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Another way to impact justice now. 

Please make checks payable to “Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California” and send to:

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
Attn: Development
1145 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Make a recurring gift to ensure civil rights for AAPIs and all people of color.

Double the impact of your gift! Find out if your company has a Matching Gift Program and how you can participate.

If you have a DAF, advance justice by recommending/allocation a gift to AJSOCAL. 

 Please use the following address to ensure we receive your DAF gift:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
Attn: Development
1145 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017

For questions regarding your gift through a DAF,  contact Janelle Hu at jhu@ajsocal.org or (213) 977-7500 ext. 231.

Avoid potential taxes/capital gains on stock held for more than a year and make a gift of stock. Contact Janelle Hu at jhu@ajsocal.org or (213) 241-0231 for information on how to make a stock gift.

Advocate for AJSOCAL by engaging your network with a P2P fundraiser. Contact Michi Lew mlew@ajsocal.org for more information. 

An easy way to ensure justice in the future is to designate AJSOCAL a beneficiary of your life insurance policy.

Contact your plan administrator for the beneficiary designation form, complete and return to the administrator. If you are comfortable, please share a copy or notify us: Janelle Hu at jhu@ajsocal.org or (213) 241-0231. 

Another easy way to leave a legacy gift that costs you nothing now.

Contact your plan administrator for the beneficiary designation form, complete and return to the administrator. If you are comfortable, please share a copy or notify us: Janelle Hu at jhu@ajsocal.org or (213) 241-0231.

Make a QCD gift directly to AJSOCAL from your IRA up to $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for a married couple filing jointly. Beginning at age 73, a QCD gift can be used as all or part of your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) – potentially reducing your annual income, taxes, Medicare premiums and Social Security that is subject to taxes. We recommend that you consult your financial adviser and/or attorney to learn more about the tax implications of making a QCD gift.

Donate new or slightly used items or services to protect civil rights such as computers, office supplies, gift cards, or professional services. Please contact Michi Lew at mlew@ajsocal.org.

When you enroll in the program and use your Ralphs Rewards card, a portion of your Ralphs purchases will be donated to AJSOCAL.

The doctrine of cy pres, or fluid recovery, allows litigants to request courts to distribute unclaimed or residual funds in class action settlements and judgments and certain other actions to non-profit organizations based on the following broad guidelines. Courts annually approve millions of dollars in cy pres funds to non-profit organizations like ours that engage in access to justice initiatives for underserved communities, which has been crucial to our ability to continue our important work.

Cy pres funds are especially important for supporting all of our access to justice initiatives, including direct legal services and impact litigation work. Unlike many of our other funding sources, cy pres awards are unrestricted. This has allowed us to direct cy pres funds to our important and groundbreaking legal representation of individuals and groups who otherwise would not have access to the legal system to vindicate their rights. We rely on cy pres funds to be able to continue this invaluable work.

With the assistance of individual attorneys, in-house counsel, law firms, and class action practitioners, we have received cy pres awards that have helped build a powerhouse legal team to provide access to justice for low-income, disadvantaged, and underserved communities. Our cases have increased equal educational opportunity, challenged employment discrimination, fought sweatshops and other exploitative wages and working conditions, and exposed fraudulent practices aimed at vulnerable and limited-English-proficient consumers. Cy pres awards will help us continue this important work.

Ways to Help Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California Receive Cy Pres Awards

Law firms and individual supporters in the legal community can help us receive cy pres awards. This does not require you to ask anyone to donate money or time. Here are ways you can assist us:

• If you, your firm, or someone you know is party to or counsel on a class action case involving potential cy pres awards, you may help nominate our organization as an awardee.
• Familiarize yourself with our work and help us outreach to the courts and class action attorneys about our access to justice initiatives, civil rights advocacy, legal services, and litigation on behalf of low-wage workers and vulnerable consumers.
• If you become aware of cy pres awards through word of mouth or published notices, please let us know about the opportunities.

To find out more information on how you can help increase legal services and advance civil rights with cy pres awards by contacting Janelle Hu at jhu@ajsocal.org or (213) 241-0231.