Asian American Community Fund Totals $200,000
The Asian American Federation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2001 Asian
American Community Fund: Asian Americans for Equality, Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on
HIV/AIDS, Inc., Asian Women in Business, Chinatown Manpower Project, Chinese-American
Planning Council, Inc., Chinese Progressive Association, Coalition for Asian American
Children & Families, Inc., Filipino American Human Services, Inc., Hamilton-Madison House,
Japanese American Social Services, Inc., Korean American Family Services Center, Korean
Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc., Korean Youth Center, New York Asian
Women�s Center, Refugee Women Council, SAKHI for South Asian Women, and South Asian Youth
Action.�
A total of $200,000 -- by far the largest amount granted in the Fund's history -- will be
used to support a variety of programs such as the establishment of a Filipino immigrant
parents� support group, support for a school-based leadership project for South Asian youth,
provision of ESL, literacy and job training for Chinese immigrant women, and to build an
wide area network for a multi-site organization . A list of the grants can be found at our
website at https://www.aafny.org/general/comm_fund.asp
Grants for the Asian American Community Fund were made possible through the support of The
Achelis Foundation, AOL Time Warner, Avon Products Foundation Inc., C.J. Huang Foundation,
United Way of New York City, and Verizon Foundation.
Since 1993, the Asian American Community Fund has provided critical financial support and
management assistance to Asian American-serving community groups who belong to the
Federation's membership.
