Our mission is to cultivate philanthropists to invest in organizations that empower underserved Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) to prosper by building healthier communities, developing API leaders, and creating a stronger API voice. Our vision is a thriving API community fostered by a culture of philanthropy. Since 1990, the Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF) is a community-based fund created to increase philanthropic giving toward API nonprofits. Annually, APCF and its 62 Network Agencies provide programs and services in 34 API languages (in addition to English and Spanish) to over 2,570,000 people in need, of whom over 78% are low-income, throughout Southern California. Culturally and linguistically appropriate services include affordable housing, youth programs, counseling and case management, emergency services, healthcare, job training, development and placement, legal services, senior services, violence prevention, and more. Established initially as the “Asian version of the United Way” to generate funds from employee giving for nonprofits serving API communities in need, in recent years APCF has evolved beyond our traditional grantmaking to provide capacity building support and other resources to API nonprofits in the greater Los Angeles area, which is home to 45 distinct API ethnic groups speaking over 28 unique languages. APCF believes that API communities are best served by strong API nonprofits that speak their language and offer culturally relevant services. These nonprofits are important gatekeepers and stewards of the wellness of our API communities, as they are often a multi-service, one-stop shop offering a variety of services and programs. Our Purpose: 1) Increase Philanthropy amongst Asian Americans - to facilitate funding to communities in need while meeting donor giving priorities. 2) Sustain and Grow the Asian & Pacific Islander Nonprofit Sector - to ensure culturally appropriate services in-language to our communities in need.
