Se Asia Ethnic Minority Mission Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEEM's efforts are focused on supporting the ministry of Rev. Louis Julian. A native of Vietnam, Rev. Julian has worked in Christian evangelism for minority groups in Vietnam since the early 1970s. The mission work has not been easy, because there has historically been serious persecution of minority tribespeople who are Christian. The hill tribespeople (often called "Montagnards") are actually composed of several dozen distinct tribes such as the Jeh, Jarai, Bahnar, Bru, and Rhade. The tribes are often of very different ethnical backgrounds. For example, the Jarai are of Malayan-Polynesian heritage. Other tribes are more closely related to groups from India, or from China. But they are quite different from ethnic Vietnamese, Laotians, or Cambodians - culturally, ethnically, and with language.
- Income
- $113,985
- Spending
- $107,943
- Reserves
- 8.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $107,043 spent. Because there has been a strong history of large-scale persecution of Christian hill tribespeople (jailing, not allowing them to own businesses, beatings, ineligibility of children for jobs), many of the hill tribespeople are not willing to sign up with the government as a condition of worshiping. Instead, they strongly believe in the concept of freedom of religion. As a result, in some areas of the countries, evangelism work must still be carried out secretly. Lay pastors will be arrested and jailed. In other areas, things are opening up and churches can now be built -- although fear still persists.Rev. Julian has an amazing ministry that has been operating for decades on a shoestring budget. There is no shortage of lay persons among the hill tribespeople who would like to be lay pastors. Training these future pastors is a major focus of SEEM.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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