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API INITIATIVE INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $90K · expenses $164K · assets $63K

EIN
82-0998345
Address
591 TELEGRAPH CANYON ROAD 259, CHULA VISTA, CA 91910-6436
Website
WWW.APIINITIATIVE.ORG
NTEE code
A23
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2017
Cross-check
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Mission

TO PROMOTE, ADVOCATE, COLLABORATE, AND ADVANCE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES TRHOUGH: 1) ARTS AND CULTURE, 2)CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT,3) OUTREACH, EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING, AND 4)RESEARCH, DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

3 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Ed Arguelles PRESIDENT2020-2025 $1,500$26,000 1
Joann Fields (former) Government Relations2020-2024 $15,000$63,100 1
Alicia Deleon Torres (former) Director2020 $12,000$12,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Vivien Arguelles TREASURER2025 5 $0 reported 1
Ruth Delos Reyes SECRETARY2025 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $2K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED ARGUELLES PRESIDENT5 $1,500-- $1,5001
VIVIEN ARGUELLES TREASURER5 $0-- $01
RUTH DELOS REYES SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
2024 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $16K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Fields Government Relations5 $15,000-$0 $15,0001
Ed Arguelles Director5 $1,000-$0 $1,0001
2023 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $14K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ed Arguelles Director5 $7,000-$0 $7,0001
Joann Fields Government Relations5 $6,600-$0 $6,6001
2022 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Ed Arguelles Director5 $0-$0 $01
Joann Fields Government Relations10 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 2 people listed · 2 paid, $30K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Fields Government Relations10 $20,000-$0 $20,0001
Ed Arguelles Director5 $10,000-$0 $10,0001
2020 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $40K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joann Fields Government Relations10 $21,500-$0 $21,5001
Alicia Deleon Torres Director6 $12,000-$0 $12,0001
Ed Arguelles Director3 $6,500-$0 $6,5001

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,934$164,410 $63,230$63,230 $38,100$51,834 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$129,083$163,439 $137,706$137,706 $0$129,083 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$174,655$83,131 $172,062$172,062 $0$174,655 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$83,844$38,813 $91,853$91,853 $0$83,844 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,513$59,931 $46,822$46,822 $0$94,513 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$114,792$126,814 $7,367$7,367 $0$114,792 ---

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $279,292 in all, tax years 2018 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY Public charity Exact 2019-2020 2$95,792 2020$35,000
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2022 3$60,000 2022$20,000
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ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VOTE INC Public charity Exact 2018-2020 3$57,000 2020$20,000
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THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$25,000 2023$25,000
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TIDES FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$25,000 2021$25,000
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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SAN DIEGO REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Public charity Exact 2023 1$6,500 2023$6,500
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $164,410 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $84,244 51.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $65,680 39.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $12,328 7.5%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 1.2%
Printing, publications, postage $158 0.1%
Total$164,410100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $163,439 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $135,851 83.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,523 9.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,906 7.3%
Printing, publications, postage $159 0.1%
Total$163,439100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $83,131 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $44,436 53.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25,220 30.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $13,475 16.2%
Total$83,131100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $38,813 spent · pay $9,150 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $24,776 63.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $9,150 23.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,887 12.6%
Total$38,813100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $59,931 spent · pay $25,500 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $25,500 42.5%
Fees to independent contractors $23,987 40.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,760 16.3%
Printing, publications, postage $684 1.1%
Total$59,931100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $126,814 spent · pay $40,400 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $73,875 58.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $40,400 31.9%
Printing, publications, postage $7,000 5.5%
Fees to independent contractors $5,325 4.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $214 0.2%
Total$126,814100%

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