Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) (c3)
Organization Description
APIAVote is the nation’s leading nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to educating, mobilizing, and enabling Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities to expand voter participation, strengthen their political voice, and foster impactful civic responsibility.
2025 Programs
APIAVote has a proven track record of reaching and mobilizing its communities to protect and build upon the founders' vision through its four programmatic focuses; its national field program which direct grants and resources to grassroot partner organizations to conduct effective, nonpartisan civic engagement programming; its strategic communications program that aims be a trusted source for AAPI voters through translated materials and inclusive content that inspires; its youth program that trains college-age leaders to mobilize their peers to be civically engaged; and, its policy program which conducts AAPI focused research and serves as a conduit to uplift AAPI communities.
Budget Size: Large: Previous year budget > $3M
States Engaged: AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IA, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
Geographic Coverage by Congressional District:
AK-01, AL-01, AL-02, AL-03, AL-04, AL-05, AL-06, AL-07, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, CA-01, CA-02, CA-03, CA-04, CA-05, CA-06, CA-07, CA-08, CA-09, CA-10, CA-11, CA-12, CA-13, CA-14, CA-15, CA-16, CA-17, CA-18, CA-19, CA-20, CA-21, CA-22, CA-23, CA-24, CA-25, CA-26, CA-27, CA-28, CA-29, CA-30, CA-31, CA-32, CA-33, CA-34, CA-35, CA-36, CA-37, CA-38, CA-39, CA-40, CA-41, CA-42, CA-43, CA-44, CA-45, CA-46, CA-47, CA-48, CA-49, CA-50, CA-51, CA-52, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, CO-08, FL-01, FL-02, FL-03, FL-04, FL-05, FL-06, FL-07, FL-08, FL-09, FL-10, FL-11, FL-12, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, FL-19, FL-20, FL-21, FL-22, FL-23, FL-24, FL-25, FL-26, FL-27, FL-28, GA-01, GA-02, GA-03, GA-04, GA-05, GA-06, GA-07, GA-08, GA-09, GA-10, GA-11, GA-12, GA-13, GA-14, HI-01, HI-02, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, IA-04, IL-01, IL-02, IL-03, IL-04, IL-05, IL-06, IL-07, IL-08, IL-09, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IN-01, IN-02, IN-03, IN-04, IN-05, IN-06, IN-07, IN-08, IN-09, MA-01, MA-02, MA-03, MA-04, MA-05, MA-06, MA-07, MA-08, MA-09, MI-01, MI-02, MI-03, MI-04, MI-05, MI-06, MI-07, MI-08, MI-09, MI-10, MI-11, MI-12, MI-13, MN-01, MN-02, MN-03, MN-04, MN-05, MN-06, MN-07, MN-08, MO-01, MO-02, MO-03, MO-04, MO-05, MO-06, MO-07, MO-08, MS-01, MS-02, MS-03, MS-04, NC-01, NC-02, NC-03, NC-04, NC-05, NC-06, NC-07, NC-08, NC-09, NC-10, NC-11, NC-12, NC-13, NC-14, NE-01, NE-02, NE-03, NJ-01, NJ-02, NJ-03, NJ-04, NJ-05, NJ-06, NJ-07, NJ-08, NJ-09, NJ-10, NJ-11, NJ-12, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, NV-01, NV-02, NV-03, NV-04, NY-01, NY-02, NY-03, NY-04, NY-05, NY-06, NY-07, NY-08, NY-09, NY-10, NY-11, NY-12, NY-13, NY-14, NY-15, NY-16, NY-17, NY-18, NY-19, NY-20, NY-21, NY-22, NY-23, NY-24, NY-25, NY-26, OH-01, OH-02, OH-03, OH-04, OH-05, OH-06, OH-07, OH-08, OH-09, OH-10, OH-11, OH-12, OH-13, OH-14, OH-15, OR-01, OR-02, OR-03, OR-04, OR-05, OR-06, PA-01, PA-02, PA-03, PA-04, PA-05, PA-06, PA-07, PA-08, PA-09, PA-10, PA-11, PA-12, PA-13, PA-14, PA-15, PA-16, PA-17, TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-08, TN-09, TX-01, TX-02, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36, TX-37, TX-38, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, UT-04, VA-01, VA-02, VA-03, VA-04, VA-05, VA-06, VA-07, VA-08, VA-09, VA-10, VA-11, WA-01, WA-02, WA-03, WA-04, WA-05, WA-06, WA-07, WA-08, WA-09, WA-10, WI-01, WI-02, WI-03, WI-04, WI-05, WI-06, WI-07, WI-08 Geographic Density Focus: Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Immigrant, AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity: Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers, Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Top Priority Issues: Civic engagement, Voter participation, Leadership development
Lead Contact:
Christine Chen, Executive Director, Co-Founder, she/her, fundraise@apiavote.org, (202) 223-9170
