ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Our work is made possible by the commitment of our partners, friends and donors like you. We truly appreciate your support.
Message from the President and Executive Director 2
About Us 2
Our Affiliates 4
Our Work 8
American Courage Awards 9
Advancing Justice Conference 10
Community Partners Network 12
Financial Statements 13
Board of Directors 13
National Advisory Council 14
Donor Listings 17
Staff
sian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) enjoyed a successful and exciting year in 2013. In June, we came together with our affiliates to form Asian Americans Advancing Justice and transitioned to a new name. Along with our affiliates in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, we are building upon our legacies and collective expertise to work together to promote a fair and equitable society for all by advancing civil and human rights and empowering Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities.
The resulting report, Behind the Numbers, revealed how Asian American voters felt about current issues and what factors influence our community at the polls. In August, I was humbled and honored to join other national civil rights leaders at the Lincoln Memorial to deliver remarks for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington. This momentous occasion drew communities from across the country to join together and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and his ongoing dream for a more just and equitable society for all Americans. As we enter the fourth year of our Partners Advancing Justice Capital Campaign, we are truly grateful for the generosity of our supporters and friends. Through this unprecedented match opportunity funds raised from new donors, or funds raised in excess of their annual amount from existing donors, are matched on a one-to-one basis. With your support, we can continue to build capacity and strengthen our national programs in the years to come.
The year was full of great accomplishments that moved our country forward, but much work remains. Asian Americans across the nation marched, fasted, rallied and came together on issues that matter to our families and our communities. With renewed momentum around comprehensive immigration reform, we brought attention to Asian Americans’ investment in immigration reform. Across the country our partners participated in public events, community forums and rallies that engaged 1,700 community members, and resulted in 30 ethnic and mainstream media mentions. With your help we created the Reuniting Families for a Stronger America campaign, which has been critically effective in the debate and contributed to the passage of a comprehensive bill in the Senate that includes a path to citizenship for approximately one million undocumented Asian Americans.
This annual report highlights the accomplishments of Advancing Justice | AAJC, our affiliates and our partners across a diverse array of program and issue areas. Our work is made possible by the commitment of our partners, friends and donors like you. We truly appreciate your support, and we look forward to your continued partnership as we promote a fair and equitable society for all.
In addition to our immigration reform efforts, we continued to make strides on other issues of importance to our community. Advancing Justice | AAJC participated in seven major civil rights cases that came before the Supreme Court last term. In preparation for the 2014 election year, Asian Americans Advancing Justice conducted a first-of-its-kind, in-language election survey.
Mee Moua President and Executive Director
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ABOUT US
Founded in 1991, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) (www.advancingjustice-aajc.org) works to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.
In 2013, we came together with our affiliate organizations to form Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice). Our national affiliation allows us to raise a more powerful voice to better serve our communities and become more effective in addressing the civil rights issues faced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and other vulnerable and underserved communities. Under this strengthened affiliation, Advancing Justice members are able to collaborate more effectively and build a stronger and more cohesive civil rights infrastructure on a local, regional and national level.
Advancing Justice | AAJC is one of the nation’s leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community, such as affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, television diversity and voting rights. Our expertise is widely acknowledged in the media, by the public and among lawmakers at the very highest tiers of government.
ADVANCING JUSTICE | CHICAGO
and talk to legislators. This expansion of the civic engagement work, including a more robust voting rights effort in Illinois, was supported by The Joyce Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Advancing Justice | Chicago (www.advancingjusticechicago.org), established in 1992 by a group of visionary activists, academics and business leaders, has a mission to empower the Asian American community through advocacy, education, research and coalition-building.
On the national level, Advancing Justice | Chicago partnered with a variety of organizations pushing for immigration reform. In March and November, we participated in two action days, mobilizing hundreds of Asian Americans to voice their support for immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and protects the sibling visa category.
It was a vital year for Advancing Justice | Chicago as it embraced its national affiliation and changed its name and visual identity from the Asian American Institute, all while embarking on new initiatives and expanding legacy programs. In 2013, Advancing Justice | Chicago continued the Asian American Leadership Forum, drawing nearly 200 people from different sectors, and training them on community issues.
Advancing Justice | Chicago also grew its youth programming in 2013 launching Kinetic, its youth empowerment program in Chicago Public Schools, working with 100 immigrant and refugee students. And Advancing Justice | Chicago continued its college leadership initiative, the Impact Fellows Program. This year the program trained 11 students in organizing and leadership, arming them with the skills to create change on their respective college campuses.
On the state level, Advancing Justice | Chicago spearheaded a State Agenda that included securing new funding for Hepatitis B outreach, creating a language access task force and protecting immigrant services in the state budget. As part of this effort, Advancing Justice | Chicago organized 425 Asian Americans advocates to come down to the state capital
OUR AFFILIATES ADVANCING JUSTICE | LOS ANGELES
ADVANCING JUSTICE | ASIAN LAW CAUCUS
In February, Advancing Justice | ALC won a settlement of $750,000 for Vietnamese nail salon workers in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, providing workers with back pay and unpaid overtime, as well as policy changes that affirm their right to speak Vietnamese in the workplace.
Founded in 1972 and based in San Francisco, Advancing Justice | Asian Law Caucus (www.advancingjustice-alc.org) is the nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
In October, Advancing Justice | ALC settled a lawsuit against San Mateo County to stop the dilution of Asian and Latino votes in the County. There has never been a single Asian American Supervisor in San Mateo County, even though Asians and Latinos now compose more than 50 percent of the county’s population. Advancing Justice | ALC also co-sponsored precedent-setting legislation to expand the opportunity to monitor elections in California to non-citizens, affirming a vision of immigrants as integrated members of our communities.
Advancing Justice | ALC mounted a public campaign to raise awareness of the devastating effect of Ellis Act evictions on low-income families in California. Advancing Justice | ALC’s high-profile client case led to public support for a city-wide anti-displacement agenda to ensure that San Francisco remains a viable home for all its residents. After three hard-fought years, Advancing Justice | ALC continued to ensure a strong AAPI voice for immigrant rights by successfully pushing for the passage of California’s TRUST Act. The TRUST Act is one of the most promising alternatives to the virulent anti-immigrant legislation in states like Arizona, Alabama and Georgia and it is estimated that it will stop more than 10,000 unjust deportations in the state annually. The first law of its kind in the country, it is now a model for other states seeking to get local police out of the deportation business.
Advancing Justice | LA also deepened its work to protect voters from disenfranchisement, including the release of a national Advancing Justice report on Voting Rights Act compliance. It also pushed for passage of a landmark state law that allows legal immigrants to serve as election workers. As the Affordable Care Act rolled out, Advancing Justice | LA launched California’s most ambitious effort to educate AANHPIs about the law, working with its state wide Health Justice Network and partly supported by a $1 million state grant.
Founded in 1983, Advancing Justice | LA (www.advancingjustice-la.org), formerly known as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, is the nation’s largest legal organization focused on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. In 2013, in addition to providing assistance to thousands of low-income and limited English speaking immigrants, Advancing Justice | LA brought several important lawsuits. In one case, Advancing Justice | LA sued the state to provide services to tens of thousands students learning English. Advancing Justice | LA also represented Chin Ho Liao, a Chinese American elected to a local city council but denied his seat under questionable circumstances. Advancing Justice | LA was able to vindicate Liao’s eligibility to serve on the council, an important victory for a growing and increasingly politically engaged Asian American electorate in Southern California.
In partnership with its affiliates, Advancing Justice | LA continued its A Community of Contrasts studies, a series of easy-to-use demographic reports examining the diversity and complexity of AANHPI communities. In 2013, Advancing Justice | LA released new reports on California and Los Angeles County.
In addition to community empowerment and impact work, Advancing Justice | ALC helped more than 1,500 low-income community members with linguistically and culturally competent legal services.
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OUR WORK Advancing Justice | AAJC filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder in support of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. UILDING DEMOCRACY
CENSUS
VOTING
Advancing Justice | AAJC continued its leadership role in promoting a robust and accurate census with the appointment of Mee Moua to the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations in June. We are already working to ensure that the AAPI community is adequately represented in the 2020 Census.
In partnership with Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) and the National Asian American Survey, Advancing Justice | AAJC published “Behind the Numbers,” a post-election survey of AAPI voters in the 2012 election, which showed the importance of the AAPI vote. The report found that nearly half of registered AAPI voters consider themselves independent or undecided with respect to party affiliation, showing that many are open to persuasion and outreach in future elections. In addition, language ability continues to play an important role in the preferences of AAPI voters and uneven access to language assistance remains a significant concern, even in places where the Voting Rights Act mandates assistance.
In November, we published the Advancing Justice regional demographic report focusing on the Northeast. We worked with the Asian American Federation, Asian Americans United and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center to bring the report to our communities in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY
In addition, Advancing Justice | AAJC engaged in advocacy on the Health Equity and Accountability Act. This bill is a comprehensive compilation of advocates’ most up-to-date policy recommendations and research findings on eliminating health disparities. Advancing Justice | AAJC co-leads the committee working on the section of the bill on social determinants of health to address the root causes of health disparities through a broader examination of the factors that impact one’s health.
MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Advancing Justice | AAJC continued collaborating with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to ensure that its rules promoting the transfer of wireless spectrum from TV broadcasters to wireless operators take minority ownership of television and wireless spectrum into account. Advancing Justice | AAJC was the leading voice of our community as the FCC weighed how to regulate our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure as it transitions from old to modern technology. Through our efforts, tests and data tracking will be required by the FCC in order to protect underserved communities through the transition.
Mee Moua speaks on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court about the importance of the Voting Rights Act to Asian Americans.
the Obama administration said the federal government would invest $2 billion in connecting and upgrading schools’ and libraries’ high-speed Internet services. Advancing Justice | AAJC also met with FCC staff to ensure critical information needs studies, which are necessary to properly reflect the needs of individuals who have limited English skills in crafting programs to increase diversity. Advancing Justice | AAJC successfully modified the studies for better inclusion of Asian communities. We also advocated against relaxing media-ownership rules, which would lead to further industry consolidation and drown out diverse voices.
HEALTH CARE
In November, in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights Under Law, Advancing Justice | AAJC and APIAVote hosted the second Asian language election protection hotline at 1-888-API-VOTE. We provided assistance to callers on Election Day in Bengali/Bangla, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese.
Advancing Justice | AAJC helped form the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Collaborative, which seeks to create greater understanding of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) and to support Asian American and NHPI enrollment. Advancing Justice | AAJC’s critical role in the Collaborative focuses on educating our communities about the ACA’s civil rights protections, including language access.
Early in the year, Advancing Justice | AAJC filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder, in support of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which limits certain jurisdictions from making any changes to voting-related laws without approval from the Justice Department or a federal District Court. While petitioners challenged the constitutionality of the provision, Advancing Justice | AAJC voiced that Section 5 remains necessary to protect Asian American voters from discrimination, provide them with required language assistance and to eliminate other barriers to voting. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court invalidated the formula used to determine Section 5 coverage. Advancing Justice | AAJC continues to work with coalition partners to promote a legislative fix for the Shelby decision and to mobilize the AAPI community in support of voting rights.
Advancing Justice | AAJC continued to advocate for robust ACA implementation. We submitted comments on behalf of our organization and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum on the section that focuses on language assistance. We explained how critical these services are for people who have difficulty speaking English as they try to avail themselves of the ACA’s services.
We also educated lawmakers about, and successfully defended, the FCC’s Lifeline program, which provides telecommunications subsidies for low-income households, against proposals in Congress that would have capped the program’s budget and prohibited it from subsidizing wireless services. We met with FCC staff and others to ensure that the FCC’s E-rate program, which provides telecommunications subsidies for schools and libraries, receives adequate funding. We circulated a letter that a dozen organizations signed on to explaining the program’s benefits. In 2014,
In addition, we facilitated an extension of the 2013 Digital Connector program, resulting in youth participants conducting more than 1,000 additional digital literacy trainings this year.
PROMOTING A JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE
Military Hazing Advancing Justice | AAJC submitted joint testimony to the Army regarding the death of Pvt. Danny Chen. We urged that the two individuals involved not receive honorable discharges from the Army to send a clear message that the racially motivated abuse and harassment that Pvt. Chen endured was unacceptable. The anti-hazing coalition, led by Advancing Justice | AAJC and OCA—Asian Pacific American Advocates, met with high level army officials to discuss how the Army can improve its training, reporting, accountability and enforcement of anti-hazing policies.
Advocates rally in support of immigration reform in front of the Capitol.
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(Northern District of California); Indira Talwani, U.S. District Court (Massachusetts); and Theodore Chuang, U.S. District Court (Maryland). We also advocated for the confirmation of Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor and Jenny Yang as a member of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We continue to advocate for the confirmation of Debo Adegbile as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights with the U.S. Department of Justice.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY In February, Advancing Justice | AAJC urged the Supreme Court to protect and afford equal rights to same-sex couples as the court considered two challenges to such efforts. In two briefs, authored by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, we added and amplified the Asian American voice to the debate surrounding gay rights. True to our core mission, we continued our efforts to end all forms of discrimination, increase access to government services and benefits and support opportunities for all people, regardless of sexual orientation.
Advocates rally in support of immigration reform in front of the Capitol.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Equal Opportunity in Higher Education In November, Advancing Justice | AAJC filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in support of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The Supreme Court upheld the principle of diversity in higher education but remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit for review. Our brief explained how affirmative action policies benefit Asian Americans, refuting the plaintiff’s claims to the contrary.
IMMIGRATION Early in the year, Advancing Justice | AAJC launched the Reuniting Families for a Stronger America Campaign to secure common-sense solutions for our familybased immigration system by building support for the Reuniting Families Act. Through community education and political advocacy, the Campaign is pushing for legislative fixes to the inhumane visa-application backlogs, ensuring that family reunification is part of any overall immigration reform.
Judicial and Executive Branch Nominations Advancing Justice | AAJC advocated for confirmation of Pamela Chen, U.S. District Court (Eastern District, New York); Derrick Kahala Watson, U.S. District Court (Hawaii); Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals (DC Circuit); and Raymond T. Chen, U.S. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit). And we continue to support confirmation of Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Court
In April, we brought more than 200 community members from across the country to our nation’s capital to participate in the “Rally for Citizenship.” We met 15 times with legislators, congressional staff and White House officials—including a May meeting with President Obama himself—to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. We used these opportunities to explain the importance of the family-based system. In the spring, Mee Moua appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the issue.
Committee members to make their stance known. Through their efforts, the council reached approximately 700 students. The council also re-launched the Youth Network’s Tumblr blog to highlight their personal immigration stories. In November, council members attended the Advancing Justice Conference, where they ran Advancing Justice | AAJC’s immigration photo booth and collected more than 50 stories and photos attesting to the importance of immigration reform for the Asian American community.
In April, we brought more than 200 community members from across the country to our nation’s capital to participate in the “Rally for Citizenship.” Delegations met with more than 30 congressional offices as a result. Advancing Justice | AAJC also joined numerous proimmigration reform mobilizations throughout the year, including the “Fast 4 Families” campaign. Over the past year, Advancing Justice | AAJC worked closely with Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on amendments related to family immigration and female immigrants during the committee’s markup of the Senate immigration bill, S. 744 bill. An amendment introduced by Senator Hirono that would have made the proposed legislation more inclusive of women gained 22 co-sponsors and helped generate greater support from women’s groups.
Attendees at the 2013 Advancing Justice Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
Community Partners In addition to our work on the federal level, we supported advocacy efforts on behalf of immigration reform at the local level through providing educational materials, toolkits, conference calls, webinars and technical assistance. As a result, we saw unprecedented engagement by AAPI communities on the issue. We have also worked with our Community Partners to collect personal stories to show the community’s stake in immigration reform. Youth Engagement Advancing Justice | AAJC sought to energize young people in the immigration reform debate. Our Youth Advisory Council connected with 25 AAPI college groups; launched the Reuniting Families photo project on Facebook; and got students to call Senate Judiciary
Law students attend our Summer Associates’ Reception to network and learn about different career opportunities.
Supporters of the Reuniting Families campaign on Capitol Hill.
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AMERICAN COURAGE AWARDS
ADVANCING JUSTICE CONFERENCE
A special evening to celebrate leaders in our community.
Conference attendance reached 1,000 community members and allies!
n October 3, Advancing Justice | AAJC celebrated its 17th annual American Courage Awards and recognized three well-deserving honorees at the National Press Club before 300 guests. NBC4 anchor Eun Yang presided as our mistress of ceremonies, and Linda Mar Weidman, chairwoman of Advancing Justice | AAJC’s National Advisory Council, delivered the opening remarks.
Advancing Justice | AAJC would like to thank all of our generous sponsors who made this special event possible: CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
The Nielsen Company The Prudential Insurance Company of America Walmart Corporation
We honored Valarie Kaur, filmmaker and interfaith organizer, with the evening’s title award, the American Courage Award, in commendation of her steadfast commitment to racial and religious justice through storytelling. The Distinguished Service Award was presented to former Rep. Barney Frank in recognition of his legacy of advocating for equal rights for all Americans. Don Lowery, senior vice president of government and public affairs, accepted the Bridge Builder Award on behalf of The Nielsen Company for its outstanding commitment to engaging communities of color and enhancing products and services for ethnic markets. Rep. Mike Honda, Sen. Mazie Hirono and Nita Song, president and CEO, IW Group, Inc., joined the festivities as award presenters.
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
AT&T McDonald’s Corporation State Farm Insurance Companies EXECUTIVE CIRCLE
Facebook Google National Cable & Telecommunications Association National Education Association Northrop Grumman Corporation The Rockefeller Group Time Warner Cable
dvancing Justice hosted the 5th annual Advancing Justice Conference November 14–16 in Los Angeles. The conference brought 1,000 participants from across the country to California to discuss current issues, common challenges and opportunities facing the growing Asian American community.
Advancing Justice would like to recognize the following sponsors for making the conference possible: GOLD LEVEL
Bank of America State Farm Insurance Companies SILVER LEVEL
Sempra Energy BRONZE LEVEL
Over the three-day conference, attendees had the opportunity to participate in a wide array of plenaries, workshops and caucus sessions. Mee Moua served as moderator for the closing plenary, “Winning Immigration Reform: What Will It Take and How Will We Do it?” which provided insights into the current push for reform, discussed lessons learned from our past struggles and looked ahead to how we can transform our nation into one that values, supports and honors newcomers. This year’s conference also featured the launch of an intensive capacity-building institute to help enhance the skills and knowledge of community members in order to become stronger, more effective advocates for justice.
Comcast Corporation The Prudential Insurance Company of America Time Warner Cable Wells Fargo COPPER LEVEL
AARP Kaiser Permanente McDonald’s Corporation The Nielsen Company Southwest Airlines—Official Airline of the Advancing Justice Conference PEWTER LEVEL
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Western Union
BENEFACTOR
CBS Corporation FOX Audience Strategy interTrend Communications IW Group, Inc. Don H. Liu Marriott International, Inc. PhRMA Southwest Airlines—Official Airline of Asian Americans Advancing Justice|AAJC Starbucks Coffee Company Verizon
The program also included a special memorial tribute to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye with remarks from his son, Ken Inouye, and Johnnie Giles, executive director of external affairs, Comcast Corporation.
And more! We appreciate the commitment of our supporters to ensuring the continuance, growth and reach of our national efforts. We look forward to continuing our partnerships as we advance the rights of the Asian American community. Advancing Justice Executive Directors (from left to right): Mee Moua, Hyeon-Ju Rho, Chris Punongbayan, Tuyet Le and Stewart Kwoh. Mee Moua, Don Lowery, Valarie Kaur, Rep. Barney Frank and Ken Inouye.
Advancing Justice Conference attendees connect with one another in engaging workshop discussions.
We hope you will join us September 24–26, 2014, for the 6th annual Advancing Justice Conference in Washington, D.C.!
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS NETWORK The Community Partners Network consists of more than 120 organizations in 27 states and the District of Columbia. ARIZONA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ILLINOIS
Asian Pacific Community in Action OCA—Greater Phoenix OCA—Greater Tucson Pan Asian Community Alliance
Asian American LEAD Asian and Pacific Islander Senior Services Center Asian Pacific American Bar Association—DC Chapter Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center Chinatown Service Center of Chinese Community Church Chinese American Citizens Alliance DC Language Access Coalition Federal Asian Pacific American Council Laotian American National Alliance OCA—DC
Apna Ghar Asian Human Services, Inc. Chinese Mutual Aid Association Indo-American Center Korean American Community Services Vietnamese Association of Illinois
CALIFORNIA
ACCESS Immigration Service Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center Asian Law Alliance Asian Resources, Inc. Bayside Community Center Cambodian Association of America Chinatown Service Center Chinese for Affirmative Action Council of Philippine American Organizations of San Diego County Cupertino City Council Filipino Advocates for Justice Hmong Nationalities Organization— Sacramento Hmong Women’s Heritage Alliance Network of Myanmar American Association Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center Self Help for the Elderly Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law Stone Soup Fresno Taiwanese American Citizens’ League COLORADO
MICHIGAN
NORTH CAROLINA
UTAH
American Citizens for Justice/ Asian American Center for Justice APIAVote—Michigan Hmong Nationalities Organization— Michigan
Montagnard Dega Association, Inc. National Association of Asian American Professionals—North Carolina
Asian Association of Utah Multi-Cultural Legal Center
OHIO MINNESOTA
Hmong National Development Hmong Nationalities Organization Hmong Women of Minnesota Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, Inc.
LOUISIANA
Mary Queen of Vietnam— Community Development Corporation Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans MARYLAND
Asian American Federation of Florida National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and the Youth
Asian Pacific American Bar Association—MD Chapter Association of Vietnamese Americans Maryland Department of Planning University of Maryland AAPI Studies Program
GEORGIA
Asian American Legal Advocacy Center of Georgia Asian Pacific American Council Center for Pan Asian Community Services English Language Institute
Asian Americans for Change NEBRASKA
Asian Community & Cultural Center
HAWAII
Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center Hawaii Immigrant Justice Center Office of Hawaiian Affairs Papa Ola lokani (and NH/PI Leadership Council)
Asian Pacific Development Center Burmese Community Rangers Organization Mile High JACL National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
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Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance—Nevada Chapter Las Vegas Philippine American Lions Club National Federation of Filipino American Associations—Nevada Chapter NEW MEXICO
MASSACHUSETTS
Asian American Civic Association Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Chinese Progressive Association Institute for Asian American Studies South Cove Community Health Center Springfield Vietnamese American Civic Association Viet-AID Vietnamese American Civic Association
OREGON
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon Asian Pacific American Senior Coalition
MISSISSIPPI
NEVADA FLORIDA
Asian Services in Action Community Immigration and Refugee Services
Filipino American Foundation of New Mexico
PENNSYLVANIA
Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia Center for Literacy Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania National Association of Asian American Professionals of Philadelphia RHODE ISLAND
Hmong United Association of Rhode Island Lao Progressive, Inc. Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians TEXAS
NEW YORK
Asian American Bar Association of New York Asian American Federation Asian American/Asian Research Institute Asian Americans for Equality Legal Aid Society, NY MinKwon Center
Boat People SOS Houston Excel Regulatory Consulting OCA—Greater Houston Outreach Strategists, LLC Win/Win Network
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VIRGINIA
Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia Lao American Women’s Association Lao Veteran and Victims of War Association National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Association Newcomer Community Service Center OCA—Northern VA Pacific Counseling and Consultation Services Philippine American Heritage Federation WASHINGTON
Asian Counseling and Referral Service Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation Compass Health, Multicultural Services National Asian Pacific Center on Aging OneAmerica WISCONSIN
Freedom, Inc. Hmong American Friendship Association International Learning Center United Hmong & Asian American Community Center Wausau Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Associations
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Statement of activities and change in net assets for the year ended December 31, 2013 with summarized financial information for 2012.
PAUL W. LEE, CHAIR
MIYA SAIKA CHEN
TUYET LE
NIMESH PATEL
Goodwin Procter LLP
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DEANNA LEE
Quevedo Group, LLC HYEON-JU RHO
STEWART KWOH, FIRST VICE CHAIR
Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted
Total
Total
REVENUE Grants and contributions Investment income (Note 2) Special event Rental income (Note 6) Other income Net assets released from donor restrictions (Note 5)
$ 170,207 1,220 - 443,995 30,661 13,129
$ 3,303,264 - - - -
$ - 1,220 - - -
$3,473,471 771 443,995 30,661 13,129
$ 2,510,735
3,013,021
(3,013,021)
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-
-
Total Revenue
3,672,233
290,243
-
3,962,476
2,916,326
5,719 22,964 114,988 1,309,171 632,524 125,454 123,456 546 461,014 91,510 115,015
- - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
5,719 22,964 114,988 1,309,171 632,524 125,454 123,456 546 461,014 91,510 115,015
10,331 14,373 168,549 1,229,919 380,705 13,157 261,702 7,791 1,356,591 105,239 272,495
3,002,361
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-
3,002,361
3,820,852
359,969 30,121 14,730
MARK FORDHAM
FRANK J. QUEVEDO
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles
Starbucks Coffee Company MICHAEL GRECO
The Carnegie Corporation of New York
ANNE H. CHOW, SECOND VICE CHAIR
K&L Gates LLP
PARKIN LEE
The Rockefeller Group
AT&T
LOIS INGRAM
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Asian Law Caucus
Ingram & Company
TARON MURAKAMI
SANDY SAKAMOTO
KAREN KOREMATSU
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP
JANE NAKAGAWA
JACINTA TITIALII ABBOTT
interTREND SONA PANCHOLY
Attorney and Business Consultant
Venable LLP
ASHISH TOMAR
GEORGE R. WILLY, SECRETARY
Willy, Nanayakkara, Rivera & Goins
Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights
PAUL SUH, TREASURER
Booz Allen Hamilton
Financial Adviser
EXPENSES PROGRAM SERVICES
Affirmative Action Anti Asian Violence and Race Relations Census Community Partners Immigration and Immigrant Rights Lobbying Strategic Planning Television Diversity Voting Rights Litigation Broadband
Total Program Services SUPPORTING SERVICES
Management and General Fundraising
Total Supporting Services Total Expenses Change in Net Assets Net Assets at Beginning of Year
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR
50,129 486,412
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- -
50,129 486,412
89,735 521,626
536,541 3,538,902
- -
- -
536,541 3,538,902
611,361 4,432,213
133,331 740,284
290,243 4,382,365
$ 873,615 $ 4,672,608
- 32,315
423,574 5,154,964
$32,315 $5,578,538
(1,515,887) 6,670,851
$ 5,154,964
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FRANK H. WU, CHAIR (OUTGOING)
JOAN M. HARATANI
RAYMOND LIN
DANIEL B. PRIETO
Morgan Lewis
Latham & Watkins LLP
Catalyst Advisory, LLC
UC Hastings Law School
BILL ONG HING
MARI MATSUDA
SKIP RHODES
LINDA MAR WEIDMAN, CHAIR
University of San Francisco School of Law
University of Hawaii School of Law
Skip Rhodes and Associates, LLC
Marriott International, Inc.
NEIL HORIKOSHI
SYLVESTER MENDOZA, JR.
ROBERT S. SHEEN
Assurant, Inc.
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Northrop Grumman Corporation
First Capitol Consulting, Inc.
IRENE BUENO
BILL IMADA
DALE MINAMI
NITA SONG
Nueva Vista Group LLC
IW Group, Inc.
Minami Tamaki LLP
IW Group, Inc.
KELVIN CHIN
DOUGLAS JACKSON
LESLIE MOE-KAISER
KIM TRAN
RenewData
Magnus, LLC
Microsoft Corporation
JONATHAN M. COHEN
MARK KEAM
State Farm Insurance Companies
Gilbert LLP
Verizon
HARSHA MURTHY
King & Spalding LLP
JOHNNIE GILES
JOSEPH K. KIM
Consummate Capital LLC
JEFF YANG
Comcast Corporation
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
ANGELA E. OH
Factor, Inc.
ANKUR GOEL
YUL KWON
JOHN C. YANG
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Host of LinkTV’s LinkAsia
CA Dept. of Fair Employment And Housing
BILL LANN LEE
DARANEE PETSOD
GLORIA JOHNSON GOINS
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.
KEVIN BRADLEY
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants & Refugees
GINGER LEW
Three Oaks Investments LLC
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ROBERT K. WOO, JR.
ITW Investment Co., Ltd
DONORS LISTINGS dvancing Justice | AAJC is wholly supported by contributed funds and is governed by a voluntary board of directors. Through the generosity of a challenge grant and the Partners Advancing Justice Capital Campaign, all new gifts made to Advancing Justice | AAJC up to $2 million will be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Advancing Justice | AAJC gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following foundations, corporations, nonprofits, individuals and governmental organizations. If there is an error or omission, please allow us to correct it by calling (202) 296-2300 ext 119.
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who are members of the President’s Circle. The President’s Circle is a premier support group of Advancing Justice | AAJC. The group was established to offer special recognition to individuals donors for outstanding annual support. In addition to regular membership benefits, President’s Circle members enjoy the opportunity to forge a personal relationship with our organization. CHAMPION ($25,000+)
PROTECTOR ($2,500–$4,999)
Julia Huang Belinda and Douglas Jackson Paul W. Lee
Anonymous Deanna Lee Nancy P. Lee
DEFENDER ($10,000–$24,999)
BENEFACTOR ($1,000–$2,499)
Harsha Murthy Jacinta Titialii-Abbott
Michael I. Begert The Honorable Denny Chin and Kathy H. Chin Curtis Chin and Jeffrey Kim Mei Devine Michael S. Greco Jeffrey D. Hsi Ellen and Walter Kim Stewart Kwoh Rebecca A. Lee
ADVOCATE ($5,000–$9,999)
Anonymous Irene V. Bueno Anne H. Chow and Robert W. Moore Don H. Liu Alice Tran and Paul C. Suh George R. Willy
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS LEADERS ($250–$999)
Lynne B. Barr Paul K. Chan Francis E. Chin and Wai Jit Chow Chin Lorrayne and John Chu Stephanie Dodson Rebecca Cooper Walker Jennifer Fang Sharon Ty Fong and Ivan K. Fong Margaret J. Fujioka and Cedric C. Chao Debbie and Michael Fung Om Ganda Brenda S. Hibbeln Jayanne A. Hino
Neil Horikoshi Hoil Kim Sarah Kim Kimi Kondo and Fred McHenry Rabb Sophie Tan and Yul Kwon Ronald Lauderdale Tuyet Le Parkin Lee, Doris Ng and Lauren Lee Mela Lew Diana Liu Anne Marcus Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui Dale Minami Mary and Garrett Moran Peter Munkenback Peggy A. Nagae
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Ginger Lew and Carl L. Ehn Hanmin Liu Taron K. Murakami and Jarrett Jacinto Fujie and Ronald Ohata Gita N. Pancholy Maulik Pancholy and Ryan Corvaia Sona Pancholy Skip W. and Frances Rhodes Pamela S. Smith and John T. Nakahata Linda Mar Weidman and Scott Weidman Robert K. Woo, Jr. Jenny R. Yang and Kil Huh
Donna Ng Sumie S. and A. Hirotoshi Nishikawa Hyeon-Ju Rho Sandy Sakamoto James B. Slaughter Richard Soden Roselyne Swig Marian Tse Vivian Tseng Tom and Linda Workman Suma Yagi PARTNERS ($50–$249)
Jennifer Archer Heather Booth Maryann Byrnes-Alvarado
Rogene Gee Calvert Jeffrey Chan Christopher Y. Chan Stephen C. Chan Janelle Chan Lisa E. Chang and William W. Buzbee Ev Chasen Shu Ngon and Eva Mok Chau Dan and Marge Cunningham Carol and John Demicco Day Barry & Howard Fred Dow June Duchesne Brian Eng Rosalynd Erney Donna and James Fong Kevin M. Fong Elaine J. Fong Rodney Fong Elaine and Robert Gim Raul Gonzalez Deborah Dunlop and Donald Hayashi Dr. Daniel Hess Osamu Hirayama Peggy L. Ho James C. Ho Eugene H. Ho Jane M. Hong and Kurt B. Gestner Renee Inomata Carol L. Izumi and Frank H. Wu Deeana Jang Myong Joun Meerie Joung Keith Kamisugi Sandra K. Lee and Arnold Kawano Deborah L. Kee Shirley and Heng-Ping Kiang Amy Ko Janet and Tom Kometani
Terry Kwan Samson Lee Katherine Lee Carol F. Lee Joseph Leghorn Andrew Leong and Chi Chi Wu Nicholas Lepham Elizabeth Leung Dr. Pei-te Lien Carol and Andy Liu Jane Liu Sue Liu Julie S. Lu Grande Lum William Ly Cynthia Mark Professor Ella Mae Matsumura Daniel M. Mayeda Rosemary Meltzer Thomas J. Migaki Janice and D. Stanley Moore Dr. Ray Murakami Lillian Nakagawa Miyasaki Jadine and Chris Nielsen Patrice O’Day Tomoe Odahara Sumiye Okubo David K. Park Evelyn Yee and Nimesh M. Patel Maggie Potapchuk Patricia and Harry Price Alice Richmond Kozue Sawame Ingrid Schroffner Jeannie Suk Major General Antonio Taguba Evelynn Saito and Kenneth Masao Takemoto Michele Tam
Gary Tanigawa Natalie G. Lichtenstein and Willard K. Tom Michael C. Tow Karen Tseng Elaine Tung Tong and Nouzong Vang Austin Wang Audrey Wang Martha Watanabe Annamarie and Geoffrey Why Margaret and Jimmie Wing Margaret W. Wong Lena and John B. Wong Margaret Woo Evelyn Yee and Nimesh Patel Helen Yee Randall Yee Diane Young-Spitzer Emily Yu Margaret C. and Wai Y. Yung $50 AND UNDER
Michael Benzwie Andrew Chang Valerie Denomy Hanako Hirose Frances and Chosei Kuge Heat C. Leao Lorraine Lee and John W. Felleisen Dana Malone Emily and Brett Nichols Robert S. Nishinaka Dana Sanders Joseph Santos-Lyons Suvana Silaphet Namiko Suzuki Nina F. Uy Gayee Vue
We gratefully acknowledge the following Federal employees who so generously gave to Advancing Justice | AAJC through the Combined Federal Campaign and United Way Campaign. If you are interested in giving to Advancing Justice | AAJC through the Combined Federal Campaign, please choose code: 11161. Terry L. Blackwell Angkana P. Bode Patrick J. Bolognese Wayne Chan Jennifer L. Chang Stephen Chen Kenneth Chiu Rose Chu
Robert Compton Dev N. Devadoss Federico Dimas Kevin K. He Louann Y. Igasaki Paul M. Igasaki Supriya Jagannathan Michaelle Jean-paul
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Betty Leung Jung Yung-ting A. Lee Richard Lee Scott Lee Jim Lee Jeanette Lim Steven L. Marvin Djesebel Massengale
DONORS LISTINGS (CONTINUED) John T. Moua Danny A. Nguyen Bryson Oasay Nimesh M. Patel James M. Phang Robert W. Pipkin Rodney Reamer Linkun Shi Gary Thomas Alexander C. Tsang Jack S. Vitayanon Eleanor Chin Wardell Martha Watanabe Francey L. Youngberg Gene Zhengyi FOUNDATIONS
The Advocacy Fund Baumol Family Foundation Inc. The Boston Foundation The Annie E. Casey Foundation The California Wellness Foundation The Carnegie Corporation of New York Children Count Foundation The David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation The Ford Foundation Four Freedoms Fund The Leadership Conference Education Fund NAPABA Law Foundation Open Society Foundations Public Interest Projects, Inc. State Infrastructure Fund Tides Foundation Unbound Philanthropy Wallace H. Coulter Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation CORPORATIONS
3M Abercrombie & Associates, LLC AT&T Booz Allen Hamilton CBS Corporation Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Disney-ABC Television Group Facebook Fox Audience Strategy
Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman Google GRAPHEK, Inc. interTrend Communications, Inc. IW Group, Inc. Marriott International, Inc. Martin Realty Company LLC McDonald’s Corporation The Nielsen Company Northrop Grumman Corporation Nueva Vista Group, LLC Ohata Group, LLC PhRMA The Prudential Insurance Company of America Qualcomm Incorporated The Raben Group, LLC The Rockefeller Group Sodexo USA Southwest Airlines Starbucks Coffee Company State Farm Insurance Companies Ted Childs LLC Time Warner Cable USA Network Verizon Walmart Corporation LAW FIRMS
Aoki Law PLLC Crowell & Moring Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP FosterQuan, LLP Gilbert LLP Goodwin Procter LLP Gray Plant Mooty Hogan Lovells King & Spalding LLP Law Office of Louis Woo Law Offices of William C. Hou Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP Mei & Mark LLP Minami Tamaki LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP WilmerHale NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT
AARP
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American Immigration Lawyers Association APAICS Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Center for Community Change Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc. The George Washington University Law School Immigration Equality Action Fund Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Minority Media & Telecom Council National Asian Pacific American Bar Association National Cable & Telecommunications Association National Education Association People for the American Way Foundation Planned Parenthood Federation of America South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow The Tides Center United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, CLC The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
Ev Chasen Carol and John Demicco Elaine and Robert Gim Donna Ng Patricia and Harry Price GIFTS IN HONOR OF PAUL W. LEE
Lynne B. Barr Stephen C. Chan Paul K. Chan Janelle Chan Shu Ngon and Eva Mok Chau Francis E. Chin and Wai Jit Chow Chin Lorrayne and John Chu Dan and Marge Cunningham Valerie Denomy Theresa Deraska Stephanie Dodson Fred Dow June Duchesne Brian Eng Jennifer Fang Donna and James Fong Om Ganda Eugene H. Ho Peggy L. Ho Jane M. Hong and Kurt B. Gestner
Jeffrey D. Hsi Renee Inomata Myong Joun Meerie Joung Deborah L. Kee Sarah Kim Hoil Kim Amy Ko Terry Kwan Ronald Lauderdale Mary Lee Nancy P. Lee Parkin Lee, Doris Ng and Lauren Lee Rebecca A. Lee Samson Lee Joseph Leghorn Elizabeth Leung Mela Lew Diana Liu Anne Marcus Cynthia Mark Rosemary Meltzer Mary and Garrett Moran Peter Munkenback Peggy A. Nagae Emily and Brett Nichols Tomoe Odahara David K. Park
Regina M. Pisa & Goodwin Procter LLP Alice Richmond Kozue Sawame Ingrid Schroffner Richard Soden Jeannie Suk Roselyne Swig Michael C. Tow Marian Tse Vivian Tseng Karen Tseng Elaine Tung Audrey Wang Austin Wang Annamarie and Geoffrey Why Lena and John B. Wong Margaret Woo Tom and Linda Workman Helen Yee Randall Yee Diane Young-Spitzer Emily Yu GIFT IN HONOR OF MEE MOUA AND YEE CHANG
Dr. Daniel Hess
STAFF
PRO BONO
Covington & Burling LLP Crowell & Moring LLP FosterQuan, LLP Gilbert LLP Hogan Lovells LLP Lowenstein Sandler LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP The gifts listed below have been made in honor of the following individuals: GIFTS IN HONOR OF PARKIN LEE
Baumol Family Foundation Inc. Michael Benzwie Maryann Byrnes-Alvarado
MEE MOUA
JESSICA HAMLETT
TERRY AO MINNIS
President and Executive Director
Executive Assistant to the President and Executive Director
Director of Census and Voting Programs
Community Partners Network Manager
MEREDITH S.H. HIGASHI
DANA MALONE
Senior Staff Attorney, Litigation
Director of Individual Giving
LISA CAMPBELL-THORNTON
JASON T. LAGRIA
ERIN OSHIRO
Director of Human Resources and Administration
Senior Staff Attorney, Media and Telecommunications
Senior Staff Attorney, Immigration and Immigrant Rights
BESSIE CHAN
JEANETTE Y. LEE
KRISTEN STEHLING
Development Associate
Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Programs
Development Associate
JESSICA CHIA
LUCY M. LEE
HELEN TRAN
Staff Attorney, Immigration and Immigrant Rights
Director of Operations
MARITA ETCUBAÑEZ
Deputy Director
NAPABA Law Foundation Partners and In-House Counsel Community Law Fellow
ANTHONY BOWMAN
JACINTA S. MA
Director of Programs
HANNAH E. ZLOTNICK
Director of Development
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