Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Donations deductibleAsian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's network
14 people1 organisationi14 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice HSU | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Ayaz R Shaikh | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Denley Y Chew | Executive Committee Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Heidi Chen | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Irene Chang-Cimino | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| KO-Yung Tung | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Margaret Y K WOO (also filed as Margaret YK WOO) | Executive Committee Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Marvin Liang | Executive Committee Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Nicholas V Chen | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Philip Tajitsu Nash | Co-Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Richard K Kim | Co-Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sandra Leung | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Susan Chong Wong | Board Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Tommy SHI | Executive Committee Member | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Wang | Senior Staff Attorney | since 2022 |
| Bethany LI | Co-Executive Director | 2025 |
| Jeffrey Chang | Director of Finance | 2025 |
| Jennifer Weng | Director of Operations | since 2022 |
| Jerry Vattamala | Director, Democracy Program | since 2020 |
| Margaret Fung | Former Co-Executive Director | since 2019 |
| Stanley Mark | Senior Staff Attorney | since 2021 |
| Yasmin Khan | Former Development Director | 2025 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Li | Co-Executive Director | 40 | $224k | ||
| Yasmin Khan | Former Development Director | 40 | $208k | $19k | |
| Jennifer Weng | Director of Operations | 40 | $208k | $29k | |
| Margaret Fung | Former Co-Executive Director | 40 | $202k | $15k | |
| Annie Wang | Senior Staff Attorney | 40 | $173k | $9k | |
| Jeffrey Chang | Director of Finance | 40 | $166k | $43k | |
| Jerry Vattamala | Director, Democracy Program | 40 | $156k | ||
| Richard K Kim | Co-Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Philip Tajitsu Nash | Co-Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Irene Chang-Cimino | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sandra Leung | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ayaz R Shaikh | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marvin Liang | Executive Committee Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tommy Shi | Executive Committee Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Margaret Y K Woo | Executive Committee Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Denley Y Chew | Executive Committee Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Heidi Chen | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicholas V Chen | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alice Hsu | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ko-Yung Tung | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Susan Chong Wong | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- EIN
- 132855641
- Address
- 99 Hudson Street 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10013-2815
- State
- New York
- Mission
- 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. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1974
- Principal officer
- Philip T Nash (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1975
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAyaz R Shaikh
≥7years on the filingsDenley Y Chew
≥7years on the filingsHeidi Chen
≥7years on the filingsIrene Chang-Cimino
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $11.5m
- Total liabilities
- $174k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $11.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.3m
- Program service revenue
- $74k
- Employees
- 28
- Volunteers
- 600
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 15 February 1977
- Registered agent
- Not stated