Grants

The Fund monitors the emerging needs of Asian Americans in the Bay Area and selects a priority area in distributing grants each year. Agencies that want to be considered for a grant are asked to complete a pre-qualification process by becoming an affiliate agency of the Fund. At that time, we review their tax-exempt status and compliance with other criteria.

In recent years the priority areas have included the following:

• Cushioning the impact of severe state budget cuts on a broad range of services including job training, respite care for families of the frail elderly and counseling on home foreclosures
• Childhood obesity health education
• Immigration and naturalization
• Mental health planning and advocacy
• Domestic violence

Recent Grants

The Asian Pacific Fund makes grants with resources from an annual campaign. In addition, donors are increasingly asking the Fund to provide advice and to solicit and review proposals in specific program areas or ethnic communities that are donor priorities. 

For Grant Seekers

Grant seekers must apply to become an affiliate agency. Find out more here.

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Impact of Our Grants

The Asian Pacific Fund monitors the urgent and emerging needs of Asian Americans in the Bay Area. This allows us to build close ties with community groups and to select a priority area each year where our grants will have a positive, lasting impact. 

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