How much does The Asian American Foundation give?

The Asian American Foundation reported 68 grants totaling $9,117,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 63 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.

What does The Asian American Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (49%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).

Who are The Asian American Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc ($1.8M), Asian Health Services ($1.6M), Chinese American Service League Inc ($1.6M).

Does The Asian American Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Asian American Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gofundmeorg, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc, Asian American Federation Inc.

Where is The Asian American Foundation based?

The Asian American Foundation is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

The Asian American Foundation

THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION (taaf) serves the aapi community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander and violence, in furtherance of its charitable mission taaf conducts.

$9.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 68
Grants FY2024: 63
Organizations funded FY2023: 76%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $100,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $500,000
Organizations funded a year: 17 to 63; FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 14
Total assets, FY2024: $78M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 76% of the organizations The Asian American Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.9M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	64	$8.7M	27%
FY2023	63	$8.9M	76%
FY2022	28	$4.2M	64%
FY2021	17	$9.0M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Civil Rights$16MEducation$4.1MArts & Culture$3.1MHealth$1.9MPublic Benefit$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MCommunity Improvement$1.2MCrime & Legal$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc	$1,790,000	4	4%
Asian Health Services	$1,650,000	4	1%
Chinese American Service League Inc	$1,550,000	4	3%
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum	$1,500,000	4	9%
Anti-Defamation League	$1,000,000	1	1%
Chinese for Affirmative Action	$1,000,000	1	2%
The Pew Charitable Trusts	$1,000,000	1	0%
Talkingpoints	$1,000,000	1	19%
The Sikh Coalition	$855,000	4	11%
Community Youth Center of San Francisco	$815,000	2	2%

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All grantees of The Asian American Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc	$1,790,000	4	4%
Asian Health Services	$1,650,000	4	1%
Chinese American Service League Inc	$1,550,000	4	3%
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum	$1,500,000	4	9%
Anti-Defamation League	$1,000,000	1	1%
Chinese for Affirmative Action	$1,000,000	1	2%
The Pew Charitable Trusts	$1,000,000	1	0%
Talkingpoints	$1,000,000	1	19%
The Sikh Coalition	$855,000	4	11%
Community Youth Center of San Francisco	$815,000	2	2%
Jeremy Lin Foundation	$750,000	1	67%
Asian American Federation Inc	$715,000	3	5%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$646,168	2	n/a
Asian American Journalists Association	$624,250	4	8%
Gofundmeorg	$620,000	2	3%
Sundance Institute	$607,000	2	1%
Center for Asian American Media	$500,000	3	4%
Asian American Resource Workshop Inc	$500,000	2	26%
Rideback Rise Inc	$500,000	2	31%
Chinese Information and Service Center	$500,000	2	2%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago	$470,000	2	13%
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association	$445,000	4	5%
Asian American Futures	$425,000	2	19%
The Asian American Education Project	$400,000	2	27%
Chinatown Service Center	$400,000	2	1%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California	$399,946	3	2%
Act to Change	$360,000	4	28%
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc	$350,000	3	29%
Sikh American Legal Defense & Education	$310,000	4	8%
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Searac	$300,000	2	7%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc	$300,000	2	5%
New York University	$300,000	1	0%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc	$300,000	2	2%
Daya Inc	$268,000	2	7%
New York Times	$250,000	1	n/a
Regents Univ of California	$250,000	1	n/a
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc	$250,000	1	0%
Asian American Voices for Education Inc	$235,000	2	72%
Interfaith America	$225,000	2	1%
Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc	$200,000	2	2%
The Korean American Family Service Center Inc	$200,000	2	2%
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc	$200,000	2	1%
Aapi Equity Alliance	$200,000	2	2%
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice	$200,000	2	5%
Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc	$200,000	2	4%
Sapna NYC Inc	$200,000	2	11%
Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc	$200,000	2	1%
Homecrest Community Services Inc	$200,000	2	6%
Pacific Asian Counseling Services	$200,000	2	2%
Mekong Inc	$200,000	2	8%
Chhaya Community Development Corporation	$200,000	2	3%
National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association Foundation	$200,000	2	57%
New York Asian Women's Center Inc	$200,000	2	2%
Chinese-American Planning Council Inc	$200,000	2	0%
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc	$200,000	2	75%
Aapi Montclair Inc	$150,000	1	12%
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc	$150,000	1	3%
Teachaapi	$150,000	1	37%
The Center for Public Integrity	$150,000	1	4%
Texas Muslim Womens Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	4%
Asian American Business Development Center Inc	$125,000	1	17%
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development	$125,000	1	2%
Hawaii International Film Festival	$125,000	1	11%
The Tahirih Justice Center	$116,000	2	1%
Boat People Sos Inc	$116,000	2	3%
National Federation of Filipino American Assoc	$100,000	1	54%
Sustainable Markets Foundation	$100,000	1	0%
Every Voice Texas dba Asian Texans for Justice	$100,000	1	16%
Asian Pacific American Legal	$100,000	1	12%
Charles B Wang Community Health Center Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc	$100,000	1	4%
Vietnamese Association of Illinois	$100,000	1	1%
Apex for Youth Inc	$95,000	2	1%
The Urban Institute	$85,000	1	0%
Arab American Association of Ny Inc	$75,000	1	3%
Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Asian American Caucus Education Fund	$75,000	1	77%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc	$75,000	1	4%
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund	$75,000	1	2%
Kollaboration	$75,000	1	91%
The Asian American Bar Association of New York	$75,000	1	15%
Nonviolent Peaceforce	$75,000	1	2%
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation	$50,000	1	1%
Asian Americans for Equality Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Carribean Equality Project Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Meals for Unity Inc	$50,000	1	31%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote	$40,000	1	1%
Diversify Our Narrative	$30,000	1	n/a
Transforming Generations Tg	$30,000	1	2%
Mn8	$30,000	1	5%
Sewa-Aifw	$30,000	1	1%
Capi USA	$30,000	1	0%
Asian American Dream Inc	$25,000	1	32%
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Coalition of Asian American Leaders	$15,000	1	0%
Asian American Media Inc	$15,000	1	4%
Education Pioneers	$14,000	1	0%
Philadelphia Praise Center	$13,000	1	n/a
New Mexico Asian Family Center	$10,000	1	1%
Philippine Development Foundation Dba Phildev USA	$10,000	1	3%

The Asian American Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 94.

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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.

GofundmeorgCA70× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gofundmeorg · Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc · Asian American Federation Inc · Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development · Robin Hood Foundation · Wallace H Coulter Trust · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Wallace H Coulter Foundation

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.

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About The Asian American Foundation

How much does The Asian American Foundation give?: The Asian American Foundation reported 68 grants totaling $9,117,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 63 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Asian American Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (49%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are The Asian American Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc ($1.8M), Asian Health Services ($1.6M), Chinese American Service League Inc ($1.6M).
Does The Asian American Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Asian American Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gofundmeorg, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc, Asian American Federation Inc.
Where is The Asian American Foundation based?: The Asian American Foundation is based in DC.