Asian Cultural Council Inc
The Asian Cultural Council ("acc") deepens international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural exchange activities in asia and the united states to create a more harmonious and peaceful world. This mission is accomplished through fellowships and programs that support individual artists, scholars, and arts professionals.
Asian Cultural Council Inc at a glance
In short: Asian Cultural Council Inc reported $1.0M in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $1,034,535 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +443.2% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $55,579,283
- +13.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $7,116,045
- +16.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $4,671,602
- +90.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $4,155,920
- -15.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026.
How to apply to Asian Cultural Council Inc
Open Grants
12 open opportunities from Asian Cultural Council Inc
ACC / Saison Foundation Fellow Designation
Asian Cultural Council Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
ACC China/Hong Kong/Macau Program
Asian Cultural Council Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
ACC Taiwan Program
Asian Cultural Council Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Asian Cultural Council Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
13 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 13 (92%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Asian Cultural Council Inc gives
- Giving grew 98% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2023) to $1.0M (2025). In 2025 it reported $1.0M in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History New York, NY | To provide training to hanoi museum conservator in photography conservation. | $49,000 |
| Tracing Patterns Foundation Berkeley, CA | To support six months residency in international dialogue on the issue of papua representation for scholars. | $48,180 |
| Wild Projects Berkeley, CA | To research through a cultural lends the move of the indonesian capital, including the voices and cultural activities of generation z and alpha indonesians. | $35,875 |
| Montez Press Arts New York, NY | To conduct 'bands of frequency' - a research project on artist-run spaces in ho chi minh city. | $21,500 |
| Usjapan Cultural Trade Network San Francisco, CA | To support japanese playwright to develop a participatory play in san francisco. | $20,000 |
| Crossing Borders Music Collective Chicago, IL | To support one months residency in bangladesh for artist. | $15,900 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $55,579,283 | $7,116,045 | $4,155,920 | $1,034,535 | Total only | $4,671,602 |
| 2024 | $49,166,461 | $6,127,906 | $4,892,434 | $190,455 | 6 | $2,446,976 |
| 2023 | $45,329,759 | $4,983,238 | $3,471,454 | $7,600 | 1 | $1,671,899 |
| 2022 | $41,045,875 | $8,111,295 | $3,551,537 | $53,000 | 1 | $821,618 |
| 2021 | $42,424,533 | $6,554,346 | $4,027,892 | $96,432 | 5 | $1,668,096 |
| 2020 | $36,834,711 | $5,338,024 | $4,534,435 | $179,687 | 5 | $998,717 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Asian Cultural Council Inc
Based on IRS filings
Asian Cultural Council Inc is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $55.6M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $1.0M in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $4.7M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Asian Cultural Council Inc is led by Judy Kim, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 2 of 26 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Judy Kim
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$127K (2021) → $266K (2025)
Josie Cruz Natori
Chairman
Vice Chairman → Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Claire Lonergan
Director, Development & Communications
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$150K (2025)
Carol Rattray
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles Rockefeller
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Swift
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Tong Hsu
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ernest De Leon Escaler
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janet Nathanail
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Ann Kohn
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mercedes Zobel
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruby Shang
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Wu
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tonia Katherine Hsu
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Koo Hayashi
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cai Guo-Qiang
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alice Hung
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Masako Ushioda
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Hsu-Balcer
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Abigail Alvarez
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Harburg
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Reitknecht
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Straton Pierson
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hans Michael Jebsen
Co-Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman → Co-Vice Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John R. Witt
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2021
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Rockefeller
Co-Vice Chairman & Secretary
Vice Chairman → Co-Vice Chairman, 2024
Co-Vice Chairman → Co-Vice Chairman & Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (22)
- Former: David Rockefeller Jr. (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Missie Rennie (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Valerie Rockefeller (2020–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Ben Harburg (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Mohamed Abdelhalim (2022–2024) — Director, Finance & Operations
- Former: Yu Jenny Zeng (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Shin Young Kim (2024) — Director of Programs
- Former: Sundaram Tagore (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Wendy O'Neill (2020–2023) — Chairman
- Former: Yuling Mao (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Yoichiro Ushioda (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Kathy Liu (2022–2023) — Director & Advancement
- Former: Jonathan Fanton (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Riccardo Salmona (2020–2022) — Director & Advancement
- Former: Lyn Hsieh (2022) — Director & Programs
- Former: Cecily D. Cook (2020–2021) — Director & Grantee Alumni Relations
- Former: Eileen Connor (2020–2021) — Director & Finance
- Former: Kazuko Aso (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jenny Yu Zeng (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth J. McCormack (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Miho Walsh (2020) — Executive Director
- Former: Yuji Tsutsumi (2020) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $266K, to Judy Kim (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Asian Cultural Council Inc
How much does Asian Cultural Council Inc give each year?
Asian Cultural Council Inc reported $1.0M in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $190K across 6 grants.
How large is Asian Cultural Council Inc?
Asian Cultural Council Inc reported $55.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.1M.
What is Asian Cultural Council Inc?
Asian Cultural Council Inc is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in New York, NY. It holds $55.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Asian Cultural Council Inc operate?
Asian Cultural Council Inc has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania.
What is Asian Cultural Council Inc's EIN?
Asian Cultural Council Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-3018822. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 14, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 23, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 1, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 10, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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