Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

Name

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

Legal name

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

Website

https://advancingjustice-chicago.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Rights Advocacy and Community Organizing

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG), Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI), Immigrant & Refugee Community Education (Integration/Navigation) (EDAAAFAH), Immigrant/Integration Language Programs (ESL/ESOL, Civics-Integrated) (EDAMAFAK)

Keywords

• Civil rights advocacy
• Civic engagement programs
• Community organizing services
• Leadership development programs
• Immigrant rights advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago, IL

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The organization accepts one-time and monthly donations from individual supporters, with suggested amounts ranging from $10 to $3,000 for specific campaign impacts.
2. Foundation and Grant Funding: Supported by foundations including The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) for specific programs like bystander intervention trainings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago delivers free, community-based advocacy and organizing services for Asian American and immigrant communities in Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the Midwest. Its core offerings include leadership development programs (KINETIC youth program, I Speak Power ESL civic program, A Just Chi community organizing), bystander intervention trainings, Know Your Rights and community defense, year-round civic engagement and voter protection, coalition advocacy, and the TEAACH Act initiative for Asian American history education.

Product overview

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago operates as a non-profit advocacy organization with a portfolio of community organizing and civic engagement programs. The core offerings include three leadership development programs: KINETIC (youth leadership for high school ELL students), I Speak Power (ESL civic leadership for immigrants), and A Just Chi (community organizing for racial equity). Supporting programs include Bystander Intervention Trainings, Know Your Rights and Community Defense training, Civic Engagement with voter empowerment initiatives, Coalition Advocacy through PAVE and other coalitions, and the TEAACH Act Initiative for Asian American history education. These programs collectively work toward racial equity through collective advocacy and organizing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KINETIC: Civic leadership program for high school English language learner youth in Chicago
• I Speak Power
• A Just Chi

Products and services

• KINETIC

Quantifiable outcome

• Led passage of TEAACH Act making Illinois the first state to require Asian American history in all public schools (2021)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Founded in 2011, PAVE Coalition consists of 19 Asian American direct service and advocacy organizations across Chicagoland. Advancing Justice | Chicago co-convened and leads coalition activities including annual Asian American Action Day, mayoral candidate forums, and Get Out The Vote campaigns. Coalition works to foster collaboration across diverse Asian American communities, improve lives through advocacy and policy change, increase voter turnout, and serve as progressive voice for the community.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice (National Affiliation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvancing Justice | Chicago is an affiliate alongside Advancing Justice | AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice Atlanta, and Advancing Justice | Southern California. Together they form a powerful national voice for Asian American and immigrant communities. The affiliation has trained over 150,000 people in bystander intervention since launching in July 2020.
• Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of ICIRR, a powerful coalition of community-based organizations from across Illinois. Advancing Justice | Chicago co-convened the Campaign for a Welcoming Illinois with ICIRR and PASO to pass the Illinois TRUST Act. Organization connects community members to ICIRR's Family Support Network Hotline for immigration emergencies.
• Just Democracy IllinoismajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBroad-based coalition that works to protect and promote the value of a single vote regardless of geographic, racial, ethnic or party affiliation. Successfully advocated for passage of Automatic Voter Registration, Election Day Registration, and Online Voter Registration in Illinois.
• Right To BecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with New York-based nonprofit Right To Be to plan and implement locally led bystander intervention trainings for community members and partner organizations. Training program teaches 5Ds of bystander intervention to combat anti-Asian harassment.
• CAIR ChicagominorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago to offer local interactive online bystander intervention trainings to help people identify hate incidents and take action safely and effectively.
• Northside Lakefront Rapid Response TeammajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with ONE Northside and Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) in rapid response to immigration enforcement activities on Chicago's North Side (Uptown, Edgewater, Lakeview, Lincoln Park). Community defense network that documents abductions and provides Know Your Rights resources.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL): Long-standing national Asian American civil rights organization running policy advocacy, civic engagement, and education programs. Comparable to Advancing Justice | Chicago in mission, constituency (Asian American pan-ethnic), and historical approach to legislative advocacy.
• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT): National South Asian American advocacy organization focused on immigrant rights, civic engagement, and community defense. Directly comparable in mission, programmatic mix, and reliance on coalition-led advocacy.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC: National-affiliate sister organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Engages in federal-level Asian American civil rights advocacy, policy, and litigation; directly comparable to Advancing Justice | Chicago in mission, programming (bystander intervention, civic engagement), and donor base.
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates: National Asian Pacific American civil rights organization with chapters across multiple states. Comparable as a pan-Asian advocacy peer with similar civic engagement, education equity, and community organizing programs.
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): National Asian American legal advocacy organization with overlapping focus on language access, voting rights, and immigrant defense. Comparable in program areas (poll monitoring, Know Your Rights) and demographic mission.
• Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA): San Francisco-based Asian American civil rights organization that has since merged with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC's predecessor. Operates immigration defense, language access, and civic participation programs analogous to Advancing Justice | Chicago.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Atlanta: National-affiliate sister organization serving the Southeast U.S. Like Advancing Justice | Chicago, it focuses on civic engagement, language access, and immigrant defense for Asian American communities; useful as a regional peer for replication strategy.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Southern California: National-affiliate sister organization in Los Angeles. Operates the same mix of legal aid, civic engagement, youth leadership, and immigrant rights programming for Asian American communities, providing a directly comparable peer for program design and fundraising benchmarking.

Others

• Right To Be: New York-based nonprofit partnering with Advancing Justice | Chicago to deliver bystander intervention trainings. Comparable as an enabling/program partner in hate-incident response training infrastructure.
• Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): National Muslim civil rights organization that partners with Advancing Justice | Chicago on bystander intervention trainings. Comparable as a coalition ally running hate-incident response, Know Your Rights, and policy advocacy for a similarly affected community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/advancingjusticechicago
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/advancingjusticechicago

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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