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Name:	Asian American Justice Center
Address:	1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1200
	Washington, DC 20036
Phone:	202-296-2300
Web Address:	www.advancingequality.org

Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) does not meet the following Standards for Charity Accountability.

Standard 7: Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness - Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions. AAJC does not meet this Standard because: Although it has produced a written effectiveness assessment report, the report did not include recommendations for future actions.  In addition, the effectiveness assessment was not submitted for approval to the board of directors.

AAJC meets the remaining 19Standards for Charity Accountability.

AAJC operates a number of programs including affirmative action, anti-Asian violence and race relations, census, community partners, immigrations and immigrant rights, television diversity, voting rights, etc. with the aim of enhancing and serving Asian communities across the country. AAJC uses advocacy, public policy, public education and litigation as its core strategies. AAJC promotes civic engagement and tries to empower Asian Americans with the tools and network to best participate in the democratic process, and at the same time, shape the policies and programs that affect their communities. Furthermore, it tries to foster strong and safe communities by building community leadership and combating hate crimes, while promoting social understanding between its diverse racial and ethnical groups. AAJC also aims to create an inclusive society by helping Asian American and other minority groups to challenge discriminatory barriers to fair and equal access to justice in the courts, jobs in the marketplace as well as government programs, benefits and forms of assistance at every level.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, AAJC's program expenses were:

Census	987,575
Immigration and immigrant rights	562,097
Strategic planning	470,035
Affirmative action	365,905
Rights Working Group	351,713
ESL	219,655
Community partners	129,446
Health	85,419
Voting rights	65,848
Television diversity	16,989
Language rights	12,567
Broadband	11,331
Anti-Asian violence and race relations	8,533
Lobbying	1,564
Total Program Expenses:	$3,288,677

Chief Executive : Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director

Compensation*:

$123,941

Chair of the Board: Michael Isaku Begert
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Commercial Litigation Partner with Bingham McCutchen, LLP

Board Size: 17

Paid Staff Size: 15

*2008 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, grant proposals, Internet appeals, and planned giving.

Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $6,273,618, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on AAJC's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	5,998,918
Special events	274,700
Rental income	65,130
Other income	17,889
Interest income	7,066
Total Income	$6,363,703

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 88%  Fund Raising: 8%  Administrative: 4%

Total income				$6,363,703
	Program expenses			$3,288,677
	Fund raising expenses			294,328
	Administrative expenses			137,690
Total expenses				$3,720,695
Income in Excess of Expenses				2,643,008
Beginning net assets				2,372,709
Other Changes in Net Assets				(120,043)
Ending net assets				4,895,674
Total liabilities				615,805
Total assets				$5,511,479

Note: In the above financial summary, "other changes in net assets" represents the transfer of the Rights Working Group project to the Tides Center.