Asian Pacific Community Fund Of Southern California

TO PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY ADDRESSING THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT PROVIDES FUNDING TO 62 AFFILATE AGENCIES SERVICNG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIVE IN LOW-INCOME AND IMMIGRANT ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES. OUR AFFILIATES PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF CRITICALLY NEEDED SERVICES, INCLUDING: AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, CHILD CARE, DISABLED ASSISTANCE, HEALTH CARE, LEGAL SEVICES, LOW-INCOME HOUSING, SENIOR SERVICES, VIOLENCE PROTECTION AND MORE.

IN 2021, TOGETHER WITH APCF'S 62 NETWORK AGENCIES IN LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES, WE SERVE OVER 2.57 MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY, PRIMARILY LOW-INCOME, IMMIGRANT AAPIS, WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN 34 AAPI LANGUAGES, AS WELL AS ENGLISH AND SPANISH.AS AN AAPI-FOCUSED COMMUNITY FUND, APCF BELIEVES THAT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ARE BEST SERVED BY NONPROFITS THAT SPEAK OUR LANGUAGES, KNOW OUR CULTURES, AND HAVE THE TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. APCF CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO MEET THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR AAPI NONPROFIT SECTOR WITH THE FOLLOWING:1. CREATED NEW GRANT FUNDING IN RESPONSE TO OUR CALL FOR PHILANTHROPY TO MAKE TIMELY AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR LOCAL AAPI NONPROFIT SECTOR WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES NEED HELP THE MOST - RESULTING IN 2021'S SO CAL GAS AAPI RACIAL EQUITY & SOLIDARITY FUND, AAPI COVID-19 RECOVERY FUND, AND WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN PHILANTHROPY FUND.2. CO-HOSTED THE ANNUAL #GIVEINMAY CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS NATIONWIDE FOR AAPI COMMUNITIES DURING ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH - OVER $725,000 WAS RAISED FOR 170 NONPROFITS+ IN 2021, NEARLY TRIPLING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S FIGURES.3. DEVELOPED AN AAPI NONPROFIT PROGRAMS MATRIX TO HELP DONORS NAVIGATE AND DIRECT THEIR GIVING FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT TO LOCAL AAPI COMMUNITIES, WITH CATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE COVID-RELATED SERVICES SUCH AS VACCINATIONS AND FOOD DELIVERIES AS WELL AS ADDRESSING ANTI-ASIAN HATE.4. SUPPORTED AAPI NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BY HOSTING PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK (AAPI NP ED P2P) AND LAUNCHING AAPI NONPROFIT FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP PROJECT : AS AAPI NONPROFIT SECTOR FACES INCREASING CHALLENGES IN SUCCESSION PLANNING AND LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS, APCF CONSIDERS IT IS CRUCIAL TO SUPPORT EMERGING LEADERS TO NOT ONLY REMAIN BUT TO THRIVE IN THEIR POSITIONS. FROM FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM AAPI NP ED P2P PARTICIPANTS, IN THE FALL OF 2021 APCF LAUNCHED AN EXCITING NEW INITIATIVE ON THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF LOCAL AAPI NONPROFITS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO MISSION DELIVERY IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT FINANCE FUND, APCF INVITED ALL EIGHT MEMBERS OF OUR AAPI NP ED P2P COHORTS TO JOIN IN COHORT-BASED LEARNING CONVENINGS AS WELL AS CUSTOMIZED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND INDIVIDUAL COACHING. WITH A FOCUS ON SMALLER NONPROFITS WITH LESS THAN $1 MILLION BUDGETS, THESE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPRESENT A NEW GENERATION OF AAPI LEADERS WHO ARE POISED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR NONPROFIT'S FINANCIAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT CAPACITY WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES OF THEIR CURRENT BUSINESS MODEL AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE.5. COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE COVID-19 FUNDING & RESOURCE DIRECTORY AS A ONE-STOP GUIDE TO HELP OUR NONPROFITS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE IMPACTED BY COVID-19. UPDATED REGULARLY, APCF VETS AND POSTS TIMELY SOURCES OF RAPID RESPONSE FUNDS, UTILITY BILL RELIEF, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATES, AND MORE.6. COMMUNITY EVENTS PAGE TO INCLUDE ONGOING FREE WEBINARS AND OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS IN BOARD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND MEET THE FUNDERS. IN 2021 WE HOSTED A SERIES OF FUNDER BRIEFINGS FOCUSING ON AAPI COMMUNITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY, WITH SESSIONS COVERING HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ECOSYSTEM OF THE AAPI NONPROFIT SECTOR, COVID-19 RESPONSE, AND TARGETED PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN AAPI COMMUNITIES.