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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles

EIN 95-3854152Human and Civil Rights California Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Building upon the legacy of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice - LA) is the nation's largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (NHPI). Founded in 1983 as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Advancing Justice - LA serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. Through direct services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Advancing Justice - LA focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and NHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice. Advancing Justice - LA is based in downtown Los Angeles, with satellite offices in Orange County and Sacramento.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.02Overall score
out of 100

97.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$13,156,042

Total expenses · USD$13,833,697

Program expenses

$11,938,480.51 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$747,019.64 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,120,529.46 recorded amount

8.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Stewart Kwoh
Recorded compensation: $210,587.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.52%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice - LA) is the nation's largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (NHPI). Founded in 1983 as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Advancing Justice - LA serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. Through direct services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Advancing Justice - LA focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and NHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice. Advancing Justice - LA is based in downtown Los Angeles, with satellite offices in Orange County and Sacramento.
`ein` EIN	95-3854152
`tot_exp` Total expenses	13833697.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.081
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	97.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Stewart Kwoh
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	210587.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0152
`motto` Tagline	Building upon the legacy of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center
`name` Charity name	Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13156042.0
`score` Overall score	92.02
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11938480.511
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	747019.638
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1120529.457

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3854152
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.