Chinese for Affirmative Action

Nonprofit · Grant recipient Also a grantmaker → San Francisco, CA EIN 94-2161304

Funding Overview

From IRS Form 990 filings · 2022–2025

Total received

$17.5M

Foundation funders

85

Grants recorded

200

Years covered

2022–2025

Who funds Chinese for Affirmative Action?

Chinese for Affirmative Action is funded by 85 grantmakers, led by The California Endowment ($2.5M), The Chicago Community Trust ($1.5M), The San Francisco Foundation ($1.3M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $17.5M in grants to Chinese for Affirmative Action between 2022–2025.

FunderTotal givenGrantsYears
The California Endowment$2,455,000182022–2024
The Chicago Community Trust$1,500,00012023
The San Francisco Foundation$1,295,77442022–2025
Sierra Health Foundation$1,079,51832022–2024
New Venture Fund$1,037,50032022–2024
Asian Law Caucus$1,000,96842022–2025
WK Kellogg Foundation$750,05042023–2025
National Philanthropic Trust$518,50012022
Borealis Philanthropy$498,00032022–2024
Impactassetsinc$460,00032022–2024
NEO Philanthropy Inc$410,00032022–2024
The California Wellness Foundation$370,00032022–2024
Inatai Foundation$350,00032022–2024
East Bay Community Foundation$343,00022022–2025
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund$342,00042022–2024
The Heising-Simons Foundation$327,00042023–2024
Tides Center$320,00032022–2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$311,35522024
The Grove Foundation$300,00022022–2023
Charities Aid Foundation America$287,80332022–2025
The Zellerbach Family Foundation$230,00062022–2024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$210,50022023–2024
Crankstart Foundation$201,50032022–2024
Stupski Foundation$200,00012023
Workday Foundation$200,00012023
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Unbound Philanthropy$190,00042022–2024
The Kresge Foundation$175,00022022–2024
California Community Foundation$165,00022022–2025
The Sobrato Family Foundation$152,06932023–2024
Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation$150,00032022–2024
Asian Pacific Fund$115,00022023–2024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund$114,60122022–2023
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$103,40012023
Chinese Progressive Association$103,12812022
Jewish Community Federation of San$100,00012022
Prospect Hill Foundation Inc$97,905122023–2025
Gerbode Foundation$70,00022024
Asian American Futures$60,00022023–2024
Horizons Foundation$58,75022022–2023
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation$55,00012023
GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$50,00022022–2023
BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund$50,00012022
The Annenberg Foundation$50,00012022
East West Bank Foundation$50,00012022
Ms Foundation for Women Inc$40,00032023–2025
Barney & Barney Foundation$40,00012022
Proteus Fund Inc$39,15022023–2024
Harry and Masie Masto Foundation$38,50032023–2024
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$35,00012022
Marin Community Foundation$31,00012023
Fleishhacker Foundation$26,00022023–2024
Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation$26,00012022
The Keith Campbell Foundation$25,00012024
Arch Community Fund$25,00012023
Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations$23,72212025
New Breath Foundation$20,00012024
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund$20,00022023–2024
Global Impact$15,00012025
Allied Media Projects Inc$11,00022023–2024
Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee$10,00012024
Center for Empowered Politics Education$10,00012024
PWC Foundation Inc$10,00012024
Asian Americans Advancing Justice$10,00012023
Danaher Foundation$10,00012023
Tides Foundation$9,40912024
Power California$8,00012024
New England Foundation for the Arts$7,00012024
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities$6,15012023
Founders Pledge Inc$6,00012024
The Pfizer Foundation Inc$5,07142023–2024
Jessie Cheng Charitable Foundation$5,00022023–2024
The James Irvine Foundation$5,00012023
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc$4,69572023
ModivCare Foundation$4,00032023
Select Equity Group Foundation$3,81132023–2025
JPMorgan Chase Foundation$3,42042023–2025
Jiun Hu Foundation$3,00032023–2025
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights$3,00012024
Green Mountain Foundation$1,00012025
Koh-Lee Foundation$92522023–2024
The Yelp Foundation$58812023
Polk Bros Foundation Inc$50412024
American Express Foundation$25012023
American Tower Corporation Foundation$10012023
Sempra Foundation$3012023

Funding over time

Grant dollars and counts received per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M39 grants202278 grants202366 grants202417 grants2025

From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.1M (2025) to $6.4M (2023). In 2025 it made 17 grants totaling $1.1M.

What grants has Chinese for Affirmative Action received?

Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first

YearFunderPurposeAmount
2025The San Francisco FoundationFOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT$264,896
2025WK Kellogg FoundationPromise of an Equitable Future$250,000
2025East Bay Community FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT, GENERAL SUPPORT - FBO: ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE, GENERAL SUPPORT - FBO: LAVENDER PHOENIX, SUPPORTING THE ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE'S COMMUNITY AND REENTRY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE REENTRY SERVICES, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR FORMERLY AAPI INCARCERATED WOMEN, THE COMMISSIONING OF BELONGING AND JUSTICE$237,000
2025Asian Law CaucusCDSS APIP grant$211,857
2025California Community FoundationRACIAL JUSTICE$50,000
2025Prospect Hill Foundation IncASIAN REFUGEES UNITED RENEWAL$25,000
2025Union of North American Vietnamese Student AssociationsGrant for the purpose of supporting the Asian Prisoners Support Committee to give commissary donations, book mailings, legal services, and care packages for incarcerated community members.$23,722
2025Global ImpactProgram Support$15,000
2025Prospect Hill Foundation IncEMERGENCY GRANT$10,000
2025Ms Foundation for Women IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT$10,000
2025Charities Aid Foundation AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION$5,124
2025Select Equity Group FoundationMATCHING GIFT$1,517
2025Jiun Hu FoundationCHARITY$1,000
2025Green Mountain FoundationDONATION$1,000
2025JPMorgan Chase FoundationMATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)$810
2025Prospect Hill Foundation IncTO ASIAN REFUGEES UNITED FOR KD WELLNESS FOR CONVENING$715
2025Prospect Hill Foundation IncASIAN REFUGEES UNITED FOR KD WELLNESS$400
2024The San Francisco FoundationTO SUPPORT THE LAVENDER PHOENIX PROJECT. TO SUPPORT THE ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR ALLIANCE OF SOUTH ASIANS TAKING ACTION PROJECT. TO SUPPORT THE ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE. FOR THE SUPPORTER OF JUSTICE EVENT. FOR THE HMONG INNOVATING POLITICS PROJECT AND MVP NARRATIVE WORK. FOR STOP AAPI HATE. FOR LAVENDER PHOENIX. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.$447,625
2024New Venture FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY$435,000
2024The California EndowmentHMONG INNOVATING POLITICS - BUILDING INTERGENERATIONAL POWER FOR HEALTH: TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT HELPS REMOVE BARRIERS TO CIVIC PARTICIPATION, VOICE AND POWER FOR HMONG RESIDENTS THROUGH PROVIDING CULTURALLY-ROOTED SUPPORTS FOR INTERGENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY AND DEEP ALLIANCE BUILDING AT VARIOUS LEVELS IN THE POWER BUILDING ECO-SYSTEMS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND SACRAMENTO REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE.$265,000
2024Asian Law CaucusCDSS API Capacity Project pursuant to Grant$261,858
2024WK Kellogg FoundationPromise of an Equitable Future$250,000
2024NEO Philanthropy IncProgram Grant$210,000
2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation82439 EXPLORING HOW LOCAL RESIDENT VOTING CAN SHAPE CIVIC INCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS$202,997
2024ImpactassetsincGENERAL SUPPORT$200,000
2024Borealis PhilanthropyTO SUPPORT THE WORK OF LAVENDER PHOENIX$200,000
2024The California EndowmentPROMOTING ANTI-RACISM AND HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS: TO EXPAND STRATEGIC DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS TO ENGAGE CHINESE-LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA; COMBAT DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES; AND PROVIDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY NEWS AND INFORMATION ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES ALONG WITH COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS.$200,000
2024The Heising-Simons FoundationFOR THE ASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE$150,000
2024The California EndowmentASIAN PRISONER SUPPORT COMMITTEE - CREATING SAFE AND JUST COMMUNITIES: TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO END THE PRISON-TO-DEPORTATION PIPELINE IMPACTING CALIFORNIA'S ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, STORYTELLING, ADVOCACY AND HEALING.$150,000
2024The California EndowmentASIAN REFUGEES UNITED - ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY: TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF BHUTANESE AND VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES THROUGH ARTS AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN OAKLAND AND ALAMEDA COUNTY.$150,000

Showing 30 most recent of 200 recorded grants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who funds Chinese for Affirmative Action?

Chinese for Affirmative Action is funded by 85 grantmakers, led by The California Endowment ($2.5M), The Chicago Community Trust ($1.5M), The San Francisco Foundation ($1.3M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $17.5M in grants to Chinese for Affirmative Action between 2022–2025.

Who is Chinese for Affirmative Action's largest funder?

The California Endowment is the largest recorded funder of Chinese for Affirmative Action, with $2.5M across 18 grants (2022–2024).

How much grant funding has Chinese for Affirmative Action received?

IRS 990 filings record $17.5M in grants to Chinese for Affirmative Action across 200 grants from 85 funders between 2022–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.

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