APIs RISE Fund Grant Opportunity

Application Deadline: 5:00 pm on December 18

About Us

Comprised of API (Asian and/or Pacific Islander) philanthropists and community leaders, the APIs RISE Fund aims to build and strengthen the next generation of API leadership for the capital region. 

Our mission is to increase the capacity and impact of API philanthropic giving in the Sacramento region. We advance their mission by cultivating and securing resources and by engaging with local community members to learn about the issues affecting the community. Since we established the APIs RISE Fund at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation in 2014, we have awarded over $190,000 to support mission-aligned work in our community.

Program Details

This grant cycle, APIs RISE Fund grants will focus on supporting projects that advance one or more of the following in Sacramento and/or Yolo counties:

  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) LGBTQ issues

  • AAPI disability rights

  • Cross-cultural/cross-racial solidarity building 

  • Work to combat Anti-Asian hate impacting our Asian communities, and/or 

  • Work to combat anti-Black racism within our API communities.

Applicants will be asked to provide:

  • A project description of how their organizations will advance one or more of the focus areas listed above

  • Background information on their organization’s experience in working with AAPI populations and any relevant examples of their organization's experience engaging authentically with the AAPI community

  • Clarity around what makes the organization best suited to this work

  • Budget and budget justification.

The maximum grant amount will be $10,000 for any single organization,.

Each awardee will be required to submit a brief report no longer than one page at the conclusion of the grant period or project.

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, submissions must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Applicant agency must serve Asian and/or Pacific Islander populations

  • Applicant agency must have 501(c)3 status

  • Funded project must service Sacramento and/or Yolo counties

  • Size of requested grant does not exceed $10,000 per organization

  • Applicant agency has not been awarded APIs RISE Fund grants over two consecutive years, beginning from grants awarded in 2020.

Please note that Pacific Islander-led and -serving organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.

Timeline

Grant Launch: November 13, 2023

Application Deadline: December 18, 2023, at 5 p.m. Pacific

Awardee Announcement: Week of January 22, 2024

How to Apply

Proposals will only be accepted through the Sacramento Region Community Foundation’s online application. No email or paper applications will be accepted. 

Process

Each properly completed application will be shared with the APIs RISE Fund membership who will vote for the project they would like to see funded and the projects with the most votes will be awarded. The Sacramento Region Community Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy is used when grants are reviewed and any member of APIs RISE Fund who is employed by or on the board of any organization that is eligible for a grant must recuse themselves from voting.

Review information on our previous grants to see the types of projects we have funded.

Our grantmaking is done in partnership with the Sacramento Region Community Foundation.