Pennsylvania · Public charity
Asian Arts Initiative
The Asian Arts Initiative is a community-based arts center in philadelphia that engages artists and everyday people to create art that explores the diverse experiences of asian americans, addresses our social context, imagines and affects positive community change.
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $65k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Asian Arts Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $65k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $218k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $32,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spark Greatness LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| China Residencies Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Fiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian Americans United Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wing Luke Memorial Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Chinese in America | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $32,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Spark Greatness LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| China Residencies Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Fiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian Americans United Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wing Luke Memorial Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Chinese in America | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Norris Square Neighborhood Project | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian American Writers Workshop Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vox Populi Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Attic Youth Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Japanese American National Museum | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movement Alliance Project | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Taller Puertorriqueno Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Asian Arts Initiative supplied at peak.
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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: Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Grace S and W Linton Nelson Foundation · Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls · The Allen Hilles Fund · Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Gofundmeorg · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
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About Asian Arts Initiative
- How much does Asian Arts Initiative give?
- Asian Arts Initiative reported 2 itemized grants totaling $65,000, out of $313,021 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Asian Arts Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Public Benefit (8%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Asian Arts Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Unity LLC ($35k), NEO Philanthropy Inc ($33k), Spark Greatness LLC ($30k).
- Does Asian Arts Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Asian Arts Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is Asian Arts Initiative based?
- Asian Arts Initiative is based in PA.
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