Asian Giving Circle (AGC)

OPEN CALL: The Asian Giving Circle (AGC), an initiative of The Chicago Community Trust, has opened its 21st Annual Request for Proposals (RFP). In 2025, AGC will make 10 general operating grants of $10,000 each. #Chicago A virtual info session will be held on Wednesday, May 14 @ 11am, and applications are due on Tuesday, June 17. Award decisions and notifications will be made in late August/early September 2025. For more details: www.cct.org/agc

OPEN CALL: The Asian Giving Circle (AGC), an initiative of The Chicago Community Trust, has opened its 21st Annual Request for Proposals (RFP). In 2025, AGC will make 10 general operating grants of $10,000 each. #Chicago A virtual info session will be held on Wednesday, May 14 @ 11am, and applications are due on Tuesday, June 17. Award decisions and notifications will be made in late August/early September 2025. For more details: www.cct.org/agc

A powerful performance from HANA Center (a MacArthur Foundation grantee!) kicked off the #AAPIPConference2025. I had the honor of welcoming the Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)) to Chicago this week, in the midst of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I hope all the attendees find community, creativity, and inspiration at the conference; the spaces that AAPIP creates are truly important! And a special shout out to MacArthur Staff members who attended and contributed, and Kathy Im, who cofounded the Asian Giving Circle housed at the Chicago Community Trust, and LêMinh Hoàng (LeMinh Hoang) who co-chairs the Giving Circle!

#FromTheArchives: In the early 2000s, a group of leaders with expertise in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors came together to create an innovative way to give back to their #AAPI community. At the time, national foundations gave less than 0.4% to AAPI communities and funding for Chicago-area AAPI organizations was low. These leaders envisioned a new source of funding for Asian American nonprofits from Asian American Chicagoans of all backgrounds, or from any Chicagoans interested in supporting the AAPI community. In 2002, they partnered with The Chicago Community Trust to establish the Asian Giving Circle (AGC), the first giving circle comprised of AAPI donors supporting nonprofits led by and serving AAPI individuals. #Chicago #Philanthropy This #AAPIHeritageMonth, learn more about its history: https://lnkd.in/gSryxjRr

AGC's 2025 RFP is open! Please click the link for more details. Deadline to apply is Tuesday, June 17 at 11:59 PM Central. There will be an Information Session hosted by AGC on Wednesday, May 14 at 11 AM. Registration information in the link below. #Philanthropy #Chicago #AAPIMonth https://lnkd.in/gYaSafg4

AFP Chicago's API Affinity Group, Asian Americans Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) - Chicago Chapter, and Asian Giving Circle (AGC) are thrilled to announce the first of our AAPI Nonprofit and Philanthropic Leadership Series. Please join us on May 15th at The Chicago Community Trust for a conversation with Amanda Hwu, Executive Director of the Illinois Community Power Fund moderated by Esther Yoon-Ji Kang of WBEZ. Please RSVP by May 11. https://lnkd.in/gnfsuQGM We look forward to seeing you there! #nonprofit #leadership #philanthropy #aapi #aapip #afpchicago #communitygiving #asiangivingcircle