ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
99 HUDSON STREET, NEW YORK, NY 100132815 www.aaldef.org

Total Revenue
$2,095,435
Total Expenses
$1,615,800
Net Assets
$3,107,876

Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND (AALDEF), FOUNDED IN 1974, IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT PROTECTS AND PROMOTES THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ASIAN AMERICANS. THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND ORGANIZING.

A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT PROTECTS & PROMOTES CIVIL RIGHTS OF ASIAN AMERICANS.

VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY PROGRAM - PROMOTES CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY AMONG NEW CITIZENS AND FIRST-TIME VOTERS, AND SEEKS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATORY BARRIERS TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE. MONITORED 2019 ELECTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, AND LOUISIANA TO ENSURE THAT ASIAN AMERICANS COULD EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.

IMMIGRANT ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROJECT - PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO ASIAN IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES APPLYING FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP, AND TO ASIAN IMMIGRANT YOUTH SEEKING DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA).

ECONOMIC JUSTICE PROGRAM - SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT ASIAN AMERICANS ARE TREATED FAIRLY IN THE WORKPLACE AND PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO LOW-WAGE IMMIGRANT WORKERS ASSERTING THEIR RIGHTS TO MINIMUM WAGE, OVERTIME PAY AND SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS. SECURED A $265,000 SETTLEMENT FOR 23 CHINESE TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT OWNERS IN PHILADELPHIA WHO WERE UNFAIRLY TARGETED FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AN EVENING CLOSING ORDINANCE.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Margaret FungEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40$115,252
Jerry VattamalaDIRECTOR, DEMOCRACY PROGRAM40$109,330
Alice HsuDIRECTOR1$0
Marvin LiangDIRECTOR1$0
Margaret Yk WooDIRECTOR1$0
Susan Chong WongDIRECTOR1$0
Ko-Yung TungDIRECTOR1$0
Philip Tajitsu NashDIRECTOR1$0
Richard K KimDIRECTOR1$0
Heidi ChenDIRECTOR1$0
William T Coleman IiiDIRECTOR1$0
Nicholas V ChenDIRECTOR1$0
Daniel L AltermanDIRECTOR1$0
Denley Y ChewDIRECTOR - EXECUTIVE COMM.1$0
Ayaz R ShaikhSECRETARY1$0
Sandra LeungTREASURER1$0
Irene Chang-CiminoVICE PRESIDENT1$0
Tommy ShiPRESIDENT1$0

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