My company matches my donations to nonprofits. When I logged into the Benevity service to start the matching process for a recent donation, it surprised me to see a note on AAPI Heritage Month. That note suggested that I donate to AAPI Causes as a way to celebrate the month. It listed a number of recommended AAPI nonprofits that I could donate to and have that amount matched. What a great idea! I also became curious to see I what other recommendations are out there.
I found it interesting that different sites had different recommendations. CharityWatch, a charity watchdog organization, recommends the Asia Foundation and the Asia Society as top rated Asian American charities. Charity Navigator, another charity rating organization, also has a mostly different set of recommendations. ASML selected seven AAPI nonprofits that they would fund and match. Civic Champs, a volunteer management company, suggested six different organizations.
Donations are very personal, so I am not going to directly recommend particular ones. Both Charity Watch and Charity Navigator rate many nonprofits. I will also mention that some nonprofits that appear in this list have been mentioned in many of our stories, particularly CAAM, the Center for Asian American Media. If you chose to donate to AAPI causes, see if your employer or another organization that you are associated with will do a match.
