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Asian Community and Cultural Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Lincoln, NE EIN: 47-0807501 Website

The asian community & cultural center supports and empowers all refugees and immigrants through programs and services and advances the sharing of asian culture and other cultural heritages of our clients with the community at large.

Asian Community and Cultural Center at a glance

Total assets
$1,579,726
+7.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,966,117
+19.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$37,738
-17.4% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,867,949
+7.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Asian Community and Cultural Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 6 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

LincolnGrand IslandOmaha

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K0 grants2019 Total only2020 6 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $54K (2021). In 2021 it made 6 grants totaling $54K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
El Centro De Las Americas Lincoln, NE—$26,798
Lincoln Commission on Human Rights Lincoln, NE—$8,376
Catholic Social Services Lincoln, NE—$6,907
Lutheran Family Services Omaha, NE—$5,743
Multicultural Coalition Grand Island, NE—$3,125
Center for People in Need Lincoln, NE—$2,779
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,579,726$1,966,117$1,867,949——$37,738
2024$1,463,786$1,652,040$1,733,067——$45,699
2023$1,504,809$1,662,870$1,634,612——$14,134
2022$1,487,121$1,727,563$1,502,331——$1,179
2021$1,202,207$971,306$932,752$53,7286$1,177
2020$1,153,627$1,298,303$760,056$2,000Total only$750
2019$503,895$718,785$612,651——$15

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Asian Community and Cultural Center

Based on IRS filings

Asian Community and Cultural Center is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Lincoln, NE. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $38K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Asian Community and Cultural Center is led by Jason Varga, President since 2025 (on filings since 2022); none of the 16 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jason Varga

    President

    Director → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Cesar Garcia

    Director

    Secretary → Direcotr, 2020

    Direcotr → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Hansen

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Suarez

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Bohaboj

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Kayla Abel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Nizar Rasho

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Raul Sarmiento

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Whitney Fritzinger

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Omah Attaie

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Deb Higuchi

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Fatma Alnedawi

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Marti Lee

    Past President

    Director → President, 2023

    President → Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Brittany Planos

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Narin Ehrisman

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Olivia Thiel

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Rita Thompson (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Sheila Dorsey Vinton (2019–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Danny Nguyen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Guill (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Rosemary Ohles (2019–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Miki Esposito (2020–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Nemat Azizi (2022) — Director
  • Former: Apri Sayahian PhD (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Dustin Oltman (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Sara Houston (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Daizaburo Shizuka PhD (2019) — Direcotr
  • Former: Jena Lambert (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Asian Community and Cultural Center

How large is Asian Community and Cultural Center?

Asian Community and Cultural Center reported $1.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.

What is Asian Community and Cultural Center?

Asian Community and Cultural Center is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Lincoln, NE. It holds $1.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Asian Community and Cultural Center operate?

Asian Community and Cultural Center has awarded grants in Nebraska.

What is Asian Community and Cultural Center's EIN?

Asian Community and Cultural Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-0807501. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)

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