About Asian Law Caucus
We bring together legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy to fight for immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger, multiracial democracy, with a focus on serving low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Focus Areas
Immigrant RightsHousing RightsWorkers' RightsVoting Rights / National DemocracyImpact LitigationCommunity Education & Empowerment
Who They Fund
AANHPI communities (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander)specific ethnic subgroups (e.g., Khmer) and immigrant communities at risk of deportationLocal grassroots/community-based organizations and advocacy coalitionsRegional/local communities (e.g., Contra Costa) engaged in civic power-building
About Asian Law Caucus
Asian Law Caucus uses grantmaking to support immigrant justice, economic security, and a stronger multiracial democracy, with a clear emphasis on low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. A defining part of that work is its capacity funding for community-based groups: Chinese for Affirmative Action received $394,124 in 2023 and $261,858 in 2025 under the CDSS API Capacity Project, while The Fresno Center received $288,204 in 2023 and $211,858 in 2025 through the same project. The pattern shows a funder that backs legal services, community empowerment, and policy advocacy alongside direct support for local organizations. The foundation also channels money into issue-specific pools and coalitions. It gave National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc $356,250 in 2024 as an affiliation anti-Asian hate funding pool subgrant, and supported NEO Philanthropy Inc with $100,000 in 2024 for regranting tied to anti-Asian hate and the National Asian American Table. Alongside those pooled efforts, Asian Law Caucus has used grants for transformative community work, mental health grants, and immigrant-defense related support, including a fellowship created for formerly incarcerated immigrants.
What Asian Law Caucus Funds
Capacity-building is a major theme in Asian Law Caucus grantmaking. Chinese for Affirmative Action received $133,129 in 2024 for the CDSS API Capacity Project, and The Fresno Center received $133,378 in 2024 for the same project, showing repeated support for organizational infrastructure and service delivery. Anti-Asian hate response appears in pooled and regranting formats. National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc received $65,000 in 2023 and $60,000 in 2025 for affiliation anti-Asian hate funding pool subgrants to Woori juntos c/o NKASEC. Council on American-Islamic Relations received $57,000 in 2023 for activities tied to the Zellerback Family Foundation Grant and the affiliation anti-Asian hate funding pool. The foundation also supports civic power-building and immigrant defense. Urban Affairs Coalition received $65,000 in 2023 for Lift Up Contra Costa local redistricting work, and Mekong Inc received $55,000 in 2023 for Khmer anti-deportation advocacy.
How Asian Law Caucus Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $21,000 p25, $40,000 median, and $80,000 p75. The recent list shows both larger capacity awards and smaller regranting or subgrant amounts, which suggests a mixed strategy of direct program support and pooled-fund distribution. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Chinese for Affirmative Action, The Fresno Center, Jubilee Immigration Advocates, Dolores Street Community Service, and National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc. The organization is a Pure DAF Provider, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. No unsolicited application process is indicated in the data for the fellowship program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$35.2M
Total Revenue
$12.6M
Total Expenses
$14.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $21K and $80K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$80K
Geographic Reach
National14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Aarti Kohli
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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