columbus Avenue San Francisco CA 94111 30697463 0 X www.asianlawcaucus.org X 1972 CA The mission of ALC is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States. ALC is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant, and underserved APIs. 17 17 64 215 0 0 16956036 16792494 670600 43684 -210138 1006574 0 7477 17416498 17850229 1389404 1440540 0 0 6111989 7674407 0 0 737861 3710056 4475541 11211449 13590488 6205049 4259741 31566207 37414640 2270390 3070614 29295817 34344026 X The mission of ALC is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Islander ("API") communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist in the United States. ALC is committed to the pursuit of equality and justice for all sectors of our society with a specific focus directed toward addressing the needs of low-income, immigrant, and underserved APIs. 0 0 1061244 69660 Immigration Rights: Asian Law Caucus is committed to an immigration system that keeps families together and does not determine a person's value by their immigration status or whether they have been incarcerated. Recognizing that incarceration, immigration detention and deportation separates families, we focus on legal services on the most vulnerable in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community - immigrants facing deportation due to criminal convictions. The hundreds of clients we serve each year enable us to quickly identify emerging problem areas and to respond effectively through impact litigation, community education, and advocacy. 721659 105000 Workers Rights: The Asian Law Caucus has a long history of fighting on behalf of low-income immigrant workers. Our Workers' Rights program provides legal counseling, policy advocacy, direct services, and impact litigation for low-income immigrant workers on a wide range of workplace issues, including race and national origin discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour problems, unemployment insurance benefit appeals, and workplace safety. We also regularly partner with worker centers to support workplace organizing, worker-led campaigns, and the development of immigrant worker leaders. Over the last several years we have also successfully brought cases to win millions of dollars of unpaid wages for low-wage workers in strategic partnership with state and local labor enforcement agencies and community partners. 1194913 268307 National Security and Civil Rights: Our programs also pursue the promise of democracy for all, no matter where people are from, what language they speak, or how they pray. Through our National Security & Civil Rights program we protect the civil rights of individuals and communities unjustly impacted by overbroad national security policies, especially Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities. We strive to confront the day-to-day breaches of civil rights to impact the larger social and institutional dynamics that prevent the realization of equal rights, challenge the unjust surveillance of AMEMSA communities in the U.S. and assist families facing discrimination, passport revocation, denaturalization, and other tactics in the name of national security. 8999531 997573 43684 Voting Rights: Asian Law Caucus' Voting Rights program works to expand access to the democratic process for AAPI, AMEMSA, and other immigrant communities, limited-English speaking Californians, and all those who have been historically disenfranchised. In March 2024, in partnership with California Common Cause, ALC conducted the largest nonpartisan poll monitoring program in California. We then released a joint report based on our poll monitoring and advocated for local improvements to election systems. Since 2022, we co-led a statewide language access workgroup that released a report and roadmap to improve the voting experience for voters who need translated election materials. In the 2022-2024 state legislative processes, we co-sponsored three state legislative bills focused on improving the language access laws, the local redistricting process, and the process when local jurisdictions adopt district elections.National VR (July 2023 - December 2023): The Affiliation Voting Rights Strategy sought to empower AAPIs by increasing capacities for voting rights advocacy and civic engagement in AAPI communities across the country, including in geographic areas where AAPI populations are emerging as a potent force in our democracy. Our work included litigation, legal research and policy advocacy; demographic research, data analysis and mapping; training and consultation on voting rights and election administration issues. In 2021 and 2022, we worked with each of our affiliates and groups in GA, IL, MI, MN, NM, NC, TX, PA and VA to address fair redistricting, election law compliance, voter education and access to voting, and related issues affecting local communities. Asian American Leaders Table: Since 2020, Asian Law Caucus has convened AAPI community leaders from over 70 organizations to participate in the Asian American Leaders Table. Together, we are developing strategies to address the root causes of interpersonal and systemic racism, and to provide our partners with resources and tools to help their communities-both for rapid response to violence and for longer-term interventions to achieve safety and well-being for our communities. Value Our Families: We engaged immigrant rights advocates and experts across the country in discussion seeking to reimagine what the US legal immigration system could be designed to support family immigration and respond to the country's economic needs. National Democracy Initiative: The National Democracy Initiative (NDI) supports partner organizations across the country to strengthen local efforts to build power and engage in advocacy to achieve policy change and other social justice objectives to meet the needs of AAPI AMEMSA communities. The NDI provides support and resources, including advice and consultation, technical and policy expertise, strategic analysis, data and research, subgrants and in-kind support to help partners advance strategic campaigns and efforts in their communities. The NDI also serves as a braintrust for movement partners, and harnesses the expertise and capacities of ALC's programs, built over decades of community lawyering experience, to share strategies, tactics, knowledge with emerging AAPI AMEMSA organizations that seek to organize for power in their communities and advocate for progressive social change.State Power Building: Since 2022, the Asian Law Caucus has worked in coalition with our partners at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund (AAPI FORCE-EF), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) to develop priorities for fortifying and expanding community infrastructure in California and collectively build long term power for low-income and underserved Asian Americans. In 2023, we co-led a series of interviews with AAPI community leaders and worked to develop an initial framework for a longer term plan for a statewide network of power building organizations to advance economic equity, immigrant justice, and create an inclusive democracy. Community Safety: Asian Law Caucus' Community Safety Program aims to ensure AAPI community safety by building preventative, restorative, and community-based alternatives to our ineffective criminal legal system. In particular, we seek to disentangle state and local government agencies from immigration enforcement and to reimagine AAPI community safety. Our work includes community education, legal representation, and policy advocacy on behalf of low-income immigrants and communities of color. In 2023-24, CSP continued our community education and advocacy work to end ICE transfers and ICE collaboration in California, launched our new Legal Clinic for Victims and Survivors of Violence, and provided subgrants to multiple community partners to build restorative justice infrastructure that can support Bay Area AAPI communities.Housing Rights: Asian Law Caucus' Housing Rights program advocates on behalf of low-income residents in the areas of housing and community development. We focus primarily on serving low-income communities of color and gateway communities for new immigrants. We have a long-standing focus on San Francisco and San Francisco Chinatown, where large numbers of tenants and seniors are in danger of displacement due to gentrification and other economic pressures. Informed by our direct legal services, we advocate for local and state policies that protect tenants, preserve housing, create affordable housing options, and decrease inequities in housing and land use.Other programs include Litigation, Communications, and Affiliate works. 8999531 997573 43684 11977347 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 69 0 1 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Asian Law Caucus Aarti Kohli 4158961701 55 Columbus Avenue San Francisco CA 94111 Darren S Teshima Chairman 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Ng Vice-Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Yaman Salahi Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Anthony Wan Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Connie Chan Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Perry Chen Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jina Choi Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Kan Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Christopher Kao Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Belinda Lee Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ron Lee Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Laila Mehta Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Shams-Tabraiz Muzaffar Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Ng Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Magan Pritam Ray Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tiffany N Santos Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sue Wong Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Aarti Kohli Executive Director 40.00 X 247016 0 52846 Jacob S Yang Director of HR and Admin. 40.00 X 197366 0 9340 Lily Wang Deputy Director 40.00 X 193097 0 40975 Glenn Katon Litigation Director 40.00 X 177635 0 23866 Winifred Kao Sr. Staff Attorney/Program 40.00 X 182108 0 12688 Niketa Kumar Director of Communication 40.00 X 175980 0 16147 1173202 0 155862 22 0 1 0 Freestone Reconstruction Inc PO Box 3148 Hayden ID 83835 Construction Expense 634576 Deepnet Computer Consulting LLC 548 Market St PMB 31588 San Francisco CA 94104 IT Consultants 175663 Eugene Eric Kim 422B 32nd Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 Contract Labor 168000 Ibex Enterprises 350 Brannan Street Fl 1 San Francisco CA 94107 Interior Designs 123790 Career Group Inc PO Box 203654 Dallas TX 753203654 Contract Labor 107255 5 276777 4134886 12380831 71767 16792494 Program service fees 900099 43684 43684 43684 842653 842653 12741613 12577692 163921 163921 163921 269542 276777 269542 0 Other income 900099 7477 7477 7477 17850229 43684 0 1014051 1440540 1440540 303596 126405 177191 5963728 5019885 365954 577889 316385 278524 9975 27886 616997 542831 19453 54713 473701 419092 14935 39674 5567 5257 310 84000 73443 10557 1328589 1213305 96728 18556 37034 35585 1449 80984 56038 5803 19143 347271 231282 115989 173445 144632 28813 184741 179431 5310 120279 117278 3001 49531 46775 2756 554949 545467 9482 1194239 1194239 128345 128345 Community outreach 170115 163457 6658 Miscellaneous 16452 15536 916 13590488 11977347 875280 737861 4526629 2145136 7859656 5494911 9840728 6567159 117024 150262 3429189 1120065 1176419 2309124 7816997 20631861 228754 116187 31566207 37414640 880896 1458549 102500 126179 1286994 1485886 2270390 3070614 X 11733909 19720498 17561908 14623528 29295817 34344026 31566207 37414640 4259741 788469 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 8551211 18313376 13381943 16956036 16792494 73995060 8551211 18313376 13381943 16956036 16792494 73995060 16266670 57728390 83735 88178 247920 352623 842653 1615109 83750 31696 228 7477 123151 75733320 1037702 0.76230 0.73200 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3954 21085 25039 13565450 13590489 829524 207381 0 0 694214 678609 708861 829524 2911208 4366812 16185 5581 21320 25039 68125 173554 169652 177215 207381 727802 1091703 4768 2549 3802 3954 15073 1342105 421312 920793 665796 226373 439423 400390 266819 133571 1020898 205561 815337 2309124 Finance lease obligation 1384226 Lease liability - operating leases 101660 1485886 X 23734212 788469 4825972 269542 5883983 17850229 0 17850229 18686003 4825972 269542 5095514 13590489 0 13590489 Part X, Line 2: ALC is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by ALC in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. ALC's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Fundraising event expenses 269,542. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Fundraising event expenses 269,542. 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Program staff recommend subgrantees and the Executive Director makes the final approval on selection. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aarti Kohli Executive Director 247016 0 0 0 0 0 16574 0 36272 0 299862 0 0 0 Lily Wang Deputy Director 193097 0 0 0 0 0 9065 0 31910 0 234072 0 0 0 Jacob S Yang Director of HR and Admin. 197366 0 0 0 0 0 8647 0 693 0 206706 0 0 0 Glenn Katon Litigation Director 177635 0 0 0 0 0 8761 0 15105 0 201501 0 0 0 Winifred Kao Sr. Staff Attorney/Program 182108 0 0 0 0 0 8946 0 3742 0 194796 0 0 0 Niketa Kumar Director of Communication 175980 0 0 0 0 0 8650 0 7497 0 192127 0 0 0 X 3 71767 MV at donation 0 0 0 Part I, Column (b): The quantity of items reported is determined by the number of individual donors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 The organization left the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation and changed the legal name in summer 2024 from "Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus" to "Asian Law Caucus". The Board approved the name change and all appropriate forms at the federal and State level have been filed as a result of this name change. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b ALC has an Audit Committee consisting of 4 board members. The Audit Committee will review and approve the draft of Form 990. Once Form 990 is approved, it will be distributed by email to the board before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c On the annual basis, the board reviews and acknowledges the Conflict and Interest Policy and makes sure the enforcement is in place. When a new board member is approved, included in an orientation package for the each new Board Member is the conflict of interest document, which is to be reviewed and signed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Asian Law Caucus values its staff and is committed to providing competitive wages despite the high cost of living in the San Francisco Bay Area and the financial constraints faced by nonprofits. Since the implementation of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on May 19, 2021, ALC has upheld key principles in its staff compensation program: ensuring salaries reflect the responsibilities, skills, and experience required for each role, and recognizing employees as they grow in their positions and take on greater responsibilities. Following negotiations with the Local 9410 staff union, ALC has ratified a new five-year CBA, effective November 27, 2024, through November 27, 2029. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policies, and audited financial statements are available upon request.