Group of older Asian American adults participating in a collaborative workshop, reviewing large sheets of paper with color-coded sticky notes and Korean writing during an interactive planning session.

Grantee Partners

In our latest grantmaking cycle, we committed nearly $1.8 million in grants and capacity-building support to 35 nonprofits across the United States, growing our national network of nonprofit partners advancing the economic security of Korean Americans by 60% since last year. To learn more, read our press release.

In our latest grantmaking cycle, we committed over $3 million in grants to support 45 initiatives addressing economic insecurity.

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Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington (KCSC)

Mission: To assist and empower Asian Americans and new immigrants in the DMV area to become well-adjusted and fully contributing members of the United States.

Focus of Grant: Social services for older adults in DMV area

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Greater Washington

Hamkae Center

Mission: Hamkae Center organizes Asian Americans in Virginia for social, racial, and economic justice.

Focus of Grant: Establish statewide coalition to advance better language access

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Greater Washington

Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington (FCCGW)

Mission: To improve the overall mental health of multicultural individuals and families within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Focus of Grant: Mental health counseling to Korean American families and seniors

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Greater Washington

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC)

Mission: To advance the civil and legal rights of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Focus of Grant: Legal services for domestic violence survivors.

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Greater Washington

Woori Juntos

Mission: To ensures Asians, im/migrants, and all Texans have language access to health and social services and civically engage to achieve equity and justice for all.

Focus of Grant: Social services for older adults in Houston

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Texas

Woori Center

Mission: To achieve social, racial, and economic justice in Pennsylvania by organizing Korean and Asian Americans.

Focus of Grant: Education and organizing to advance ‘Drivers License for All’ Program in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania

Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation

Mission: To promote and fulfill Dr. Phillip Jaisohn’s ideals of humanity through a broad range of medical and health care, senior employment training and social services, and educational and cultural programs for the enrichment of the community.

Focus of Grant: Support for seniors in Philadelphia.

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Pennsylvania

Penn Asian Senior Services (PASSi)

Mission: To ensure that seniors receive the care and support they need to live independently in the community in their chosen language. 

Focus of Grant: Support for seniors in Philadelphia.

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Pennsylvania

YWCA of Queens

Mission: Eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Focus of Grant: Social services for Koreans in Flushing, New York.

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New York/New Jersey

Womankind

Mission: To create a future where we Rise Above Violence and our communities can innovate towards collective well-being, restoration, and social justice.

Focus of Grant: Coalition-building to advance advocacy efforts for survivors of gender based violence in New York

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New York/New Jersey

Renaissance

Mission: To transform low-to-moderate income and immigrant communities in New York metropolitan area by providing low-interest small business loans, training and counseling services.

Focus of Grant: Financial and technical assistance for Korean immigrant small businesses

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New York/New Jersey

Red Canary Song

Mission: Red Canary Song is a grassroots organization of Asian and Migrant sex workers and massage workers, organizing transnationally. The organization’s work is in the tradition of sex worker mutual aid, and we center base-building with migrant massage workers through a labor rights, migrant justice, and PIC abolitionist framework.

Focus of Grant: Mutual aid for sex workers and massage parlor workers

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New York/New Jersey

New Beginning for Special Needs

Mission: To provide individuals on the autism spectrum with services and tools that promote independence while creating stronger ties to our communities.

Focus of Grant: Day care center for adults with disabilities.

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New York/New Jersey

The Nanoom House

Mission: To provide shelter for unhoused Korean Americans in the New York metropolitan area and help them assimilate back into society as self-sufficient individuals.

Focus of Grant: Shelter and services for unhoused Korean Americans

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New York/New Jersey

Korean Community Services (KCS)

Mission: To be a bridge for Korean immigrants and the wider Asian community to fully integrate into society and overcome any economic, health and linguistic barriers so that they become independent and thriving members of the community.

Focus of Grant: Healthcare navigation and education programs for Korean Americans in Bergen County, New Jersey

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New York/New Jersey

Korean Community Center (KCC)

Mission: To promote healthy and independent living for all ages and to integrate the people with Korean Heritage into the greater community through culture & education, outreach, health & social services, and civic advocacy.

Focus of Grant: Case management for homebound seniors

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New York/New Jersey

Korean American Senior Citizen’s Association of New Jersey (KASCANJ)

Mission: To serve the needs of Korean American senior citizens residing in northern New Jersey.

Focus of Grant: Social services and recreational programs for seniors

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New York/New Jersey

Korean American Family Service Center

Mission: Preventing and ending domestic violence, sexual assault, and relationship abuse to create a violence-free society.

Focus of Grant: Holistic support for survivors of domestic violence

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New York/New Jersey

Korean American Civic Empowerment (KACE)

Mission: To empower the Korean American community by promoting civic participation.

Focus of grant: Civic engagement and legal services.

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New York/New Jersey

Community Resource Exchange (CRE)

Mission: CRE is a nonprofit consulting firm that provides nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies with the strategies and tools needed to build sustainable, high-performing organizations that improve people’s lives and drive social change.

Focus of Grant: KACF partners with CRE to provide our grantee partners with culturally and language-sensitive organizational management assistance through the Capacity Building Program and Fellowship.

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New York/New Jersey

Community Inclusion & Development Alliance (CIDA)

Mission: To increase equity and inclusion opportunities for children and families with exceptional needs including disabilities, language and cultural barriers, and socioeconomic challenges.

Focus of Grant: Services for adults with disabilities and their families

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New York/New Jersey

Chinese American Planning Council (CPC)

Mission: To promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities.

Focus of Grant: Supporting the success of Korean American family child care providers and meet the growing need for licensed, high-quality child care services for families.

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New York/New Jersey

Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative (BVMI)

Mission: To deliver free, high-quality healthcare to Bergen County’s working uninsured, helping them live healthy, productive lives.

Focus of Grant: Free healthcare for Koreans in Bergen County

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New York/New Jersey

Asian Women’s Christian Association (AWCA)

Mission: To help individuals and the community through professional counseling, social welfare services, cultural and educational programs for Asian families, men, and women.

Focus of Grant: Social services for seniors and programs for youth

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New York/New Jersey

Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE)

Mission: To advances racial, social and economic justice for Asian Americans and other systemically disadvantaged communities, through community development guided by our experiences as Asian Americans and our commitment to civil rights.

Focus of Grant: Transitional housing and housing navigation

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New York/New Jersey

Asian American Federation (AAF)

Mission: To raise the influence and enhance the well-being of the pan-Asian American community.

Focus of Grant: Civic engagement for New York City and State elections

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New York/New Jersey

The Advocacy Institute

Mission: To support social justice organizations in building the advocacy skills, knowledge, and power they need to shape government policy for a more just and equitable New York.

Focus of Grant: Developing curriculum to train nonprofits to advance advocacy and unlock federal funding

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New York/New Jersey

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)

Mission: To organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, economic, and racial justice.

Focus of Grant: National immigrant justice efforts

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Illinois

KAN-WIN

Mission: To eradicate gender-based violence through comprehensive, survivor-centered services, education, and outreach to Asian American communities and beyond.

Focus of Grant: Support for domestic violence survivors in Chicago

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Illinois

Hana Center

Mission: To build the power of Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant communities in Chicagoland through social services, education, culture, and community organizing to advance human rights.

Focus of Grant: Community assessment to understand the needs of Korean Americans in Chicago area

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Illinois

Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago

Mission: To build power through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity through grassroots leadership development, coalition-building, and civic engagement.

Focus of Grant: Advocacy for state-level language access legislation

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Illinois

Somang Society

Grant underwritten by Seoul Medical Group

Mission: To foster “Well Being, Well Aging, and Well Dying” in our communities with a focus on the aging population.


Focus of Grant: Resource guide for older adults

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California

LTSC Community Development Corporation

Mission: To provide social services, community development, and cultural preservation for Little Tokyo, the broader Japanese community, and neighboring low-income Asian Pacific Islander communities.


Focus of Grant: Needs assessment of Korean seniors living in blindspots

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California

Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC)

Mission: To serve the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles area as well as the multiethnic Koreatown community.


Focus of Grant: Bilingual and bicultural small business development program

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California

Koreatown Senior & Community Center

Grant underwritten by Seoul Medical Group

Mission: To enhance the rights and welfare of seniors in Koreatown.


Focus of Grant: Social services and meals for seniors

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California

Korean Resource Center (KRC)

Mission: To empower low-income, immigrant, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and communities of color in Southern California.


Focus of Grant: Social services for low-income Korean American seniors

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California

Korean American Special Education Center (KASEC)

Grant underwritten by KACF San Francisco

Mission: To create a community where people, both with and without disabilities, live together in equality and solidarity.


Focus of Grant: Early intervention services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

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California

Korean American Community Services (KACS)

Mission: To improve the quality of life for all Korean-Americans in Santa Clara County with a focus on seniors and other vulnerable groups.

Focus of Grant: Social services for older adults in the Bay Area

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California

Korean American Coalition-Los Angeles (KACLA)

Mission: To promote the civic and civil rights interests of the Korean American community.


Focus of Grant: Civic engagement in Los Angeles

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California

KIWA

Mission: To build the power of immigrant workers and residents and to organize a powerful grassroots leadership to transform our workplaces and communities, in Koreatown and beyond.


Focus of Grant: Immigrant rights clinic and building coalition of immigrant workers, businesses and government leaders

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California

KFAM

Mission: To empower underserved Korean American and Asian Pacific Islander families through culturally responsive programs.

Focus of Grant: Support for domestic violence survivors in Los Angeles

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California

Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Southern California (AJSOCAL)

Mission: To combat discrimination, offer free legal services and workshops in Southern California, and drive policy change from local to national levels.



Focus of Grant: Research on the needs of Korean Americans experiencing economic insecurity

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California