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African American Community Service Agency (AACSA)

Website:

www.sjaacsa.org/
Location:

San Jose, CA
Tax ID:

94-2494728
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2022):

Revenue: $2,174,956
Expenses: $1,942,120
Assets: $871,904
Type:

Community advocacy group
Formation:

1978
Executive Director:

Milan Balinton

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The African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) is a left-of-center community organization based in San Jose, California. The organization, formed in 1978, claims its three main pillars are education, advocacy, and “community building.” AACSA also claims on its website that one of its core values regarding advocacy is “reparations.” 1

The organization receives funding from government offices including the California Community Reinvestment Grants Program at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, and the Silicon Valley African American Cultural Center Project. The Silicon Valley African American Cultural Center Project is one of the community projects legislatively backed by U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). 2 3 4

AACSA was also listed on the 2023 #Case4Reparations grantee list. #Case4Reparations is a campaign of the Decolonizing Wealth Project, a community organizing group that funds advocacy by community-based activist groups, including those associated with Native American communities and the Black Lives Matter movement. 5

Background

The African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) is a left-of-center community organization based in San Jose, California. The organization claims to advocate for “empower[ing] all Black and historically excluded communities” through “economic justice.” 1

The organization, founded in 1978, claims its three pillars are education, advocacy, and “community building.” On its website, the AACSA also claims that one of its core values regarding advocacy is “reparations.” AACSA also advocates to “strategically promote equity” and “social and racial justice.” 1

Affiliated Organizations

According to its website, the African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) lists its “friends and partners” which include Comcast, Wells Fargo, IBM, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) labor union. 6 7

AACSA is also partnered with Health Trust, a healthcare conversion foundation that was founded with the proceeds from the sale of a nonprofit hospital system. Health Trust provided AACSA with a grant in February 2021. 8 9 10

Financials

The African American Community Service Agency’s (AACSA) total revenue amounted to $2.17 million in 2022, $2.02 million of which came from contributions. The organization had $3.14 million in total revenue in 2023, $3.13 million of which came from contributions. The organization’s expenses amounted to $1.94 million in 2022 and increased to just over $3 million in 2023. 11

Funding

The African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) received a total of $415,420 in government grants in 2020, $711,461 in 2021, $576,164 in 2022, and $1,149,745 in 2023. 11

The California Community Reinvestment Grants Program at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development granted a total of $450,000 to AACSA in the fiscal year 2020-2021. AACSA also received a grant from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office in 2023 and received $4,116,279 in 2024 from the Silicon Valley African American Cultural Center Project, one of the community projects pushed by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to the House Appropriations Committee. 2 3 4

AACSA received a grant for $30,000 in 2022 and another for $350,000 in 2023 from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, $201,000 in grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation in 2023, $50,000 from the Penner Family Foundation in 2022, and $40,000 from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in 2024. 12 13 14 15

AACSA was also listed on the 2023 #Case4Reparations grantee list. #Case4Reparations is a campaign of the Decolonizing Wealth Project, a community organizing group that funds advocacy by community-based activist groups, including those associated with Native American communities and the Black Lives Matter movement. 5

References

  1. “About.” San Jose AACSA. April 26, 2025. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.sjaacsa.org/about
  2. “CalCRG Program Grantee List 6-2021.” June 21, 2021. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://business.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CalCRG-Program-Grantee-List-6-2021.pdf.
  3. “DA Launches Fourth Annual “Bend the Arc” Grant Program.” County of Santa Clara. May 1, 2024. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://news.santaclaracounty.gov/da-launches-fourth-annual-bend-arc-grant-program.
  4. “Release: Rep. Ro Khanna Secures $14,771,279 In Funding For 15 Community Projects.” Congressman Ro Khanna. March 12, 2024. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-rep-ro-khanna-secures-14771279-funding-15-community-projects.
  5. “DECOLONIZING WEALTH PROJECT AWARDS THIS YEAR’S #CASE4REPARATIONS GRANTS IN FIRST WAVE OF FUNDING SINCE $20 MILLION COMMITMENT IN JUNE.” Accessed April 28, 2025. https://decolonizingwealth.com/news/c4r2023/.
  6. “Organizations.” San Jose AACSA. April 26, 2025. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.sjaacsa.org/organizations.
  7. Leonnig, Carol D. “Some Criticize SEIU for Its ACORN Connections.” Washington Post. October 6, 2009. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100503585.html.
  8. [1] “Organizations.” San Jose AACSA. April 26, 2025. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.sjaacsa.org/organizations.
  9. “Our Mission & Values.” The Health Trust. October 17, 2018. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://healthtrust.org/mission-values/.
  10. “GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT: African American Community Service Agency – Policy Advocacy Project.” The Health Trust. February 16, 2021. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://healthtrust.org/2021/02/16/grantee-spotlight-african-american-community-service-agency-policy-advocacy-project/.
  11. “African American Community Services Agency – Nonprofit Explorer.” ProPublica. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/942494728.
  12. [1] “African American Community Service Agency • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.” Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.packard.org/grantee/african-american-community-service-agency/?cn-reloaded=1
  13. “2023 Heising-Simons Foundation – Form 990-PF.” Heising-Simons Foundation. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.hsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-Heising-Simons-Foundation-990-PF-Public-Disclosure.pdf.
  14. “Penner Family Foundation – 2022” Nonprofit Explorer. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/810831228/202332919349100608/full
  15. “Movement- and Power-Building: Round 1 2024 Grantees.” Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.svcf.org/grants-catalog/grantees-list/movement-and-power-building-2024-grantees.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: July 1, 2017

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2022 Jun Form 990 $2,174,956 $1,942,120 $871,904 $123,799 N $2,029,510 $139,845 $419 $113,000
    2021 Jun Form 990 $2,238,964 $2,012,836 $635,170 $119,901 N $2,229,038 $0 $255 $137,903 PDF
    2020 Jun Form 990 $1,240,214 $1,092,951 $394,491 $105,350 N $1,181,772 $0 $39 $85,500
    2019 Jun Form 990 $702,495 $512,319 $263,681 $88,041 N $399,318 $185,957 $0 $81,000 PDF
    2018 Jun Form 990 $775,119 $500,111 $374,103 $94,733 N $613,730 $132,581 $0 $66,000 PDF
    2017 Jun Form 990 $462,790 $368,039 $48,362 $3,100 N $134,318 $293,778 $0 $61,944 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    African American Community Service Agency (AACSA)

    304 N 6TH ST
    San Jose, CA 95112-5266