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Asian Pacific Fund

To uplift bay area asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders (aanhpis) by mobilizing resources and amplifying our voices to drive positive change and create an inclusive thriving society.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$3.7MCivil Rights$2.9MPhilanthropy$2.5MHealth$1.9MArts & Culture$1.1MEducation$744kCommunity Improvement$637kCrime & Legal$514kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $1,588,871, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,791,708 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $202,837 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k27 grants · $635k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $954k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES$115,000
CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION$100,000
ALL MY USOS$100,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF$75,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO$60,000
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION$54,000
LEAD FILIPINO$50,000
AMERICA'S FRONTIER FUND$50,000
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES$50,000
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
BINDLESTIFF STUDIO$50,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS$50,000
FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE$50,000
SANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE$50,000
NARIKA$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $70k → 10%ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - ATLANTA: $25k → 9%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $50k → 10%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $50k → 10%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $45k → 10%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $31k → 10%YU-AI KAI: $25k → 8%YU-AI KAI: $25k → 8%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $26k → 10%ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN ADVOCATES: $26k → 10%ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN ADVOCATES: $25k → 10%VIETNAMESE VOLUNTARY FOUNDATION (VIVO): $25k → 8%HEART OF HOPE ASIAN AMERICAN HOSPICE CARE: $25k → 8%HELPING HANDS EAST BAY: $40k → 10%FILIPINO AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%HELPING HANDS EAST BAY: $30k → 10%STEPPING STONE: $40k → 10%FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER SAN FRANCISCO (FISCALLY SPONSORED BY FILIPINO-AME: $25k → 10%AAPI WOMEN LEAD CO MONSOON: $70k → 10%CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS: $50k → 10%J-SEI: $48k → 10%J-SEI INC: $37k → 10%J-SEI: $31k → 10%J-Sei: $30k → 10%JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL: $26k → 10%KIMOCHI INC: $25k → 10%NIHONMACHI LITTLE FRIENDS: $25k → 10%Kimochi Inc: $25k → 10%KIMOCHI INC: $25k → 10%SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $65k → 10%SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $30k → 10%ALL MY USOS: $100k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $60k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CTR: $51k → 10%CHARITY CULTURAL SERVICES CTR: $50k → 10%GUM MOON WOMEN'S RESIDENCE: $45k → 10%Donaldina Cameron House: $32k → 10%DONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE: $32k → 10%Chinese Newcomers Service Ctr: $31k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $31k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $31k → 10%CHINATOWN COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $28k → 10%DONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE: $25k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 10%CHARITY CULTURAL SERVICES CENTER: $25k → 10%GUM MOON RESIDENCE HALL: $25k → 10%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 10%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $45k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
NV
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 83 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

83 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 50 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

83
60

Total granted

$9.9M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+33%

Still filing today

98%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Chinese for Affirmative Action
    7× · 2018–2024 · $444k · revenue +445%
  • CY
    COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $434k · revenue +234%
  • SALUD PARA LA GENTE
    2× · 2019–2022 · $325k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue -81%
  • RP
    ROSE PAK COMMUNITY FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $592k · revenue +59%
  • AP
    Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -85%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
2
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
3
Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition

Represent interests of Asian-Pacific Island Women.

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4
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

The center promotes the artistic and organizational growth of the San Francisco Bay Areas Asian Pacific arts community by organizing and presenting the annual United States of Asian America Festival

Arts & Culture
5
Asian American Center of Santa Clara

The mission of Asian American Community Center of Santa Clara County (AASC) is to provide health, human, and economic development services to low income families and individuals to enable them to become actively participating citizens in…

Human Services
6
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Arts & Culture
7
The Asian-American Senior Citizen Association
Human Services
8
Asians for Collective Action

Asians for Collective Action (ACA) harnesses the strenghts of Asians and Asian Americans to drive systemic change to create a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

Public Benefit
9
Aapi Equity Alliance

Aapi equity alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations that advocates for the rights and needs of the asian and pacific islander (api) community in the greater los angeles area, with particular focus on low-income, immigrant,…

Human Services
10
Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Assn

The Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association (APICA) is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization comprised of legislative staffers, advocates, and other API professionals based in the State Capitol community of Sacramento,…

Community Improvement
11
Japantown Cultural Society
Education
12
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation

APIAHIP is the only national organization dedicated to protecting historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity; the most unlike its peers is Hood College Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

143 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 143 of the 155 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
141/143
Grantees still filing
106/143
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,700,134 · OtherASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFO…COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $433,980 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCOSALUD PARA LA GENTE: $325,000 · OtherKorean American Community Services Inc: $313,141 · OtherKOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $287,442 · OtherMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $231,690 · OtherVIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $291,479 · Other+61 more: $2,967,112 · Other+61 moreWomens Division Christian Service Gum Moon Residence Hall: $265,755 · Human ServicesWomens Division Chr…FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $248,345 · Human ServicesFILIPINO ADVOCATES …J-SEI INC: $170,920 · Human ServicesJ-SEI INCMAITRI: $160,000 · Human ServicesMAITRISELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $160,000 · Human ServicesSELF-HELP FOR THE E…Chinese Newcomers Service Center: $154,951 · Human ServicesChinese Newcomers S…SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $140,473 · Human ServicesDONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE: $118,228 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS EAST BAY: $115,125 · Human ServicesYU-AI KAI JAPANTOWN COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER: $110,800 · Human ServicesCharity Cultural Services Center: $105,150 · Human ServicesALL MY USOS: $100,000 · Human ServicesAsian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc: $96,681 · Human Services+18 more: $757,827 · Human Services+18 moreTHE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $1,515,793 · Civil RightsTHE ASIAN AMERICAN…Chinese for Affirmative Action: $443,500 · Civil RightsChinese for Affirm…MUSLIM AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE: $213,725 · Civil RightsMUSLIM AMERICAN LE…Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $100,000 · Civil Rights+10 more: $229,336 · Civil Rights+10 moreCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $308,259 · HealthCHINESE PR…ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $286,000 · HealthASIAN HEAL…Friends of Children with Special Needs: $272,567 · HealthFriends of…THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $157,917 · HealthTHE ASIAN …Community Health For Asian American: $145,000 · HealthCommunity …Taulama For Tongans: $99,721 · HealthTaulama Fo…NICOS CHINESE HEALTH COALITION: $76,500 · HealthNORTH EAST MEDICAL SERVICES: $60,502 · Health+4 more: $94,861 · Health+4 moreCenter for Asian American Media: $347,624 · Arts & CultureCHINESE CULTURE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $228,545 · Arts & CultureBINDLESTIFF STUDIO: $80,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $76,300 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $60,100 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF ROOTS: $44,412 · Arts & CultureASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $127,500 · Arts & CultureROSE PAK COMMUNITY FUND: $592,408 · PhilanthropyASIAN PACIFIC FUND: $59,500 · PhilanthropyFoundation of the Filipino Bar Association of Nort: $47,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $25,000 · PhilanthropyNarika: $245,607 · Community ImprovementSAMOAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $80,377 · Community ImprovementKULTIVATE LABS: $47,500 · Community ImprovementFilipino Bar Asscn of Northern CA: $40,000 · Community ImprovementAAPI Women Lead: $35,000 · Community ImprovementFLATIRON23RD STREET PARTNERSHIP DISTRICT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $25,500 · Community Improvement
Other$6,549,978Human Services$2,704,255Civil Rights$2,502,354Health$1,501,327Arts & Culture$1,054,481Philanthropy$724,408Community Improvement$513,984

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,700,134 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $1,515,793 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $443,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $433,980 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Asian American Media: $347,624 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetSALUD PARA LA GENTE: $325,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKorean American Community Services Inc: $313,141 over 8y, 14% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $308,259 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetVIETNAMESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $291,479 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetKOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $287,442 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $286,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Children with Special Needs: $272,567 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWomens Division Christian Service Gum Moon Residence Hall: $265,755 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetFILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $248,345 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetNarika: $245,607 over 6y, 16% of budgetMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $231,690 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCHINESE CULTURE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $228,545 over 4y, 11% of budgetMUSLIM AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE: $213,725 over 6y, 19% of budgetJ-SEI INC: $170,920 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $169,918 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $165,150 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetMAITRI: $160,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $157,917 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChinese Newcomers Service Center: $154,951 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetCommunity Health For Asian American: $145,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $144,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $140,473 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES: $138,832 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH: $131,588 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetDONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE: $118,228 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAsian Pacific Environmental Network: $117,330 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHELPING HANDS EAST BAY: $115,125 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetYU-AI KAI JAPANTOWN COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER: $110,800 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY BRIDGES INC: $110,121 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCharity Cultural Services Center: $105,150 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetInternational Children Assistance Network Inc: $105,114 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetALL MY USOS: $100,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTaulama For Tongans: $99,721 over 3y, 20% of budgetCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $98,588 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAsian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc: $96,681 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetLAAUNCH Foundation: $91,080 over 1y, 14% of budgetSOUTHEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $90,301 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSAMOAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $80,377 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWAH MEI SCHOOL: $80,031 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBINDLESTIFF STUDIO: $80,000 over 2y, 14% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

GofundmeorgCA65.8× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gofundmeorg · The San Francisco Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Jessie Cheng Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Cathay Bank Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Asian Pacific Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asian Pacific Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Aapi Montclair Inc: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
57report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 155 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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