To date, we’ve provided more than $36 million in grants to AAPI-led organizations across the country.
Current Grantees
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice
APANO Communities United Fund
API RISE
Arizona AANHPI for Equity Coalition
Asian American Community Fund of Pennsylvania
Asian American Organizing Project
Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Atlanta
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
Asian Americans United
Asian Community Development Council
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Asian Prisoner Support Committee
Asian Texans for Justice
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Center for Asian and Pacific Islanders USA
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Chinese Progressive Association–Boston
Chinese Progressive Association–San Francisco
Cia Siab, Inc.
Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Demo Lab South
EMBARC
Emgage Foundation
Emgage Michigan
Emgage Texas
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
Filipino Advocates for Justice
Florida AAPIs for Progress Table
Freedom, Inc.
HANA Center
Hmong American Women’s Association
Hmong Innovating Politics
Khmer Girls in Action
Little Tokyo Service Center
Mekong NYC
Muslims for Just Futures
New Americans Initiative
New Mexico Asian Family Center
New Virginia Majority Education Fund
Nikkei Progressives
North Carolina Asian Americans Together
OCA–Greater Houston
Oregon Pacific Islander Coalition
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment
Rising Voices Fund
South Asian American Coalition to Renew Democracy
Southeast Asian Coalition Village
Southeast Asian Freedom Network
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance Washington
Viet Fact Check
VietLead
Creative Catalyst
Our annual Creative Catalyst Fellowship supports proposals that integrate the talents of artists and the activism of grassroots organizations toward artwork that can serve as a catalyst for civic participation.
2025 Creative Catalyst
AAPI Fund Announces 2025 Creative Catalyst Fellows. Projects include animated oral history, an interactive museum book, a zine-like video game, and a portrait series of historic AAPI environmentalists.
Past Fellows
This fellowship provides opportunities for independent artists to engage the public in critical issues impacting Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the country. Learn more about past fellowship artists below.
We provide general operating grants for grantees to implement year-round civic engagement programs. Our grants are primarily made through an invitation process and occasionally have open calls for special project grants. Sign up for our newsletter listserv to keep up to date with the most current announcements and opportunities. For further questions, email us at [email protected].
Mission
We foster a culture of civic participation in AAPI communities through grants & tailored technical assistance to local and state-based AAPI community organizations and leaders, strategic research, and narrative shaping projects that amplify multidimensional AAPI voices and stories.