About Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote
To increase civic engagement, voter participation, and political power for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities through voter education, mobilization, leadership development, coalition-building, and multilingual resources.
Focus Areas
Voter engagementVoter educationLeadership developmentElection protectionRedistricting advocacyCensus & community survey outreachAAPI-focused policy & research
Who They Fund
field-based organizationsfrontline/field staffcommunities served by field operations
Funding Style
capacity buildinginfrastructure development
About Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote centers its grantmaking on field infrastructure for AAPI civic participation, and its largest recent grant shows the scale of that approach: $700,000 to Asian Americans Rise in Washington, DC for field infrastructure. The foundation’s recent awards are built around voter engagement, voter education, leadership development, election protection, redistricting advocacy, and census outreach, with grants reaching community-based organizations that work directly with AAPI voters and field staff. In 2025, it also gave $205,000 to Ctr Empowered Politics Educ in Oakland and $185,000 to Asian Community Development in Las Vegas, both for field infrastructure, underscoring a pattern of operational support rather than one-off program sponsorships. The grant list includes organizations working in multiple states and cities, including Asian Amer Advancing Justice in Norcross and One Arizona in Phoenix, reflecting a national network of partners engaged in civic power-building. The foundation’s public summary emphasizes increasing civic engagement, voter participation, and political power for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities through voter education, mobilization, coalition-building, and multilingual resources.
What Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote Funds
The foundation’s support for voter engagement is visible in grants to organizations that work at the local and state level with AAPI communities. Asian Texans for Justice received $90,000 in Austin in 2025 for field infrastructure, and OCA Greater Houston received $124,000 in Houston for the same purpose. In California, Orange Co Asian & Pacific Isl in Garden Grove got $90,000, showing that the work extends across major metro areas. Leadership development is another stated focus: APIAVote’s active subgrant program, Funding Through Subgrants, supports voter engagement, voter education, leadership training, election protection, youth programs, redistricting advocacy, and census outreach. The grant list also shows investment in coalition-oriented infrastructure, including SEAMAAC Inc in Philadelphia and Chinese Community Fed Atlanta in Norcross, both funded for field infrastructure.
How Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote Gives
Typical grant size sits at a $10,000 p25, $22,500 median, and $58,000 p75, which fits a model that mixes smaller operating support with larger strategic awards. The recent list shows repeat recipients across multiple years, including One Arizona, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Asian Texans for Justice, Access Philanthropy, and Capiusa/Capi, indicating ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation appears to operate through subgrants, and its active program does not accept unsolicited applications. Grantmaking is focused on capital and operational support for field-based organizations and frontline staff rather than individual giving or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.7M
Total Assets
$10.1M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$9.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $58K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$58K
Geographic Reach
National15 states funded
About 29% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Christine Chen
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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