Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago
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Grants
10
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Total Awarded
$2,200,000
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Years
2017 - 2025
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Categories
Grants
2025 (3 years)
$750,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) advocates for an America where all Americans can benefit equally from and contribute to the American dream. Its mission is to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. AAAJC utilizes convenings, leadership development, and advocacy to ensure that diverse voices throughout Chicagoland are represented wherever policy and public opinion affect communities.
2023 (1 year)
$50,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. This X-Grant supports the Asian Americans Advancing Justice National Summit. The Summit is a civil rights and social justice convening that aims to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders in one place to address various issues facing the Asian American community.
2022 (3 years)
$750,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. With this award for institutional support, AAAJC seeks to strengthen its internal stability by establishing an operating reserve, expanding its staff’s and Board's skills and knowledge base, and upgrading its technology.
2021 (1 year)
$75,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. With this award for general operating support, AAAJC provides a unified, powerful voice to advance justice for all Asian American, Pacific Islander, and marginalized communities across the Chicago metropolitan area.
2020 (1 year)
$75,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. With this award for general operating support, AAAJC expands its grassroots organizing and civic engagement activities, including youth and adult leadership programs, and anti-bias training.
2020 ( 8 months)
$50,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. With this award, AAAJC counters anti-Asian and other discrimination stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic by planning and implementing a series of locally-led bystander intervention trainings for community members to address hate incidents.
2019 (1 year)
$75,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build power in the Asian American community through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. With this award, AAAJC supports three grassroots leadership programs: one for immigrant youth, one for adult refugees, and one for community members at large.
2018 (1 year)
$200,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy by utilizing research, education, and coalition-building. With this award, AAAJC expands the activities of two existing leadership programs, one for Asian American youth and one for immigrant and refugee adults. It also allocates funds to support general operations, enabling it to respond to rapidly changing immigration laws and policies affecting the diverse Asian American immigrant population in the Chicago metropolitan region.
2017 (1 year 5 months)
$125,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago (AAAJC) is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy by conducting public education. With this award, AAAJC expands the activities of two existing leadership programs, one for Asian American youth and one for immigrant and refugee adults. The programs provide training to equip participants with the tools to engage in grassroots organizing and advocacy. AAAJC’s goal is to enhance Asian American civic participation around issues of racial justice and immigrant integration.
2017 ( 9 months)
$50,000
Founded in 1992, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago is a pan-Asian, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy by utilizing research, education, and coalition-building. With this award, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago offers information workshops and legal screening to Asian American immigrant communities across the greater Chicago metropolitan area facing aggressive federal immigration enforcement policies. The organization educates immigrants and their families on changes to law and policy that may render some subject to deportation, and on to bars on entry to the United State for refugees and individuals from certain nationals. It helps Asian American residents of the Chicago area understand their legal rights, obtain legal screening, and prepare emergency plans.
