Korean-American Community Foundation
ActivePublic CharityPhilanthropy & Voluntarism
NEW YORK, NYWebsite
About Korean-American Community Foundation
To build thriving communities by fostering a culture of giving that catalyzes the collective generosity of Korean Americans.
Focus Areas
economic securitydirect social servicesyouth education and leadership developmentjob training and employmentfinancial educationaffordable housing/homeownership supportsadvocacy and civic engagementresearch
Who They Fund
Korean American (KA) and Asian American communitiessurvivors of domestic and gender-based violence (including BIPOC survivors)low-income and uninsured individualsolder adults / homebound seniors
About Korean-American Community Foundation
Korean-american Community Foundation Inc. uses community philanthropy to support economic security for low-income Korean Americans, and its recent grants show that mission across direct services, advocacy, and leadership building. The foundation’s largest recent award in the data is a $300,000 grant to Advocacy Institute for federal advocacy training for nonprofits, which signals an interest in building civic capacity alongside service delivery. Other major grants support domestic violence services, such as $226,094 to Korean Amer Family Service Center for support for domestic violence victims, and infrastructure for broader community work, including $220,500 to Community Resource Exchange for support fellows supervision. The portfolio also reaches into employment, housing, health access, and culturally specific support for Korean American and Asian American communities. Grants to Korean Community Services, WomanKind, Asian Americans for Equality, and Korean Resource Center show a mix of legal, housing, and social-service work. The foundation’s public charity status and its fellowship-based programs indicate that it funds both nonprofit operations and leadership development, not just project activity. Across the recent record, the pattern is not narrow program support alone, but a blend of community safety, organizational growth, and services aimed at vulnerable populations within the Korean American community.
What Korean-American Community Foundation Funds
Economic security is a core theme. In 2025, the foundation gave $150,000 to Renaissance Econ Dev Corp for expand small business support, and $100,000 to Red Canary Song for mutual aid narrative change for workers. Those grants connect economic stability with both entrepreneurship and worker-centered advocacy. Direct social services are another major lane. Korean Community Services received $101,094 for healthcare enrollment education program GSNC, while Penn Asian Senior Services received $100,000 for GSNC launch primary care services. The foundation also backed older-adult support through $100,000 to Somang Society for essential resources info to seniors. Housing and legal support appear as well. Asian Americans for Equality received $140,000 to develop transitional housing, and Korean Resource Center received $100,000 for social, legal housing services to seniors. For advocacy, Asian American Federation got $226,094 for enhance voter education GSNC, and Advocacy Institute received $300,000 for federal advocacy training for nonprofits.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.6M
Total Assets
$10.4M
Total Revenue
$8.5M
Total Expenses
$6.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $80K, with a median of $65K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$65K
75th Percentile
$80K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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