Asian American Resource Workshop Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Aarw organizes pan-asian communities around issues of displacement and supports grassroots leadership development. This includes programs to support southeast and south asian youth and young adults, narrative strategy projects and the boston asian american film festival, workshops and civic engagement development, spaces for members to build their organizing skills and respond to timely issues within the asian american community, and working directly with asian american community members, particularly those who speak vietnamese, around issues of housing and immigration. Here is a list of the programs we support:-dorchester organizing and training initiative: dot-i is an innovative organizing space for vietnamese american young adults who live in dorchester. Fellows are working on projects around housing, immigration, and education equity.-dorchester tenant organizing & development without displacement: aarw is growing base-building of working-class vietnamese tenants and community members to organize within a multiracial community pushing back against unaffordable and speculative development by supporting policy and solutions such as tenant protections to stabilize housing.-southeast asian deportation defense project: we support southeast asian families (mostly cambodian and vietnamese) impacted by deportation through case support, organizing, an active support committee, and advocate for policy reforms on the local, statewide, and federal levels. -general membership meetings - aarw hosts monthly general member meetings to develop the shared political consciousness of our members, and cultivate the organizing and leadership skills necessary to support our anti-displacement organizing efforts.-activist training institute: ati is a pan-asian intensive organizing training space building the skills and capacity of asian american organizers in greater boston to organize.-narrative strategy team: this work highlights our members' stories in the service of organizing campaigns. Members submit stories about their personal experiences with themes like immigration or housing, which provides a platform for creativity and lifts up marginalized voices within our community. For example, we are working on a podcast, zine, and other storytelling circles.-c-salt: our new cambridge & somerville south asian leadership training (c-salt) program has completed three cohorts of south asian youth & young adults from cambridge and somerville who have gone through organizing training and continue to support the organization's campaign work. -raise boston: given the fact that 1/3 of the undocumented population in ma identify as asian, we see our growing work with the undocumented asian community as critical. Raise boston is a space for young undocumented aapi community members to come together, build a base, and push for systemic change. Across our programs we organize against displacement in all its forms. We focus on organizing around housing justice, deportation defense and immigrant rights, and civic participation and engagement, while supporting other issues of racial and economic justice.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 51.6%; rating input score 52
• Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $52.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 41.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings