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What does AAPIP mean by Community Philanthropy? Community Philanthropy at AAPIP seeks to increase, stimulate and facilitate giving by and for individuals in the Asian American/Pacific Islander communities. Together with AAPIP’s philanthropic advocacy work, community philanthropy works towards a vision of harnessing philanthropic resources from organized philanthropy and from the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.AAPIP continues to bridge and advance the efforts of our communities through the dedicated work of giving circles. Read more about AAPI giving circles:
AWGC’s primary mission is to support 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. 
News & InformationMarch 2008: Asian Week - New York City women ‘geh-t’ together to give bigJune 2008: AWGC gives away $72,000, total giving exceeds $200,000...June 2007: In its second year of grant making, the Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) distributed $74,000 in funding to six local non-profit Asian American women-led projects in New York City. May 2006: AWGC announces $55,000 of grants to Third World Newsreel, Desipina Productions, Inc., Silence Broken Foundation, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Slanty Eyed Mama. For general questions or to give to AWGC, please contact Hali Lee.
Hmong Women’s Giving Circle (HWGC)HWGC’s mission is to promote philanthropy within the community, to encourage activism and create social change for Hmong women and girls. News and Information2008 RFP Documents
For questions or to give to HWGC, please contact Mala Thao.
Saffron Circle is a group of multi-generational Asians committed to creating positive social change in the greater Boston Asian community. We are representative of many different Asian cultures, areas of expertise, and interests. As a diverse group of individuals, we come together as equals to learn about the social justice issues affecting our community and pool our resources to leverage our power in supporting progressive change.March 2008: India New England - Asian giving group helps nonprofits with mini-grantsFor questions or to give to Saffron Circle, please contact them at info@saffroncircle.org.
 Three Asian-American organizations in Chicago came together in 2002 under the auspices of the Trust to form the Asian Giving Circle. The Circle was created to highlight challenges facing the Asian-American community and encourage Asian-Americans to support the not-for-profit organizations addressing them.
Since 2004, the members of the Asian Giving Circle have awarded grants totaling $78,000 to 18 community organizations in the Chicago area.
For questions or to give to Asian Giving Circle, please contact them at 312.616.7728 or asiangivingcircle@cct.org.
We are a non-profit social fund that invests in the well-being of Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the San Francisco Bay Area. We do this by supporting programs that address the needs of our communities. Our model is based upon the concept of giving circles, in which a group of people come together to learn about issues in their communities, and leverage their expertise and resources to address these issues. We are comprised of individuals with diverse interests, expertise, cultural and professional backgrounds. However, we are all interested in pooling our strengths and resources to learn, share and make a positive impact in our communities. News and InformationLunar Giving Circle Launch Party - Please join us in a small celebration to launch the Lunar Giving Circle! Come meet current and prospective members and learn how to get involved! Wednesday, February 27th, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Roy's Restaurant, 575 Mission Street RSVP to Dee Dee, deedee@changemakers.org
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