AAPA now offers a unique option of collective giving through the creation of a Giving Circle.
A Giving Circle is a group of community-minded friends who pool together our resources to make a bigger impact in the community by supporting programs and projects that they share a common purpose. Anyone can become a member to give and participate!
Through friends, family members, colleagues, or others, a Giving Circle is a type of pooled fund where members come together to make a grant. With each member contributing to the fund, the Giving Circle combines its resources for a bigger sum of charitable dollars to make more of a collective impact with the larger donation.
Giving Circles Include:
Professional and Leadership Development Scholarship Giving Circle - $15,000
AAPA UpLift Giving Circle - $15,000
Equitable Representation Giving Cycle - $15,000
Giving Amounts:
$250
$500
$1000
$2000
Others
Giving Process:
AAPA administered or self organized
Give through AAPA's fundraising platform
Quarterly reports on contribution, impact and results
Opportunities to advise, organize, connect, and plan events and activities
A Giving Circle is a group of community-minded friends who pool together our resources to make a bigger impact in the community by supporting programs and projects that they share a common purpose. Anyone can become a member to give and participate!
Through friends, family members, colleagues, or others, a Giving Circle is a type of pooled fund where members come together to make a grant. With each member contributing to the fund, the Giving Circle combines its resources for a bigger sum of charitable dollars to make more of a collective impact with the larger donation.
Giving Circles Include:
Professional and Leadership Development Scholarship Giving Circle - $15,000
AAPA UpLift Giving Circle - $15,000
Equitable Representation Giving Cycle - $15,000
Giving Amounts:
$250
$500
$1000
$2000
Others
Giving Process:
AAPA administered or self organized
Give through AAPA's fundraising platform
Quarterly reports on contribution, impact and results
Opportunities to advise, organize, connect, and plan events and activities
AAPA administers the following Giving Circles:
Professional and Leadership Development Scholarship Circle that provides scholarships for minority professionals who seek to improve their leadership skills and career advancement. Improving job skills and job advancement are pathways to financial security for minorities who’ve been disproportionately overlooked. 72% of program participants reported receiving job promotions as a result of the AAPA leadership development programs.
Impact: These scholarships enables professionals from low income and marginal communities to gain the effective and valuable professional development and mentoring experience needed to advance their career and financial security.
Goals:
Impact: These scholarships enables professionals from low income and marginal communities to gain the effective and valuable professional development and mentoring experience needed to advance their career and financial security.
Goals:
- Provide (10) $500 AAPA Mentoring Program scholarships for participants from low income or marginalized communities.
- Provide (10) $500 AAPA Board Leadership Program scholarships for participants serving on nonprofit organizations serving the low income or marginalized communities.
AAPA UpLift Outreach to Our Community Circle provides funding to recruit marginalized individuals and prepares them for the application and hiring process. The preparation includes resume building workshops, interview techniques, and one-on-one mentoring, to ensure that those who are most vulnerable and need assistance are given an equitable opportunity to be offered a well-paying job and a long-term career. A year ago, the jobless rate for Asian Americans was 2.8%, but Asian American unemployment soared to 15% in May, and it was still 10.7% in August — well above the rate of 7.3% for whites and the Latino rate of 10.5%.
Impact: This funding will provide on-going recruiting and job application readiness training for well compensated and secure professional jobs for the marginalized individuals. Secured jobs and raised income will significantly uplift the economic life of marginalized individuals.
Goals:
Impact: This funding will provide on-going recruiting and job application readiness training for well compensated and secure professional jobs for the marginalized individuals. Secured jobs and raised income will significantly uplift the economic life of marginalized individuals.
Goals:
- Provide AAPA UpLift Program to 100 job seekers from the income or marginal communities.
AAPI Equitable Representation Circle provides leadership development programs and collaboration with Employee Resource Groups to develop a pipeline of AAPI leaders and to influence businesses and corporations in achieving equitable representation of minority and marginalized employees.
Impact: Equitable representation of minority and marginalized employees from recruitment, hiring to career advancement to senior leadership roles will ensure these professionals can achieve their potential and career goals with no barriers.
Goals:
Impact: Equitable representation of minority and marginalized employees from recruitment, hiring to career advancement to senior leadership roles will ensure these professionals can achieve their potential and career goals with no barriers.
Goals:
- Develop a career leadership training program in partnership with corporate ERG’s and LAEDC for their employees.
- Provide access to 2 diverse virtual job fairs through our partnerships and 1 resume building workshop and 1 digital interviews workshop led by AAPA for each job fair.
- Through AAPA’s signature programs, 70% of AAPA Alumni receive job promotions or job advancements.
