Nonprofit · EIN 04-2707980
ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC
Tax-exempt · DORCHESTER, MA 02122
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,572,761 | $1,496,693 | $1,076,068 | $3,140,193 | $75,620 | $3,064,573 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,673,378 | $1,290,866 | $382,512 | $2,069,837 | $82,054 | $1,987,783 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $963,010 | $831,711 | $131,299 | $1,683,592 | $80,204 | $1,603,388 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,444,530
- Program service revenue
- $20,506
- Investment income
- $20,946
- Net income from fundraising events
- $86,779
- Other revenue
- $86,779
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $140,000
- Other salaries and wages
- $642,612
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $794,280
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $21,000
- Travel
- $40,111
- Program services (functional)
- $1,316,537
- Management and general (functional)
- $133,981
- Fundraising (functional)
- $46,175
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,069,837
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,140,193
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $75,620
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,064,573
- Publicly traded securities
- $85,182
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,664,196
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,400,377
- Gross receipts
- $2,611,932
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 200
- Year formed
- 1979
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOPHIA CHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| LAURA KNUTTUNEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| NEHA RAYAMAJHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CELINA LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| UMA VENKATRAMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| KATHY WU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JEFFREY JORGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| NAM LE | TREASURER Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHRISTI PANT | SECRETARY Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| ASHLEY SHEN | CO-PRESIDENT Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| ELEANOR CRAIG | CO-CHAIR Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOPHIA CHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| LAURA KNUTTUNEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| NEHA RAYAMAJHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| CELINA LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| UMA VENKATRAMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| KATHY WU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| JEFFREY JORGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| NAM LE | TREASURER Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| SHRISTI PANT | SECRETARY Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| ASHLEY SHEN | CO-CHAIR Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| ELEANOR CRAIG | CO-CHAIR Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOPHIA CHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA KNUTTUNEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NEHA RAYAMAJHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CELINA LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ASHLEY SHEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELEANOR CRAIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HAE-IN KIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY WU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NAM LE | PRESIDENT Officer | 2 | $0 |
| APRIL TANG | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SHRISTI PANT | SECRETARY Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 42 CHARLES ST STE A, DORCHESTER, MA 02122-1441
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ASHLEY SHEN, 42 CHARLES STREET SUITE A, DORCHESTER, MA 02122
- Signed the 990
- ASHLEY SHEN, CO-PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (617) 942-8178
- Website
- AARW.ORG
- Return prepared by
- TREEFUL DAMASO ANICETO INC
Mission
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR PAN-ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN GREATER BOSTON.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $1,316,537 · grants $140,000 · revenue $20,506
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-2707980
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P84Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,140,193
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,611,932
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $2,572,761 | $1,496,693 | $3,140,193 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2024 | $1,673,378 | $1,290,866 | $2,069,837 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $963,010 | $831,711 | $1,683,592 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $1,030,828 | $624,447 | $1,510,485 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-2707980).
Questions about ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC
- What is the EIN of ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC is 04-2707980.
- Is ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names ASHLEY SHEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,572,761, expenses of $1,496,693 and total assets of $3,140,193 at year end.
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