More than a few groups have expressed reluctance. Yet he himself said he knew his group had to comply. I knew that this was coming, and you're the first one to ask for it. Nancy Choy, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, said that so far that she hasn't gotten many requests for 990 forms, and that no one has contacted her group for assistance on how to comply with requests. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a problem.
Some directors blame conservative lawmakers.
Kim, for example, says he expects that most money will to continue to come from corporations and donations, not public grants. In the Bay Area, things are better, but not by much. A 1996 study by the fund showed that between 1988 and 1993, APA nonprofits got only 0.5 percent of dollars given, even though Asian Americans made up 20 percent of the population, said Gail Kong, whose Asian Pacific American Community Fund sponsored the study. There was a greater need that people didn't recognize. In the past three years, though, Kong said she believes there have been modest gains for the Bay Area's 150 Asian American service-oriented nonprofits, which help an estimated 170,000 people.