New Breath Foundation

NEW BREATH FNDN OFFERS HOPE, HEALING, AND NEW BEGINNINGS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER (AAPI) NEW IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, PEOPLE IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION AND DEPORTATION, AND SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE. (SEE SCHED O)

GRANTMAKING & CAPACITY BUILDING IN LATE 2021, NBF PARTNERED WITH 10 GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO REDISTRIBUTE 2.3 MILLION TO AAPI FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION, DETENTION AND DEPORTATION, AND VIOLENCE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (AANHPI) AND BIPOC RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THROUGH THESE GRANTS. OUR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC RESOURCES FOR OUR GRANTEES HAVE INCLUDED INTRODUCTIONS TO FUNDERS, SHOWCASING WORK TO PHILANTHROPIC NETWORKS, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. OUR INITIAL SUPPORT FOR THE WE GOT US FUND GRANTEES ALSO INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL 25,000 EACH TO EIGHT OF OUR GRANTEES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING -- CONTINUES BELOW

... TO BE USED IN WHATEVER MANNER EACH GRANTEE DECIDES IS MOST STRATEGIC TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK. IN 2022, WE AIM TO INVITE AND FUND AN ADDITIONAL 10 GRANTEES, WHILE ALSO STRATEGIZING A CONVENING OF OUR GRANTEES PAST AND PRESENT TO SUPPORT OUR MOVEMENT BUILDING EFFORTS AND THEIR CROSS-SECTOR LEARNING. ------------------------------ RACIAL SOLIDARITY, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY IN 2021 WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF TABLES WITH FUNDERS AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS SUPPORTING RACIAL SOLIDARITY BETWEEN AANHPI AND OTHER BIPOC COMMUNITIES. THESE INCLUDE:

-SEED CHANGE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS STATEWIDE CULTURAL STRATEGY WORKING GROUP -THE AAPI CEOS & TRUSTEES GROUP WITH ASIAN AMERICAN PRACTITIONERS IN PHILANTHROPY -THE CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNDERS GROUP -SOLIDAIRE NETWORK WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SOLIDARITY WORK THROUGH FUNDING AND CONVENING. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

DEPORTATION SUPPORT, INCARCERATION & REENTRY KITES TO CAMBODIA IS A COALITION CREATED BETWEEN NEW BREATH FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS (CERI), AND ORGANIZERS WHO WORK WITH FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND DEPORTED CAMBODIANS. NEW LIGHT PROGRAM IS A MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM AT THE CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN OAKLAND, SERVING THOSE DEPORTED TO CAMBODIA SEEDED BY A GRANT FROM NEW BREATH FOUNDATION. SINCE LAUNCHING IN FEBRUARY 2021, NEW LIGHT HAS OUTREACHED TO OVER 40 PARTICIPANTS AND PROVIDED OVER 60 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS TO 16 ENROLLED MEMBERS. IN THESE SACRED SPACES THE PARTICIPANT MAY UNRAVEL THE MANY DECADES OF TRAUMA FROM THE GENOCIDE CAMPS, REFUGEE AND RESETTLEMENT EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR COURAGEOUS JOURNEY IN THE PRISON PIPELINE, ICE DETENTION, AND DEPORTATION TO CAMBODIA. MANY HAVE REPORTED ISOLATION, REJECTION AND THE FEELING THEY ARE FORGOTTEN, AND MOST DO NOT DISCLOSE THEIR STATUS TO THE LOCALS IN CAMBODIA IN FEAR OF PERSECUTION. SINCE AUGUST 2020, CERI HAS HOSTED SIX TOWN HALLS WHERE 50-60 ELDERS JOIN VIRTUALLY TO SHARE SPACE AND LEARN HOW TO STRENGTHEN SOLIDARITY ACROSS RACIAL LINES. FUNDS FROM NEW BREATH FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORT SEADLING (SOUTHEAST ASIANS DEVELOPING AND LEARNING IN GARDENS) IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL YOUTH PROGRAM INTENDED TO CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALING WITHIN OURSELVES, OUR ELDERS AND OUR LAND. FUNDER ORGANIZING ON FEBRUARY 26, 2021, NBF AND THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOSTED TWO PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH 37 PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS, WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WE GOT US FUND. THROUGH THE WE GOT US FUND, NBF AIMS TO RAISE 10 MILLION TO STOP RACIALIZED SCAPEGOATING AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LAUNCH, WE RAISED OVER 3 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS TOWARDS THE WE GOT US FUND. WE'VE BEEN BUILDING UP THE WE GOT US FUND THROUGH OVER 3 MILLION IN STRATEGIC COMMITMENTS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS ALONE, AND PARTNERING WITH THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH OURSELVES AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY GRANTMAKER. OUR PARTICIPATION IN PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK SPACES SUCH AS THE ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP TABLE, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN PHILANTHROPY, AND SOLIDAIRE CONTRIBUTES TO OUR WORK OF MOBILIZING RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF GRASSROOTS GROUPS ORGANIZING ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE AANHPI MOVEMENT TO END SYSTEMIC AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.