Public Charity

KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is a Public Charity headquartered in LOS ANGELES, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $6.7M revenue, $6.3M expenses, $7.8M total assets. 117 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $13.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 954392004 LOS ANGELES, CA Community Service Clubs NTEE: S80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.7M
Total Expenses$6.3M
Total Assets$7.8M
Grant Records117
Funding Total$13.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO STRENGTHEN THE POWER OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS, TENANTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SHAPE THEIR LIVES, WORKPLACES, HOMES, COMMUNITIES, CITIES, AND WORLD. KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (KIWA) SEEKS TO DEVELOP A MEMBERSHIP BASE THAT SUPPORTS THE KIWA'S MISSION AND TO DEVELOP THE LEADERSHIP OF WORKERS, PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN LOW-WAGE INDUSTRIES, TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES, IN LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND. KIWA IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING OUR REGION, COUNTRY, AND WORLD CLOSER TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. TO FULFILL ITS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN STRATEGIES INCLUDING ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, POLICY ADVOCACY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND SERVICES.

Where $100 goes at Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California

How Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $90 for programs

$45
Through a range of campaigns, projects, and services, KIWA organizes immigrant workers, renters, and their families to promote workplace and housing justice, immigrants' rights, democratic and sustainable community…
50% of program spending
$24
KIWA is co-anchor of the California Coalition for Worker Power (CCWP), a coalition of worker centers, worker advocates, labor policy experts, and labor unions dedicated to ensuring that…
27% of program spending
$21
CLEAN Carwash Workers Organizing Committee (CWOC) brings workers together from carwashes across the region
23% of program spending
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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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (CEO) Alexandra Suh
Campaign Director David Abud-Sturbaum
CHAIR (BOARD PRESIDENT) Debbie Sheen
SECRETARY Eli Naduris-Weissman
CLEAN Executive Director Flor Rodriguez
CHIEF OF STAFF Jose Hernandez

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,430,894 60 grants
Health & Medicine
$2,162,201 9 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$1,540,750 8 grants
Economic Development
$1,206,500 9 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$445,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.7M $6.3M $7.8M
2024 $7.3M $5.3M $7.1M
2023 $3.9M $3.6M $5.0M
2022 $8.5M $6.8M $4.7M
2021 $6.7M $5.3M $3.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $6.7M, with total assets most recently reported at $7.8M.

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

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