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APF Wave 2025 – Issue I

APF Hosts Second ACT Fund Convening to Strengthen Nonprofit Strategic Communications

On Thursday, March 6, 2025, the Asian Pacific Fund (APF) hosted our strategic communications convening at the Hakone Estate and Gardens in…

2025 Scholarships Open for Applications

We coordinate several scholarship programs that provide financial support to undergraduate and graduate students. Each program is tailored to reflect…

Navigating Uncertainty: Building Bridges Between Funders & Nonprofits in 2025

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, the Asian Pacific Fund (APF) hosted our first affiliate convening of 2025 at The California Endowment’s…

Stronger Together: A Reflection on Leadership and Community

Stronger Together: A Reflection on Leadership and Community

There was one thing that drove me to want to be the President & Executive Director of the Asian Pacific…

Announcement of APF Leadership Transition

2024 Year-End Recap & Highlights

2024 has been a transformative, momentum-building year for the Asian Pacific Fund (APF)—from unveiling our refreshed mission and values to…

Clear-Eyed and Steadfast

The Asian Pacific Fund (APF) was founded in 1993 out of love and commitment to our communities. In a time…

APF Launches Accelerating Capacity for Transformation (ACT) for AANHPIs Fund

The Asian Pacific Fund proudly launched our Accelerating Capacity for Transformation (ACT) for AANHPIs initiative alongside an inspiring cohort of…

Clear-Eyed and Steadfast

Asian Pacific Fund Distributes Over $1 Million to Support Bay Area Nonprofits Serving the AANHPI Community

Asian Pacific Fund Distributes Over $1 Million to Support Bay Area Nonprofits Serving the AANHPI Community

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Asian Pacific Fund (APF) today announced more than $1 million in grants supporting 28 Bay Area nonprofits serving…

APF Provides Interpretation Services at San Francisco Mayoral Town Hall

At the Asian Pacific Fund (APF), we recognize the critical role language access plays in empowering our communities, which is…

APF Brings Bay Area Experience to National Conversations on Gun Violence

On June 25, 2024, Asian Pacific Fund (APF) President and Executive Director Carolyn Wang Kong participated in a critical roundtable…

Asian Pacific Fund Advocates for Landmark Language Access Bill in California

Sacramento, CA – Asian Pacific Fund (APF) President and Executive Director Carolyn Wang Kong joined the California Asian American and…

AANHPI Summit 2024 Recap: Reclaiming & Redefining Our Mental Health

On Thursday, June 6, 2024, the Asian Pacific Fund (APF) hosted our 2024 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI)…

APF Wave 2024 – Issue II

Join Our Movement This AANHPI Heritage Month

APF Wave 2024 – Issue I

Half Moon Bay Anniversary: Honoring and Supporting the Affected Community One Year Later

On January 23, the Asian Pacific Fund joined our partners to honor and remember the lives lost to the tragic…

2023 Year-End Recap & Highlights

“When I first joined the Asian Pacific Fund one year ago, I remember being told that philanthropy in the Asian…

APF Wave 2023 – Issue II

API Summit 2023 | AAPIs In the Racial Justice Movement: Honoring Our Past, Charting Our Future

This year’s API Summit was a transformative day for the Asian Pacific Fund and our Bay Area Asian American and Pacific Islander…

Six Months Later – A Look Back at Our Community’s Half Moon Bay Response

On January 23, 2023 – a day after the start of the Lunar New Year celebrations – two small mushroom…

APF Wave 2023 – Issue I

APF Receives the 2023 APA Heritage Award From the APA Heritage Foundation

“For 30 years, the Asian Pacific Fund (APF) has played the critical role of driving resources to our community’s most…

Closing the Gap for the API Community

Announcing Our Half Moon Bay Support Fund Grantees

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Half Moon Bay Support Fund. We raised $90k that will be distributed to six nonprofits providing services and resources to survivors affected by the mass shooting tragedy.…

APF’s Response to the Half Moon Bay Tragedy

A Message From Our New President & Executive Director

Help the AAPI Community Recover and Rebuild

Announcing Our Resiliency & Recovery Fund Grantees

Help the AAPI Community Recover and Rebuild

COVID-19 Recovery Fund Grantees

The COVID-19 Recovery Fund provided grants to organizations addressing the enduring impact of the pandemic on the economic, physical, and…

Solidarity Fund Grantees

The Solidarity Fund, launched in partnership with Comcast, NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48, provided grants to organizations working to…

Solidarity Fund

While the devastating impact of COVID-19 has taken its toll on all communities, Asian Americans have been hit particularly hard…

Thank You For Supporting Us In 2020

Celebrating Community in the Face of These Challenging Times

APF and Partners Launch #GiveInMay Campaign to Support AAPI Nonprofits

More than 80 Nonprofits and Philanthropic Partners Launch #GiveInMay Giving Campaign to Mark 30th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month…

NBC Bay Area Highlights Inaugural API Summit

NBC Bay Area news anchor and APF Board Member Raj Mathai reports on the Fund’s first-ever API Summit, a one-day convening for…