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Asian American Community Fund
The Asian American Community Fund was established by the Federation in 1993 as
a source of funds for the Asian American organizations which make up the Federations
membership.
The Asian American Community Fund provides help in three ways:
- Annual grant allocations based on requests from member agencies
- Social work scholarships for agency employees attending graduate social work school
- Interest-free loan program extended to member agencies to meet their cash flow needs
Occasionally, financial support from the Community Fund has also been a source of
start-up funding for new organizations which meet a special need. Two such examples are
FAHSI (Filipino American Human Services, Inc.) and SAYA! (South Asian Youth Action), which
both reflect our long-standing commitment to help establish programs for underserved
communities.
The Social Work Scholarship Fund was created in 1991 to address the growing need for
professionally-trained, bilingual social workers to serve the Asian American community. As
of July 1999, a total of 24 students have received scholarships totaling $46,500. The
awards are based on recommendations by the Federation's member agencies, the student's
bilingual ability, commitment to work in the Asian American community, and commitment to
the social work field. Applications are made available to students through the Federation
and member agencies.
Since 1994, the Revolving Loan Program has extended interest-free loans to member
agencies as a vital source of emergency funds to ameliorate their cash flow needs.
TOP
2001 Asian American Community Fund Grants
Agency |
Grant Purpose |
Grant Amount |
Asian Americans for Equality |
To support a South Asian Am housing needs assessment |
$10,000 |
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Inc. |
To support facilities development of new, expanded site |
$10,000 |
Asian Women in Business |
To upgrade and increase website functionality for members and users |
$10,000 |
Chinatown Manpower Project |
To network the staff computers on multiple floors and to establish an Intranet |
$15,000 |
Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. |
To establish a wide area network and for development of an MIS dept |
$20,000 |
Chinese Progressive Association |
To support peer tutoring/mentoring program for youth |
$10,000 |
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families |
To conduct an external stakeholders' assessment and publish an annual report |
$10,000 |
Filipino American Human Services |
To provide seed money for PULSE, a parents collaborative project |
$10,000 |
Hamilton-Madison House |
To help maintain and expand the Women Talk Program for Chinese women |
$10,000 |
Japanese American Social Services, Inc. |
To upgrade computer system, build office network, purchase network printer and standardize multilingual software |
$10,000 |
Korean American Family Services Center |
To create wide area network for two offices, to purchase client management software and training |
$15,000 |
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. |
To continue the immigration fraud prevention program for Asian Am in Queens |
$15,000 |
Korean Youth Center |
To support a new Korean Am women's counseling and support services project and computer/printer upgrade |
$5,000 |
New York Asian Women's Center |
To update current outreach materials and press packets, upgrade computers and purchase new phones |
$15,000 |
Refugee Women Council |
To hire a job developer and to renovate office and equipment purchase |
$10,000 |
SAKHI for South Asian Women |
To support an Economic Empowerment Program for S. Asian women |
$15,000 |
SAYA! |
To support two new school-based leadership project for youth |
$10,000 |
TOTAL |
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$200,000 |
TOP
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