Asian Giving Circle Awards 2024 General Operating Grants to 10 Organizations in the Chicago Region

The Asian Giving Circle (AGC), an initiative of The Chicago Community Trust, supports Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)-led nonprofits in the Chicago region through collective community giving. For over 20 years, AGC has pooled resources from its members to provide grant funding in support of the diverse and evolving needs of the region’s AAPI community. This year, AGC made 10 unrestricted, general operating grants to the following 10 organizations:

• CIRCA Pintig – In support of CIRCA Pintig’s mission to embrace racial and immigrant justice through community dialogue and artistic expression invoking the concept of “Kapwa,” a Filipino term that means “shared identity.”
• Heritage Museum of Asian Art – In support of the Museum’s mission to re-explore and convey the stories and cultural significance embedded in Asian heritage through collaboration with artists from diverse fields
• Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition – In support of a coalition partnership of hundreds of activists, influencers, and organizations whose mission is to build an equitable and representative America.
• Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Chicago – In support of Intergenerational Conversations: Ripples of the Past which brings Japanese Americans together to connect and process the trauma of WWII forced displacement and incarceration through the sharing of stories.
• Mongolian Heritage Center – In support of the Center’s mission of preserving the history, culture, and legacy of Mongolian heritage in America.
• Nepalese Aid – In support of the organization’s move from part-time staff to full-time and in-person services.
• OH Art Foundation – In support of the foundation’s mission to support AAPI experiences through art education classes and festivals.
• People Matter – In support of the organization’s work focusing on Black and Asian solidarity through grassroots organizing, racial literacy education, and direct services.
• South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI) – In support of SAAPRI’s work to use community-based research to improve the lives of the under-served South Asian American community in Illinois via equitable, just, and socially responsible policy recommendations.
• South Asian American Coalition to Renew Democracy (SACRED) – To support SACRED’s legal aid for South Asian American communities experiencing caste discrimination.