Since December 2025, the Twin Cities has been the site of the largest ice raids in U.S. history. The Twin Cities is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country and the largest concentration of Karen refugees in the U.S. Southeast Asian families are being detained and deported at a scale we have never seen before. Many came to the U.S. as refugee children and are now being sent to countries they left as infants or have never visited.
Community members are afraid to leave their homes, go to work, or take their children to school.
AANHPI-serving organizations are responding, providing legal defense, food assistance, know-your-rights education, and emergency support. These organizations are trusted in the community, speak the languages, and understand the cultural context. But they are critically underfunded. Only 0.13% of philanthropic dollars in the Twin Cities go to AANHPI causes and organizations.
Community leaders on the ground asked AAPIP to create the Twin Cities Rapid Response Fund to move resources to these organizations quickly. Grants are unrestricted and will be distributed on a rolling basis, guided by a local Advisory Committee.
This fund is one option among several. Give directly to local AANHPI organizations if you know them. Support multiracial rapid response funds. And if you want your gift to reach AANHPI-serving organizations through a trusted intermediary, contribute here.
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In 2023, U.S. institutional philanthropy directed $481 million to AANHPI communities, all 25 million of us.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's operating budget that same year: $477.9 million.
One museum. 25 million people. Roughly the same investment.
This is not a critique of the Met. It's a measure of how low the baseline actually is, and how little it has moved. The share of philanthropic dollars reaching AANHPI communities has never exceeded 0.60% in 35 years of AAPIP research.
2025 AANHPI Funding Snapshot · aapip.org
Give in May: link in bio.
#AAPIHeritageMonth, #AAPI, #AAPIMonth, #AANHPIHeritageMonth
Spilling the tea on what new-gen leadership actually looks like in philanthropy. ☕
Join AAPIP's New Gens + LGBTQIA+ Affinity Space for a panel with Alex Oishi, Timothy HyoJun Kim, and Jennifer Nguyen. Three practitioners who'll get candid about intersecting identities, building community power, and sustaining each other in this work.
Thursday, May 21, 10-11 AM PT / 1–2 PM ET | Virtual
Link in bio to register.
AAPIP members only.
#AffinitySpaces #NewGenLeadership #AANHPIinPhilanthropy #LGBTQIAinPhilanthropy #PhilanthropyProfessionals
May is AAPI Heritage Month.
For every $100 awarded by U.S. institutional funders, AANHPI communities receive 34 cents.
AAPIP has documented this gap since 1990. In 35 years of research, the share of philanthropic dollars directed to our communities has never exceeded 0.60%.
In 2026, with race-explicit grantmaking under active legal and political pressure, the conditions for closing that gap are getting harder, not easier.
This month, we're marking Heritage Month with data and with a clear ask.
Give in May supports 150+ AANHPI nonprofits nationwide. Link in bio.
Full 2025 AANHPI Funding Snapshot at aapip.org.
#AAPIHeritageMonth, #AAPI, #AAPIMonth, #AANHPIHeritageMonth
📅 Don't miss the Give in May Community Office Hours — happening Monday, April 20th at 12PM PT / 3PM ET!
Give in May is a month-long fundraising campaign (May 1–31) supporting nonprofits that serve the Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander community. In 2025, 150 organizations participated — and we want to see that number grow in 2026! 🌱
Join us for this free virtual session to learn about the campaign, hear from LEAP & AAPI Data on how Give in May has supported their work, and get live, hands-on help registering before the April 24th deadline. ⏳
Whether you're an AANHPI-serving nonprofit, a donor, or a philanthropy professional — this one's for you.
🔗 Link in bio to RSVP!
💡Did you know that AANHPI nonprofits only receive $0.34 to every $100 of all philanthropic donations? That’s 0.34%… not even ONE PERCENT.
🫂That’s why Give In May (@giveinmay ) was created, and why it matters.
The Give In May campaign takes place from May 1-31 to support nonprofits serving the AANHPI community in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Give In May is a quick and easy way to give back to our community that not only brings awareness to hidden needs, but also celebrates the achievements and strengths of the AANHPI community.
@asianleadersalliance is here to serve as a platform, helping connect causes and orgs to resources.
Funders: if you have the means to donate, thank you, and please do so. More info about the participating organizations will be shared by late-April.
Org leaders: if you would like to register your organization this year, please do so by April 24th.
The @giveinmay team will be hosting info sessions over the next few weeks with @aapip_org . Join these to learn more about the campaign.
The "Big Beautiful Bill" cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid. By this October, many lawfully present immigrants, including refugees and asylees, will lose eligibility for coverage. AANHPI immigrant women and gender-expansive individuals are the most affected.
On April 14, join AAPIP, GCIR, GIH, and NAPAWF for a funder briefing on healthcare access, data, and action steps for philanthropy.
Speakers:
➔ Christina Baal-Owens, @napawf
➔ Drishti Pillai, PhD, @kff_org
➔ Ivy Suriyopas, GCIR
➔ Moderated by Connie Chung Joe, @aapip_org
📅 April 14 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET | Virtual
🔗 Link in bio to register
Five years ago on March 16, 2021, eight people were killed at three Atlanta-area spas.
We say their names:
Daoyou Feng (冯道有), Hyun Jung Grant (김현정), Suncha Kim (김선자), Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park (박순청), Xiaojie Tan (谭晓洁), Delaina Ashley Yaun González, Yong Ae Yue (유영애)
They were victims of systems of racial hatred, misogyny, and shame that have always extracted the heaviest toll from communities of color, including AANHPI communities.
We remember them and we remember the many others harmed by those same systems, before and since.
AAPIP stands in solidarity with all communities impacted by that violence. And we show up in philanthropy, in policy, and in practice to build systems of accountability, care, and justice.
Three cities three chapters, and one Lunar New Year, shared across Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.
Our chapter leaders wrote about what it means to keep gathering despite hardship, burnout, and blizzards. Blog post linked in bio.
$58,000 distributed. Eight organizations funded. More on the way.
The federal troop drawdown made headlines. Detention and deportation operations in the Twin Cities have not stopped. Communities are in early recovery and the organizations serving them need sustained support.
Link in bio to donate or share.
We're hiring. 📢
Executive Assistant @ AAPIP
Remote | $65K–$75K + full benefits
AAPIP is the only national membership-based nonprofit in philanthropy dedicated to advancing racial equity for AANHPI communities. Our EA works directly with our President & CEO managing executive operations, supporting board governance, and helping keep the organization aligned and moving.
This role requires someone who can hold detail and strategy at the same time, communicate across stakeholders with care, and show up steadily in a fast-moving environment.
7+ years of EA or executive support experience preferred.
Apply by April 7 → [email protected]
Subject line: Executive Assistant
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Full description at the link in our bio.
#NowHiring #ExecutiveAssistant #NonprofitJobs #RacialEquity #Philanthropy #RemoteWork #AsianAmericans #PacificIslanders #JobOpportunity
Five leaders in conversation about three decades of AAPIP history. Kiran Ahuja, Cathy Cha, Peggy Saika, Bo Thao-Urabe, and Connie Chung Joe joined our AAPIP Sips session to discuss the state of philanthropy and what AANHPI leaders need to know to work inside it with clarity and purpose.
We recapped the full conversation on the blog. Link in bio.
#AAPIP #AANHPILeadership #PhilanthropyForAll #AsianAmericansInPhilanthropy #WomenInLeadership #CommunityPhilanthropy #TrustBasedPhilanthropy
