Over 600 Asian American & Pacific Islander donors are now part of giving circles across the country. Their funds support hidden needs and areas where many mainstream foundations do not normally fund. There are currently 11 developed and 3 developing giving circles in the Asian American Pacific Islander community. For more information, please visit our recently published research by fellow blogger, Andy Ho.
The Asian Women Giving Circle in New York is requesting applicants for their Arts & Activism fund. They will be awarding 4 -6 grants during this cycle with the maximum grant amount being $15,000.
AWGC’s priority will be to fund Asian American women-led projects that use the tools of culture, the arts and education to raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that impact Asian American communities. Our grants seek to build community and create social justice through programs and projects that combine the arts with activism, and which highlight and promote women’s central role in their leadership, creation, development and management. We seek to fund projects that identify and address injustice within established social systems, institutions or the broader community, and that inspire and encourage members of the community to become active social change agents. AWGC’s Arts and Activism grants will focus on works and projects that advance gender equity in our cultural, artistic, intellectual and political spheres, and that provide a forum for broader discussions of the urgent social justice issues of our day. Examples of community-based programs or projects highlighting traditionally marginalized and disenfranchised Asian American communities are those that work with recent immigrants, LGBTQ, the elderly, youth, etc.
