Asian Pacific Community Giving Circle and Firecracker Fund

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

Member-funded giving circles hosted by APCF. The Asian Pacific Community Giving Circle sets its own priorities each year and its members vote to select grantees serving AANHPI communities in Greater Los Angeles.

Indicative award

$5k (total award)Page states the Asian Pacific Community Giving Circle makes $5,000 awards and has distributed over $145,000 across nearly 33 projects. No per-grant amount is published for the Firecracker Fund ($40,000 across 8 projects to date) or the APAWLA law-student scholarship circle.

Timing

Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Page describes an annual rhythm: the circle convenes in the fall to set giving priorities and reviews proposals and selects grantees in the winter. No specific dates are published.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations serving AANHPI communities in Los Angeles County (Firecracker Fund: Los Angeles and/or Orange Counties). Grantmaking is by circle-member vote, so this is not a route for a university to be the applicant; a research partner would work through a community grantee.

SSWR clusters

Topics

aanhpi community services · nutrition and physical fitness · community philanthropy · los angeles

Apply at

https://www.apcf.org/giving-circles

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Asian Pacific Community Giving Circle and Firecracker Fund

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