Asian Diaspora Philanthropy

Asian Diaspora Philanthropy Resources (version 1.0)

This page is a consolidated list in response to the question,  “Who would you consider the experts in diaspora philanthropy, particularly Asian diaspora philanthropy?”

Thank you to the following kind folks for their interest, clarifications, and contributions via the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s LinkedIn group for Version 1.0 of this resource: Ann Rosenfield, Katrina Freeburg, Nicole Helwig, Kitty Wojcik, Hamilton Simons-Jones, Lin Cargo, Elizabeth Farris, Lucas Orwig, Linda Akutagawa, Shari Lynn Scales, John Godfrey, and Christopher Baker.

Serving Asian American Communities in North America

American India Foundation
http://aif.org/about/about-aif/

Asian American & Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
http://aapip.org/

Asian American Giving
http://www.asianamericangiving.com/

Asian Pacific Community Fund of Los Angeles
http://www.apcf.org/

Asian Pacific Fund of San Francisco
http://www.asianpacificfund.org/

Filamthropy (on Filipino American philanthropy)
http://www.filamthropy.org
http://www.facebook.com/filamthropy

Inclusive Giving Project – Canada
http://afpinclusivegiving.ca/

Serving Asian Communities Worldwide

Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment & Philanthropy
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/philanthropy/

Asian Philanthropy Forum
http://www.asianphilanthropyforum.org/

Give2Asia
http://give2asia.org/aboutus

The Hand Foundation [v1.5]
http://www.thehandfoundation.org/resources_1.html

Synergy Social Ventures – Hong Kong
http://www.synergysocialventures.org/

Published Research

Chao, Jessica. “Asian-American Philanthropy: Expanding Circles of Participation” 
http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Publications/Cultures_of_Caring/asianamerican.pdf

Migration Policy Institute (2010) [v1.5]
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/diasporas-philanthropy.pdf

Sempel, Kirk. “Asian-Americans Gain Influence in Philanthropy” (2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/nyregion/as-asian-americans-numbers-grow-so-does-their-philanthropy.html

Sidel, Mark. University of Wisconsin Law School.
http://law.wisc.edu/profiles/sidel