Chinese-American Planning Council

What Chinese-American Planning Council does

Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1965 and headquartered at 45 Suffolk Street. It is the nation's largest Asian American social services organization, delivering 50+ programs across three program divisions — Education, Family Support, and Community & Economic Empowerment — through 35 sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CPC serves more than 80,000 community members annually, including 8,000+ daily, with culturally and linguistically competent staff providing early childhood education, adult literacy, college counseling, senior services, community health, workforce development, housing support, and civic engagement.

The organization operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries including the Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program (CPCHAP, founded 1983), one of NYC's largest nonprofit home care agencies with 6,000+ workers serving nearly 3,000 Medicaid recipients; CPC Tenant and Building Services for facilities management; and CPC Consumer Directed, which facilitates the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). CPC's underlying technology is standard nonprofit tooling — Microsoft SharePoint for internal operations, ArcGIS dashboards for public-facing impact mapping, and virtual event platforms — with no proprietary technology products.

CPC's revenue model is institutional rather than commercial: funding flows from NYC government contracts (DYCD, DFTA, DOH, DOHMH, DOE), NY State programs (ONA, DOH), private foundation grants (Robin Hood, Hearst, Ichigo, Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisories), corporate partnerships, individual donations via galas and recurring giving, and Medicaid billings through CPCHAP. Services are provided free or at low cost to community members. Governance is by an independent board under President & CEO Wayne Ho; there are no outside investors or equity ownership.

Name

Chinese-American Planning Council

Legal name

Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.

Website

https://cpc-nyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is the nation's largest Asian American social services nonprofit, founded 1965, delivering 50+ programs across 35 NYC sites to 80,000+ community members annually, including education, senior services, and home care through subsidiary CPCHAP.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts and Grants: CPC receives significant funding from NYC agencies (DYCD, DFTA, DOH, DOHMH, DOE) and NY State programs to operate social services programs including home care, youth employment, adult literacy, and early childhood education.
2. Private Foundations and Corporate Donations: Funding from organizations such as Robin Hood, Ichigo Foundation, Hearst Foundation, Lui and Wan Foundation, and Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisories for specific programs.
3. Individual Donations and Fundraising: CPC raises funds through annual galas, direct donations, monthly giving programs, IRA charitable rollovers, stock donations, cryptocurrency donations, and donor-advised funds.
4. Home Care Services Revenue: Through subsidiary CPCHAP, CPC provides Medicaid-funded home care services to nearly 3,000 recipients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social services organization that delivers education, family support, and community/economic empowerment programs to Asian American, immigrant, and low-income communities in New York City. Its portfolio spans early childhood education, adult literacy, after-school and college counseling programs, senior centers, community health services, and home care delivered through its CPCHAP subsidiary.

Product overview

The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a social services organization offering a portfolio of over 50 programs across three main divisions: Education Programs (early childhood centers, adult literacy, college counseling, and youth services), Family Support Programs (senior centers and older adult services), and Community & Economic Empowerment Programs (community health services, workforce development, and housing). The organization operates through its main entity and subsidiaries including CPC Home Attendant Program (CPCHAP) for home care services and CPC Tenant and Building Services for facilities management. Programs are delivered across 35 sites in New York City serving over 80,000 community members annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CPCHAP: Chinese-American Planning Council Home Attendant Program - home care services subsidiary
• CPCTBS

Products and services

• Education Programs A program division serving youth through early childhood centers, adult literacy classes, college counseling, and after-school academic support across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
• Early Childhood Center at Chung Pak Early childhood education center for children ages 2-5 years old, focusing on developmentally appropriate learning through play with bilingual Chinese and English instruction. Located at 125 Walker Street, 3rd Fl., New York.
• Early Childhood Center at Little Star Early childhood center serving children ages 2-5 years old with bilingual Chinese and Spanish instruction, providing three meals daily and developmentally appropriate curriculum. Located at 178 Broome Street, Suite 329, New York.
• CPC at New Utrecht High School (ACE Program) Academic enrichment program offering after-school academic support, individual counseling, and leadership development for students at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn (1601 80th Street).
• Adult Literacy Program Free English language instruction program providing classes for more than 500 students annually in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, including job development and citizenship workshops.
• Project Gateway College Counseling Center A college counseling and resource center founded in 2002 serving families through college readiness workshops, individual counseling, college trips, and professional networking events in Lower East Side/Chinatown Manhattan.
• Family Support Programs Family Support Programs include senior centers and older adult services providing meals, activities, health workshops, and case assistance to thousands of seniors annually.
• NY Chinatown Older Adult Center Senior center founded in 1974 serving more than 500 community members each weekday with nutritious meals, activities, health workshops, and field trips. Located at 55 Chrystie Street, New York.
• Community & Economic Empowerment Programs Community & Economic Empowerment Programs include community health services, workforce development, housing services, and HIV/AIDS services across NYC.
• CPC Home Attendant Program (CPCHAP) Home care service agency founded in 1983 serving nearly 3,000 home care recipients and employing over 6,000 home care workers in New York City. Operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of CPC.
• CPC Consumer Directed (CDPAP) Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) facilitating home care services where consumers have control over their caregivers through the statewide PPL partnership.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000+ community members served annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Strength in Numbers Consulting Group (SiNCG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC partnered with SiNCG to co-produce the report 'Memories and Movement: Intergenerational Study of Political Attitudes within New York City's Chinese American Communities' examining generational divides in political views among Chinese American voters.
• Mount Sinai HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC Community Health Services collaborates with Mount Sinai Hospital to provide free and confidential HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C testing to community members.
• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome care workers at CPCHAP are represented by 1199SEIU. CPC supports workers' advocacy for fair pay and ending 24-hour shifts.
• Public Partnerships LLC (PPL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC Consumer Directed facilitates transition of NYC's CDPAP consumers to PPL as part of statewide initiative while continuing as CDPAP facilitator.
• NY Caring MajoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of seniors, people with disabilities, providers, advocates, and labor leaders that CPC participates in for home care reform advocacy (#FairPay4HomeCare).
• United Neighborhood HousescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC is a member of United Neighborhood Houses, a coalition of settlement houses advocating for human services funding and social justice.
• Community Homecare ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of 11 nonprofit home care agencies collectively serving nearly 11,000 community members annually, advocating for Fair Pay for Home Care and 24-hour care reform.
• Brooklyn GrangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGMHI program visited Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm for monthly tea talk series on urban farming and gardening.
• McKinsey & Company (Asians at McKinsey)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMcKinsey staff volunteered to prepare Lunar New Year goodie bags for Hong Ning Housing seniors.
• Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCPC sponsored the 45th Asian American International Film Festival closing night and offered discount tickets to staff and community.
• Trinity Church Music FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusic educators from Trinity Foundation direct the CPC Trinity Music Program for children in COMPASS programs.
• Jews for Racial and Economic JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC's Carlyn Cowen serves as co-chair of the board for this advocacy organization.
• Helen Keller InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide free vision screenings to CPC community members.
• NYC Department of Parks and RecreationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCPC's WLG Environmental Corp program students participate in NYC Parks Youth Sustainability Corps building green roofs.
• JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC and JASA co-authored op-ed on home care reform in Gotham Gazette.
• GrowNYCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC partners with GrowNYC to distribute local produce to community members.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging): JASA is one of NYC's largest nonprofit aging services organizations, offering senior centers, home care, and case management. CPC and JASA have explicitly partnered on home care reform advocacy, making them directly comparable in NYC elder care services and advocacy posture.
• Make the Road New York: Make the Road is a NYC immigrant-led community organization providing adult education, legal services, workforce development, and organizing. It overlaps CPC's immigrant services, adult literacy, and advocacy programs across similar NYC geographies.
• Arab-American Family Support Center: AAFSC is a NYC-based nonprofit serving immigrant and refugee communities through education, social services, and advocacy. It parallels CPC's immigrant integration, adult literacy, and youth programming within a different ethnic community.
• Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE): AAFE is a NYC-based nonprofit serving AAPI communities through affordable housing, economic development, and community services. It directly overlaps CPC's AAPI-focused mission and NYC geographic footprint, particularly in workforce and housing programs.
• Selfhelp Community Services: Selfhelp is a large NYC nonprofit offering senior services, home care, and housing programs with a strong aging-in-place focus. It is highly comparable to CPC's CPCHAP home care and senior center operations in scale and service mix.
• New York Immigration Coalition: NYIC is a NYC umbrella policy and advocacy organization for immigrant communities. It directly parallels CPC's immigration policy advocacy, citizenship preparation, and immigrant integration services at a citywide coordination level.

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Federation: Hispanic Federation is a NYC-based umbrella organization supporting Hispanic-serving nonprofits through advocacy, grantmaking, and capacity building. Comparable to CPC's role in advocating for AAPI equity funding and coordinating community-based service delivery.
• United Neighborhood Houses (UNH): UNH is a coalition of NYC settlement houses (of which CPC is a member) providing a policy and capacity-building umbrella. It operates in the same settlement house tradition as CPC across education, seniors, and community services citywide.
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York: VNSNY is NYC's largest nonprofit home and community-based health care provider. It is the dominant scale peer to CPCHAP in Medicaid-funded home care, with comparable workforce scale and aging-in-place service offerings.
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York: Catholic Charities NYC is one of the city's largest social services networks offering senior services, immigration assistance, workforce development, and youth programs. It is comparable in scale and service breadth to CPC across multiple program divisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TheCPCfilms
• Facebookfacebook.com/CPC.NYC
• Instagraminstagram.com/cpc_nyc
• Xx.com/cpc_nyc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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