Asian Pacific Environmental Network

About Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Asian Pacific Environmental Network uses grantmaking to build power with Asian, immigrant, and refugee frontline communities around environmental justice and a just transition. Recent awards show a strong emphasis on community-led infrastructure and coalition work, including a $600,000 grant to Oakland Community Land Trust for community land trust work and another $600,000 grant to Ryse Center for a resilience hub and energy democracy. The foundation also backs labor and climate organizing, such as a $300,000 grant to Ivywood Foundation for labor organizing and a $255,000 grant to East Bay Community Foundation for a just transition beyond fossil fuels. Its recent portfolio connects housing, energy, organizing, and public health rather than funding isolated projects. The organization’s stated focus includes stopping polluters, supporting renewable energy and solar and storage projects, advancing civic engagement and voter mobilization, and strengthening frontline communities that are already leading local change. Grantmaking is local in scope and concentrated in California, with recurring support for groups working on community control, movement infrastructure, and policy change.

What Asian Pacific Environmental Network Funds

Environmental justice is central to the foundation’s giving. It awarded $283,000 to Ldrship Cnsel-Jstice & Acct to improve community resilience and health, and $263,000 to National Indian Justice Ctr for the same purpose. The portfolio also includes community health-oriented support for Comm for a Better Environment and Cause. The foundation also funds just transition and Green New Deal organizing. It gave $210,000 to Comm for a Better Environment for GND steering committee work and just transition, and $42,500 to Ctr on Race Poverty Enviro for CA GND steering committee work. Related support went to Chirla, Scope, Jobs With Justice SF Bay Area, and Black Organizing Project for steering committee roles. Labor and worker power appear in the grant list as well. Ivywood Foundation received $300,000 for labor organizing, and Interntnl Comm Labor Rights received $200,000 for a just transition grant. Those awards align with APEN’s broader emphasis on workers and frontline communities in climate and economic change.

How Asian Pacific Environmental Network Gives