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Contents

Introduction

WithThousandsofIncarceratedStudentsEnrolledin

HigherEducation,HowdoWeMeasureSuccess?

AAPICommunitiesareLeadinganUpswellinPhilanthropy

WithCrisisComesChange:BlackWomenandtheGlassCliff

AWake-UpCallforInvestingintheSouth

ExpectedChangestoFederalRaceandEthnicityStandards

PresentOpportunities—andCaveats

AffordableHousingisaNationalCrisiswithaDistinctLocalImpact

TheFiscalSponsorshipModel:

AGrowingTrendintheNonprofitSector

TheArtificialIntelligenceRevolutionArrivesinPhilanthropy

DonorAnonymityIsUndertheMicroscope

FinancialStressandPhilanthropicInfluence:

ThePrecariousPromiseofGenerationZ

InfluencerPhilanthropyIsOntheRise,butthePlatformMatters

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henwethinkof“trends”inoureverydaylives,wetypicallythinkofconcretethingswecansee,hear,oreveneat.Popularsongs,orbrandnames—the

ubiquitousappetizer,thememewecan’tescape.

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Overeightyearsofproducing11TrendsinPhilanthropy,theDorothyA.JohnsonCenterforPhilanthropyhasmostoftentakenthisapproachtoourannualreviewofthesector,aswell.Ourteamhascombedthelandscapeofnonprofitsandfoundationsforthemostvisiblesignsofatrend—theincreasedgrantdollars,theemergingnetworks,familiarvoicesspeakingup.

Thisyear’strendsshareafamiliarwealthofexamples,data,quotes,andresearch

publicationsthatcanhelpusallanticipatethevectorsofchange.Butatthecoreof11

TrendsinPhilanthropyfor2024,readerswillfindasetofquestionsratherthananswers.Eachtrendposesanumberofmoral,economic,equity-related,tactical,andother

questionsthatthesectorwillhavetoanswer.

Insomecases—suchasintheuseofartificialintelligenceintheworkplace,orthe

adoptionofnewfederalprotocolsforraceandethnicitydata—thoseanswerswillcome

dueverysoon.Inothers—suchashowinstitutionalphilanthropyaddressestheglasscliffcrisisamongleadersofcolororshiftsresourcestoaccountfortheU.S.South’sbooming

population—itmaybeyearsbeforeweunderstandwhetherandhowchoicesaremade.

Whatweseemostclearlyforphilanthropyin2024andbeyondisthatthe

fieldwillwrestlewiththesequestions.Welookforwardtotheworkahead.

WearedeeplygratefultothegenerousdonorsoftheLubbersPhilanthropyInnovationFundwhomadethisworkpossible,aswellastheentireJohnsonCenterteam,eachofwhomcontributedtotheproductionofthisreport.

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WithThousands

ofIncarceratedStudentsEnrolledinHigher

Education,HowdoWe

MeasureSuccess?

byEmilyDoeblerandAaronYore-VanOosterhout

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spredictedinour2022Trends

report,postsecondaryeducationalprogramminginprisoncontinuesto

grow(Hawver&Yore-VanOosterhout).Withthisgrowthcomesaonce-in-a-generationopportunitytoreshapehowweevaluaterehabilitative

programmingand,moreimportantly,itsimpactsonthepeopleenrolledinthesame.

Accordingtothemostrecentdataavailable,

therearenowmorethan400HigherEducationinPrison(HEP)programsacrossthecountry,

andeverystateoffersatleastoneHEPprogramforpeopleincarceratedintheirsystem(NationalDirectoryofHigherEducationinPrison

Programs,2023).PhilanthropicinvolvementinHEPcontinuestogrowapaceasfoundationsgivemillionsofdollarsinsupport.Forexample:

?InJune2023,theMellonFoundationannouncedmorethan$5millionin

grantfundingtosevenhighereducation

institutionstosupporttheexpansionof

highereducationinthecarceralsystem.

Mellonhascontributedmorethan$60million

toHEPsince2015—nearlyhalfthisamount

injustthelasttwoyears.

?TheAscendiumEducationGrouphasmore

than15grants,totalingmorethan$17million,

allocatedtocurrentHEPinitiatives.

Theprincipalreasonforthissuddenexpansion

ofHEPprogramsandgrantsistherestorationof

federalstudentloanprogramsforincarcerated

students.*ThroughtheFAFSASimplification

Act,incarceratedstudentsenrolledinapproved

prisoneducationprogramswillonceagainbe

eligibleforFederalPellGrants(FederalStudent

AidKnowledgeCenter,2023)—anopportunity

deniedthemfornearly30yearssincethe

enactmentofthe1994ViolentCrimeControland

*Usingperson-centeredlanguageisimportantwhendiscussingthecarceralsystem,asresearchshowsthatlanguagecangreatlyimpactaperson’shealthandwell-being(Tranetal.,2018).TheauthorsofthistrenddrawfromTheUndergroundScholarsLanguageGuide(Cerda-Jaraetal,2019)toinformthelanguageused.SeealsothepledgefromtheFormerlyIncarceratedCollegeGraduatesNetwork.

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LawEnforcementAct(Tewksburyetal.,2000).Asaresult,HEPisfertilegroundforpostsecondaryprogramstoexpandtheirenrollmentand

diversifytheirstudentbody.

Toguardagainsttheexploitationofstudents

andtoensuretheyarereceivingahigh-qualityeducationfortheselimitedfunds,theU.S.

DepartmentofEducationrequiresperiodic

evaluationsofprisoneducationprograms

(Gaskill&Castro,2023).Historically,these

evaluationshavemeasured“recidivism.”In

recentyears,however,manyHEPprograms

andadvocacyorganizationshavebeguncallingforachangeinhowwemeasuresuccessfor

formerlyincarceratedpeople.FundersintendingtoevaluatetheirHEPinvestmentsinthecomingyearswillfacethesamecritiques.

Recidivism,Ill-Defined

Althoughthereisnosingledefinition,

“recidivism”iswidelyunderstoodasaperson’sre-involvementincriminalactivityafter

theyhavebeenreleasedfromthecarceral

system(BureauofJusticeStatistics,n.d.).Thistermwaspopularizedafter1967whenthe

President’sCommissiononLawEnforcement

andAdministrationofJusticereleasedareportdeclaringthatreducedrecidivismshouldbe

akeygoalforthissystem(ascitedinNationalAcademiesofSciences,Engineering,and

Medicine,2022).Today,themetriciseverywhereinpublicconversationsaboutprison—a

ubiquitousproxyfor“rehabilitation”itself.

However,scholarsexaminingthecarceral

systemanditssocietalimpactshavelong

critiquedthemeasure.Manypointto

inconsistentmeasurement,forexample

(Maltz,1984).Withnosetstandardonhowto

calculatehowoftenpeoplereturntocriminality,institutionsdecideforthemselveswhat

methodstheyuse;unsurprisingly,thiscan

resultinproblemsrangingfrombroadpublic

misunderstandingtocherry-pickingthemethodthatbestmakesone’scase.

Forexample,somestudiesmeasurerecidivismbytallyingrearrests—thatis,thenumberof

[M]anyHEPprogramsand

advocacyorganizationshave

beguncallingforachangein

howwemeasuresuccessfor

formerlyincarceratedpeople.

Fundersintendingtoevaluate

theirHEPinvestmentsinthe

comingyearswillfacethe

samecritiques.

peoplereleasedfromprisonwhoarearrested

againwithinacertainperiodoftime(Bureauof

JusticeStatistics,2002).But“arrestratesareas

muchafunctionofpoliceactivitiesastheyare

ofcriminalactivities,”andthereareperhaps

nocommunitiessohighlysurveilledasthose

withhighnumbersofpeoplereturningfrom

prison—oftencommunitiesofcolor(quotefrom

Gottschalk,2015,p.104;forsurveillance,see

Clear,2007).Inaddition,somestatedepartments

ofcorrectionsmonitorreturnees’criminal

recordsonlyfortheirfirstyearafterrelease,

whileothersmaymonitorrecordsforthreeyears

ormore,inevitablyincreasingtherecidivismrate

(Klingele,2019).

Pointingfingersatthepeoplecommitting

crimes,ahighrecidivismratecanjustify

curtailingparoleandexpandingtheprison

systemto“l(fā)ockthemup.”Lookinginsteadat

thecarceralsystem,ahighrecidivismratecan

signalthefailureofprisonstorehabilitate,and

promptdemandsfordecarceration.Whichever

waythepoliticalwindsblow,criminaljustice

scholarsIanLoaderandRichardSparks

argue,“thereisalwaysmoreatstakeincrime

reductionthanreducingcrime,andhencemore

toevaluationthanfindingout‘whatworks’”(as

quotedinGottschalk,2015,p.101).

Indeed,interventionsinhumanbehaviordon’t

always“work”onceandforall.Recidivismasks

a“yes”or“no”questionatasinglemomentin

time:didsomeonecommitanothercrimeor

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didn’tthey?Itdoesnottellus,forinstance,

whethersubsequentcrime(s)wereoflesser

severitythanthefirst,ormotivatedbyaddictionorunaddressedmentalillness,ortheresultof

heightenedscrutinyonbehaviorsthatother

non-incarceratedpeopledon’tthinktwiceabout:behaviorssuchaslegaldrugoralcoholuse,or

stayingoutpastacertainhourofthenight.

RecidivismandtheSuccessofHEP

TheFAFSASimplificationActrequireseveryHEPprogrambeevaluatedbycorrectionsagencies

thatcanprovideoversightandassesswhether

programsareoperatinginstudents’bestinterests(Gaskill&Castro,2023).Forprogramsthatdo

notpassthis“bestinterest”determination,

studentswillnolongerreceivePellGrants.Whilemeasuringrecidivismandratesofcompletion

areoptional,oversightentitiescanadoptthem.Withoutintentionalaction,afocusonrecidivismmaystilldominateandskewtheconversation.

Somehighereducationinstitutionshave

expressedthatrecidivismshouldnotbeusedtoevaluatetheirprograms(Gaskill&Castro,2023).Advocatescallforothermeasurementstodetermineaprogram’ssuccess,guidedbyacommitmenttoequity,excellence,andaccess(Erzenetal.,2019).

IntentionalityinProgramEvaluation

Buthowelsecouldweevaluateprogrammingthatmustbe—bytheverynatureofthesysteminwhichitresides—rehabilitative?Thereareseveralalternatives.

?First,watchingfor“markersofdesistance”

isonlyasmallstepawayfromtraditional

measurementsofrecidivismbutasksamuchdifferentquestion.Insteadofanswering“yes”or“no”tothepotentialpresenceofcrime,

evaluatorslookforsignsthataperson’s

criminalbehaviorisbecominglesssevere

ormoreinfrequentovertime.Whileany

criminalitywouldbeseenasafailureintherecidivismparadigm,lesseningtheseverityorfrequencyofoffendingmayshowsuccessforrehabilitativeprogramming(Klingele,2019).

?Takingastepfurtherfromrecidivismand

criminalbehavior,evaluatorscaninstead

monitorpositivesignsofsuccessforpeople

leavingprison,includingengagementwith

“healthcare,housing,education,employment,

andsocialandcommunityintegration”

(NationalAcademiesofSciences,Engineering,

andMedicine,2022,p.150).

Philanthropywillcontinuetoplayalargerole

inprovidinghighereducationtoincarcerated

studentsforatleastthenextseveralyears.

Foundationscanbealeaderinthisbyfunding

evaluationmethodsthatprioritizemetrics

beyondrecidivism(Erzenetal.,2019).While

recidivismratesmaybeusefulingainingsupport

forHEPfromtaxpayers,asPatrickFilipeConway,

directoroftheBostonCollegePrisonEducation

Program,emphasizes,“apurelyinstrumental

approachdoesnotfullycapture—and,in

fact,mightobscure—morefoundationalcivic

principlestotherecognitionofhumandignity

andtheprovisionofeducationaccessand

opportunity”(2023,p.477).

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(2023,May).AllianceforHigherEducationinPrison.

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/national-directory/stats-view

AscendiumEducationGroup.(2023).Allgrants.

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/our-grantmaking/all-grants?

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BureauofJusticeStatistics.(n.d.).Whatisrecidivism.

/recidivism/templates/definition.cfm

Clear,T.(2007).Imprisoningcommunities:Howmass

incarcerationmakesdisadvantagedneighborhoodsworse.Oxford

UniversityPress.

Cerda-Jara,M.,Czifra,S.,Galindo,A.,Mason,J.,Ricks,C.,&

Zohrabi,A.(2019).Languageguideforcommunicatingabout

thoseinvolvedinthecarceralsystem.UndergroundScholars

Initiative,UCBerkeley.

https://undergroundscholars.berkeley.

edu/blog/2019/3/6/language-guide-for-communicating-about

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those-involved-in-the-carceral-system

Conway,P.F.(2023,Summer).Beyondrecidivism:Exploring

formerlyincarceratedstudentperspectivesonthevalueof

highereducationinprison.TheReviewofHigherEducation46(4),

453–483.

/10.1353/rhe.2023.a900569

Erzen,T.,Gould,M.R.,&Lewen,J.(2019).Equityandexcellence

inpractice:Aguideforhighereducationinprison.Alliancefor

HigherEducationinPrisonandPrisonUniversityProject.

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FederalStudentAidKnowledgeCenter.(2023,March29).

EligibilityofconfinedorincarceratedindividualstoreceivePell

Grants.U.S.DepartmentofEducation.

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grants

FormerlyIncarceratedCollegeGraduatesNetwork.(n.d.).Our

pledge.

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Gaskill,S.,&Castro,E.L.(2023,April).Proposed‘bestinterest

ofstudents’metricsforprisonhighereducation:Guidance

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comments_april2023.pdf

Gottschalk,M.(2015).Caught:Theprisonstateandthelockdown

ofAmericanpolitics.PrincetonUniversityPress.

Hawver,T.,&Yore-VanOosterhout,A.(2022,January18).

ReopeningfederalPellgrantsforincarceratedpeoplemeans

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for-incarcerated-people-means-higher-ed-and-funders-can-do

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Klingele,C.(2019).Measuringchange:Fromratesofrecidivismto

markersofdesistance.JournalofCriminalLawandCriminology,

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Maltz,M.(1984).Recidivism.AcademicPress.

MellonFoundation.(2023,June6).Mellonannouncesover$5M

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Bedell,P.,Simon,O.,Scholten,W.,Getaz,L.,&Wolff,H.(2018,

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AAPICommunities

areLeadinganUpswellinPhilanthropy

byTrishAbaloandMandySharpEizinger

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sianAmericanandPacificIslander

(AAPI*)communitiesareleadinga

shiftinthephilanthropiclandscape.As

demonstratedinthe“StopAsianHate”movementorinresponsetotheMauiwildfire’sdevastatingeffectsonlocalLahainacommunities,AAPI-ledmovementsaremobilizingmajorresources.

Background

AsianAmericans“werethefastest-growingracialorethnicgroupintheU.S.from2000to2019”

(Budiman&Ruiz,2021,para.1).In2021,the

estimatednumberofAsianAmericanresidentsinthecountrywas24million(U.S.Census

Bureau,2023).The2020electionvoterturnoutrateforthenon-HispanicAsianpopulation

sawthelargestjump(from49%to59%)ofany

identitygroupfrom2016to2020(Fabina,2021).

Alongsidethisgrowth,however,starkpatterns

ofinequalityexistinparallel.In2018,thePew

ResearchCenterfoundthatincomeinequality

wasthegreatestamongAsianAmericans.Over

analmostfifty-yearperiod,thedistribution

ofincome“transformedfrombeingoneofthe

mostequaltobeingthemostunequalamong

America'smajorracialandethnicgroups”

(Kochhar&Cilluffo,para.2).

Donorsandfoundationshavehistorically

neglectedfundingtoaddressthesechallenges

andmorewithinAAPIcommunities.Asian

Americans/PacificIslandersinPhilanthropy

*Thispieceusestheterm“AAPI”butthereareseveralversionsofthisacronym(AsianAmericanOrganizing

Project,2021).TheU.S.CensusBureauistheleadingsourceforthehistoricalandcontemporarydefinitionsof

raceandethnicgroups(Prattetal.,2015;U.S.CensusBureau,2022;PewResearchCenter,2020).Theyutilizetheterm“AsianAmericanNativeHawaiianPacificIslander”(AANHPI),butcommonusesinthemediainclude“AsianAmerican,”“AsianPacificIslanderAmerican”(APIA),and“AsianPacificIslanderDesiAmerican”(APIDA).

Theterm“AsianAmerican”hasitsrootsinbuildingpeoplepowerduringthe1960sand1970s.Whileitcontinuestobeusedinthisway,thetermhasalsobeencritiquedforelevatingsomegroupswhileobscuringothers(Kaur,2023,2022).Thesedifferenttermscollectivelyrefertodiversegroupsofpeoplewithoriginsfrommorethan26differentnations,50ethnicities,and100languages(Findlingetal.,2022;Banerjee,2021;Kim,2021).

ThePewResearchCenternotestheimportanceofself-descriptioninhowtheU.S.Asianpopulationtalksabouttheiridentities(Ruizetal.,2023;Ruizetal.,2022),whileChangeLab(n.d.)describeshowAsianAmerican

identityoftencomeswithassumptionsaboutthisgroupasamonolith,andinsistsitmustinsteadbeunderstoodwithinthebroadercontextsandsystemsofpowerthatorganizeoursociety,includingthesocialconstructionofraceandourcapitalisteconomicsystem.Thesethemesandmoreaffecthowthesetermshavechangedandwillcontinuetoshiftovertime.

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(AAPIP)’s2021reportSeekingtoSoarconcludesthatwhiletheshareoftheU.S.population

identifyingasAAPIhasmorethandoubled

from3%to7%in30years,foundationfundingforAAPIcommunitiesonlyaccountedfor

0.2%ofdomesticgrantmaking,a“shocking

disappointment”(p.5).AsurveybytheCenterforEffectivePhilanthropyfurtherfoundthat

almostthree-fourths(71%)ofAAPI-serving

nonprofitsreportedthattheydidnotreceive

newfoundationfundingin2020(Buteauetal.,2021)evenasxenophobicviolenceagainstAAPIcommunitiesincreased77%from2019to2020(Findlingetal.,2022).

CollaborationandMomentumAcrosstheField

WhiletherehaslongbeenadvocacybyAAPI

leadersandallies,recentcallstoactioninthefaceofviolencehavegarneredincreasedmomentum.

?In2019,AsianAmericansAdvancingJustice,madeupoffiveofthecountry’slargestAsianAmericanadvocacy,policy,andlegalserviceorganizations,joinedCommunitiesAgainst

Hate,adiversecoalitionof19national

organizationstofightrisingviolence.The

LeadershipConferenceEducationFund,in

partnershipwithCommunitiesAgainstHate(2019),releasedHateMagnified:CommunitiesinCrisis,a2019reportanalyzingalmost

4,000storiescollectedfromtheCommunitiesAgainstHateonlinedatabaseandanationallyrepresentativeHateIncidencePoll.Many

storiesinthedatabaseinvolvedanti-Asianandanti-immigrantrhetoric.

?InMarch2020,StopAAPIHatelaunched

awebsiteforindividualstosafelyshare

theirexperiencesamidstariseinCOVID-

relatedanti-Asianracism.Inthefollowing

months,callsto“StopAsianHate”went

viralinresponsetohigh-profileattacks,

includingthe2021killingof84-year-oldVichaRatanapakdeeinSanFranciscoandtheseriesof2021Atlantaareaspashootings(Kai-HwaWong,2022).Mutualaidgroups—whichhave

“l(fā)ongbeenameansforsurvivalformany

AsianAmericanimmigrants(Fernando,2021,

para.16)”andwhosenetworksswelledduring

theonsetofthepandemic—responded

broadly(Wang,2021).

?In2021,AAPIPissuedacallfor“expanding

philanthropicsupportforAsianAmerican

communitiesandorganizationsandall

historicallyunderservedcommunitiesof

color”(para.8).TheChronicleofPhilanthropy

pushedoutthiscallfromover500foundation

leadersandallyorganizations(Daniels,2021).

ControloftheNarrative

Keygivingeffortstoanswerthesecallshave

gainedvisibilityandalignwithanarrayof

existingphilanthropicpriorities,fromdonor-

advisedfundsandgivingcirclestocivic

engagementanddisasterresponse.

?AAPIData(2020)conductedsurveysand

interviewsofAAPIPmembersandfound“asteadyincreaseoffamilyfoundationsaswellasAAPIsopeningdonor-advisedfundswithafocusonAAPIcommunities”(Ramakrishnanetal.,p.6).Theyalsonotedthata2016

NationalAsianAmericanSurveyfoundthatgivingtocharitablecausesamongNative

HawaiiansandPacificIslanderswasamongthehighest.

?AccordingtoAAPIP(n.d.),givingcircles

arealong-standingpracticeamongstAAPI

communities.However,recentdevelopments,

suchas$3.65millioningrantsfromthe

MacArthurFoundation(2023)(partofwhich

helpedfundTheChicagoCommunityTrust’s

AsianGivingCircle,2023),TheDenver

Foundation’s(2023)establishmentofanew

affinitygivingcircle,andNorthStarFund’s

(2022)collaborationwithAsianWomen's

GivingCircleinNewYorkCity(reportedasone

oftheirtoptenhighlightsfrom2021),showthe

importanceofthisgivingapproach.

?TheAAPICivicEngagementFund,oneofthe

largestfundersofAAPImovementbuilding,

awarded$9millioningeneraloperating

grantsoverthepasttwoyearsforcivic

participation(JinLee,2023;Mesfin,2022).In

responsetotheMauiwildfires,NDNCollective

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(2023)encouragedKanaka(NativeHawaiian)-ledefforts,suchasdonationstotheHawai’i

People’sFunds,theNā`AikāneoMauiCulturalCenter,andtheMauiMutualAidFund.

?In2021,morethan9,000Asianbusiness

leadersandallies,includingZoomCEO

EricYuan,YouTubecofounderSteveChen,

andOpenTableCEODebbySoo,generated

significantmediaattentionwhenthey

pledged$10milliontopartnerwithAsian

PacificCommunityFund(StandwithAsianAmericans).Meanwhile,TheAsianAmericanFoundation(TAAF)reportedcommitmentsoverfiveyearstotaling$1.1billionin

donationsandin-kindsupportfrommorethan130partners,leveragingsignificant

supportfromAAPIbusinessleaders(2023).

?InJuly2023,TAAFandtheWalmart

FoundationlaunchedTheAAPINonprofit

Database,aninteractiveresourceconnectingdonorstoAAPInonprofitorganizations.Thistypeoftoolasabridgefororganizations

andcommunitysupporterswasechoed

inrecommendationsfroma2021Urban

Institutereport,“Effortstoconvene,connect,coordinate,andbreakdownsilosacross

AAPIorganizationscanhelpfostergreaterinvestmentintheecosystemandsupport

movementbuildingandthedevelopmentofpolicyagendasthatunifyandadvanceAAPIcommunities”(Fordetal.,p.19).

Beyondgivingandgrantmaking,significantcross-sectoractionsinserviceofAAPI

communitiesareunderway,suchasPresident

Biden'screationofthePresident'sAdvisory

CommissiononAsianAmericans,Native

Hawaiians,andPacificIslanders(TheWhite

House,2021);thedebutofASIANAMERICANS,amajorhistorydocumentaryledbyAsian

Americanfilmmakerslaudedas“themost

ambitioustelevisionchronicleoftheAsian

AmericanstoryintheUnitedStates”(PBS,2019,para.1).NBCNewscompiled“100oftheways

legislators,teens,artists,schools,athletesand

manyothersnationwidehavesteppeduptofighthateandincreasedattacks”(Yangetal.,2022,

para.1).

In2021,morethan9,000

Asianbusinessleadersand

allies,includingZoomCEO

EricYuan,YouTubecofounder

SteveChen,andOpenTable

CEODebbySoo,generated

significantmediaattention

whentheypledged$10million

topartnerwithAsianPacific

CommunityFund.

Additionalhistoricpublicsectorcommitments

inthepastfewyears,suchas$247millionin

Californiaand$30millioninNewYorkstate,

havehelpedsupportnonprofitsservingAAPI

communitiesranginginmediaoutreachand

socialnetworkingtoamultilingualhatecrime

reportinghotline(Sohrabji,2023;Coalitionfor

AsianAmericanChildrenandFamilies,2023).

Goingforward,AAPIDataandAAPIP’slatest

report(2023),SteppingupforCommunity,

suggestfundersmust:

DothehomeworkonunderstandingAAand

NHPInonprofitsandthecommunitiesthey

serve.Supportvisibilityoftheexperiences

andconcernsofAAandNHPIcommunities

…especiallyunder-investedandunderserved

populations…Investin…smallerorganizations

…[and]Investinthelong-termcapacity.(p.3)

Maintainingprogresshingesonlistening—

andamplifyingtheworkandvoiceofAAPI

communitiesleadingbyexample.

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AAPI.(2021,March).Acallforsolidarityandcollectiveaction.

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TheAsianAmericanFoundation.(2023).AAPIgivingchallenge.

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AAPIP.(n.d.).NationalGivingCircleNetwork.

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