Asian American Law Fund of New York Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133779413
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
RYE, NY, USA
Phone
2128198811
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,079
Expenses
$56,643
Assets
$125,192
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SYLVIA FUNG CHIN (PRESIDENT)
  • VINCENT CHANG (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SYLVIA FUNG CHIN (PRESIDENT)
  • VINCENT CHANG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • YAHN-RURNG EMILY CHU (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promotes projects and programs to inform the public on issues of concern to asian americans, to eliminate prejudice and discrimination. In addition, provides scholarships to encourage law students to enter into community and public service.

What it reported doing in 2025

Scholarship and grant programs-to encourage community and public service by granting scholarships and stipends to law students who volunteer with community service organizations, judges and governmental organizations in New York state and the greater New York metropolitan area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -76.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.