Public Charity

Center for Asian American Media

Center for Asian American Media, of San Francisco, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.7M in revenue, $5.1M in expenses, $14.1M in total assets. 103 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $22.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 942801493 San Francisco, CA Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$5.1M
Total Assets$14.1M
Grant Records103
Funding Total$22.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PRESENT STORIES THAT CONVEY THE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES TO THE BROADEST AUDIENCE POSSIBLE. THE CENTER DOES THIS BY FUNDING, PRODUCING, DISTRIBUTING, AND EXHIBITING FILMS, TELEVISION, LIVE PERFORMANCES AND DIGITAL MEDIA.

Where $100 goes at Center for Asian American Media

How Center for Asian American Media divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$11 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$49
Media Fund
61% of program spending
$15
Festival
19% of program spending
$9
PTV
11% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 40 hours of public

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Secretary Brent Hall
Board Member Cheryl Wei
Board Member Christine Chen
Vice Chair David Lei
Co-Chair Dipti Ghosh
Executive Dir. Donald Young

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,474,683 42 grants
Arts & Culture
$504,550 17 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$208,000 10 grants
Training & Professional Development
$189,320 6 grants
Health & Medicine
$100,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $5.1M $14.1M
2024 $11.5M $4.1M $16.3M
2023 $4.2M $3.7M $9.4M
2022 $5.0M $3.8M $8.0M
2021 $6.1M $3.0M $7.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $6.1M to $3.7M (-40%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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