Asia Catalyst INC FY2021 filing

New York, NYUnknown exempt organization EIN 20-5969862Revenue $623K in FY2021Latest filing we have: 2021. Newer ones may not be in our data yet. Filed since? Tell us.

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Asia Catalyst, Inc. ("AC") works with grassroots groups from marginalized communities in East and Southeast Asia that promote the right to health. AC trains our partners to meet high standards of effective and democratic governance, to establish a stable foundation for future growth, and to conduct rigorous human rights research and advocacy. AC aims to help our partners become leading advocates at the local, national, and global levels.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-5969862) · Dispute this line
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$131K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2022
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2022, 4 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $274K a year · 74% of revenue · last 3 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
81% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$131K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
8.8 mo
of spending, in cash
8.8 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $101K
2 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$86K
16% of total assets
Liabilities are 16% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
10 of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$623K
+79% vs prior year
Spent
$618K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$453K
By yearFY2020–FY2022
Revenue
$623K
FY2021▲ +79%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$348K
FY2021$623K
FY2022$135K
Expenses
$618K
FY2021▼ -14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$722K
FY2021$618K
FY2022$588K
Net assets
$453K
FY2021▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$448K
FY2021$453K
FY2022$0

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing we have: FY2021.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $500K Management & general 16% · $100K Fundraising 3% · $17K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $131K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$130,681Pt VII · Sec A
Chair&treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen Kaplan$132,613$130,681$128,750

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers marginalized Asian groups to advocate for health rights through training and research.

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2 programs · $500K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Asia Regional Programming and Advocacy

included several smaller and larger projects in this year, including: developing video content for the AC "Legacy Project"/Drexel University online health and rights platform collaboration, by filming nearly two dozen long-standing human rights advocates about their work; a yearlong COVID VACCINE information and advocacy project that…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-5969862) · Dispute this line
$438Kprogram expense
02

Myanmar Human Rights Documentation and Advocacy Program Asia Catalyst applies its core curricula, Know It, Prove It, Change It: A Rights Curriculum for Grassroots Groups and The Nonprofit Survival Guide to empower and train community-based organizations to understand and advocate for their human rights, particularly the right to health.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-5969862) · Dispute this line
$63Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2021
GE FoundationFY2021$1K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$101K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$623K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$455K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$141K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Money outPt IX
$618K
Ln 25
Programscol B$500K
Managementcol C$100K
Fundraisingcol D$17K
Owns and owesPt X
$453K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$455K
Total assetsLn 16$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$86K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$455K
Government grantsLn 1e$21K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$125
Fees for servicesLn 2g$141K
Investment incomeLn 3$8
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$623K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$449K
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$455K
Accounts receivableLn 4$62K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$19K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$968
Total assetsLn 16$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$86K
Net assetsLn 32$453K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$44K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$406K$455K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$463K$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K$86K
Net assetsLn 32$448K$453K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$44K$44K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$144K$115K$22K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$1K$4K$86
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$8K$2K$511
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$23K$18K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$221K$171K$45K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$4K$1K$260
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$846$184
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$19K$14K$4K$941
TravelLn 17$11K$8K$2K$512
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$540$1K$38
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$106K$106K$572$124
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$618K$500K$100K$17K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2022 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 28, 2022 $135K$588K−$453K$0 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 7, 2022 $623K$618K$5K$453K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 29, 2021 $348K$722K−$374K$448K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

F · Foreign I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $622,776 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $242,029$455,172
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $105,136$141,469
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19$8
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $501$26,127
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $347,685$622,776
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $121,927$44,008
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $150,102$159,264
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $450,118$414,257
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $722,147$617,529
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$374,462$5,247
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $622,776 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$20,833
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$434,339
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$125
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$455,172
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $141,469$141,469
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8$8
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$25,814
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $313$313
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $141,782 · Excluded from tax $8$622,776
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $617,529 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $44,008$44,008
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $114,919 · Management $21,547 · Fundraising $7,183$143,649
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,372 · Management $3,932 · Fundraising $86$5,390
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,180 · Management $1,534 · Fundraising $511$10,225
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $23,292 · Management $17,963 · Fundraising $1,618$42,873
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $171,030 · Management $44,538 · Fundraising $5,802$221,370
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,876 · Management $1,194 · Fundraising $260$5,330
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,202 · Management $846 · Fundraising $184$4,232
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,544 · Management $4,327 · Fundraising $941$18,812
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,355 · Management $2,354 · Fundraising $512$11,221
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,536$2,536
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $540 · Management $1,028 · Fundraising $38$1,606
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $105,581 · Management $572 · Fundraising $124$106,277
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $500,435 · Management $99,835 · Fundraising $17,259$617,529
Part X · Balance sheet $539,663 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $399,815$448,504
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,630$6,638
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $12,986$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,000$62,495
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,653$19,033
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,631$2,025
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,839$968
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $462,554$539,663
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,152$18,639
X-19 Deferred revenue$67,808
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,152$86,447
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $438,984$453,216
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $448,402$453,216
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $462,554$539,663
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $453,216 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$622,776
XI-2 Total expenses$617,529
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,247
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$448,402
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$433
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$453,216

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