Oregon · Public charity
Apano Communities United Fund
Apano unites asians and pacific islanders to build power, develop leaders, and advance equity through organizing, advocacy, community development, and cultural work.
- $354k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $260k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Apano Communities United Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $591k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $260k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $797k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $283k | 84% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $328k | 96% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $191k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Community Health Workers Assoc | $373,909 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Forward Oregon | $131,667 | 3 | 6% |
| Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation | $91,667 | 3 | 1% |
| Apano | $66,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Utopia Pdx United Territories of Pacific Islanders | $63,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | $62,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Pcun | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ka Aha Lahui O Olekona | $45,800 | 2 | 7% |
| National Caca Community Involvement Fund | $45,500 | 4 | 23% |
| Oregon Marshallese Community Association | $36,300 | 4 | 12% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Community Health Workers Assoc | $373,909 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Forward Oregon | $131,667 | 3 | 6% |
| Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation | $91,667 | 3 | 1% |
| Apano | $66,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Utopia Pdx United Territories of Pacific Islanders | $63,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | $62,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Pcun | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ka Aha Lahui O Olekona | $45,800 | 2 | 7% |
| National Caca Community Involvement Fund | $45,500 | 4 | 23% |
| Oregon Marshallese Community Association | $36,300 | 4 | 12% |
| East Portland Neighbors | $34,725 | 2 | n/a |
| Filipino Bayanihan Center | $30,600 | 2 | 6% |
| Yes for Portland Clean Energy Fund | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregonians United Against Profiling | $30,000 | 1 | 49% |
| No Cuts to Care PAC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese American Citizens Alliance | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Korean American Coalition | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Micronesian Islander Community | $29,800 | 4 | 1% |
| National Alliance for Filipino Concerns | $27,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Next Door Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rogue Valley Mentoring | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Verde Inc | $21,648 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean City Seafood Restaurant | $20,023 | 3 | n/a |
| Pure Spice Chinese Restaurant LLC | $17,842 | 2 | n/a |
| Li Min LLC Dba Li Min Bakery | $16,945 | 1 | n/a |
| A-1 Bird Bath | $16,745 | 1 | n/a |
| Cofa Alliance National Network | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Portland Chinese Times | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Law Auto Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Progress Forum | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Ayco | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Womenfirst Transition Referral Center | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Solid Foundation Child Care LLC | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pw International Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Student Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| African Family Holistic Health Organization | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Samoa Pacific Development Corporation | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Zomi Bethel Church | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cambodian-American Community of Oregon | $13,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Paul Pham Dba Anna's Flowers | $12,835 | 1 | n/a |
| Zomi Innkuan Portland Oregon | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hap Restaurant | $10,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Pho Kim LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East County Rising PAC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wing Ming LLC | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Golden Horse Restaurant Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iu-Mien Association of Oregon | $10,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Wong's King Seafood Restaurant | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mandarin House | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chinese American Citizens Alliance | $9,800 | 2 | n/a |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Api Forward | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nancy and Son LLC | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Yan Zi Lou Restaurant | $8,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Hmong American Community of Oregon LLC | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sushi Ichiban Corp | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Van Hanh Vegetarian Restaurant | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Chen's Good Taste Restaurant | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Shanghai Chinese Restaurant | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Korean American Coalition Oregon | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Double Pepper LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sushi Sakura | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wei Juan Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Taste of Village Chinese Restaurant | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lucky 7 LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairview Sport Bar LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sensei Sushi Bar & Grill | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pure Spice Chinese Restaurant LLC | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Yin T Ng | $6,413 | 1 | n/a |
| Filipino American Association of Portland & Vicinity | $6,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Beijing Hot Pot | $5,778 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Apano Communities United Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Meyer Memorial Trust · Seeding Justice · The Collins Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Northwest Health Foundation Fund II · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · Careoregon Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Womens Foundation of Oregon · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Northwest Area Foundation
How this is measured
About Apano Communities United Fund
- How much does Apano Communities United Fund give?
- Apano Communities United Fund reported 16 itemized grants totaling $259,995, out of $354,486 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Apano Communities United Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Community Improvement (16%), Public Benefit (16%).
- Who are Apano Communities United Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Oregon Community Health Workers Assoc ($374k), Family Forward Oregon ($132k), Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation ($92k).
- Does Apano Communities United Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Apano Communities United Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meyer Memorial Trust, Seeding Justice, The Collins Foundation.
- Where is Apano Communities United Fund based?
- Apano Communities United Fund is based in OR.
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