Asian Americans United

Name

Asian Americans United

Legal name

Asian Americans United

Website

https://aaunited.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Advocacy and Social Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural, Identity & Inclusion Programs (EDALAHAF)

Keywords

• Community organizing services
• Youth leadership development
• Immigrant rights advocacy
• Civic engagement programs
• Cultural preservation events

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and monthly donations from individual supporters, including a monthly sustaining 'AAU Builder' program starting at $5/month.
2. Event Sponsorships: Sponsorships for the Mid-Autumn Festival and Anniversary Celebration events, providing public recognition and promotional opportunities for sponsors.
3. Grants & Foundation Support: Funding from foundations and government grants for specific programs such as COVID-19 relief ($125,000+ distributed to undocumented families), civic engagement, and youth leadership programs.
4. United Way Giving: United Way Donor Choice number #00400 allows donors to direct workplace campaign contributions to AAU.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Asian Americans United (AAU) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit community organization that delivers free youth leadership development programs, immigrant rights education and defense support, civic engagement initiatives (including voter registration and citizenship clinics), and cultural preservation events such as the annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival. Services are funded entirely through donations, grants, event sponsorships, and United Way contributions, and are offered in multiple languages including English, Mandarin, and Indonesian.

Product overview

Asian Americans United offers a portfolio of community programs centered on youth leadership development, immigrant rights advocacy, civic engagement, and cultural preservation. The core programs include the Education for Liberation Summer Camp and School-Year Youth Leadership Program for youth development; Chinatown Vote for voter registration and citizenship support; Immigrant Rights programs including Know-Your-Rights training and Family Preparedness Plans; Education Justice advocacy; and the Our Chinatown storytelling project. AAU also organizes cultural events including the annual Mid-Autumn Festival and founded the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS). These programs work together to build leadership in Asian American communities, fight against oppression, and preserve neighborhood vitality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chinatown Vote: Civic engagement program founded in 2014 that trains youth and adult volunteers to register new voters, conduct door knocking and phone banking, and assist non-English proficient voters at polls
• Our Chinatown
• Education for Liberation Summer Program
• Family Preparedness Plan
• Know Your Rights

Products and services

• Education for Liberation Summer Camp An intergenerational social justice-centered summer program for Asian American high school youth in Philadelphia, where participants plan and teach a multicultural, literacy-focused camp curriculum for children in grades 1-8 while developing leadership skills and cultural identity.
• School-Year Youth Leadership Program An 8-month program beginning in fall semester that provides social justice workshops, political education, and hands-on volunteer experience through internships in Civic Engagement, Equitable Development, Education, and Communications departments.
• Chinatown Vote Civic engagement program founded in 2014 that trains youth and adult volunteers to register voters, conduct door knocking and phone banking, assist non-English proficient voters at polls, and provide citizenship screenings and legal clinics.
• Immigrant Rights & Defending Our Communities Programs that educate community members about immigration rights, connect them to reliable legal resources, and advocate for local policies aimed at keeping immigrant communities safe, including Know-Your-Rights training and family preparedness planning.
• Education Justice Advocacy Advocacy work for educational justice including language access for immigrant families, safe learning environments, and equitable resources in schools.
• Our Chinatown Project A public storytelling project celebrating individuals in Philadelphia's Chinatown through video interviews and poster displays at local businesses, documenting community narratives and cultural heritage.
• Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival Annual cultural celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival created by AAU and hosted for decades to preserve and share Asian American cultural traditions in Philadelphia's Chinatown.
• Citizenship Clinics Citizenship screenings and legal clinics conducted with legal service provider partners to support non-English proficient Chinese-speaking community members in completing citizenship applications, with fee waivers available for low-income applicants.
• Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS) A public charter school founded by AAU offering alternative education rooted in community and folk arts as vehicles for academic learning and social change, opened in 2005.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 community members attended the first community meeting on the proposed arena development
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Save Chinatown CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU helped build and co-leads the Save Chinatown Coalition, a coalition of 20+ groups united to stop the proposed 76ers arena development in Chinatown. AAU worked with community members to gather and translate information, publish bilingual papers, screen documentaries, and organize demonstrations.
• Philadelphia Folklore ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn March 2005, AAU in partnership with the Philadelphia Folklore Project won a charter for the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School (FACTS). The Philadelphia Folklore Project collaborated on the 'We Cannot Keep Silent' exhibit in 2013.
• AAPI PA Power CaucuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU worked with the AAPI PA Power Caucus to design and carry out the first comprehensive statewide survey of API communities in Pennsylvania, supporting the development of an issue-based policy platform for progressive Asian communities.
• Viet LeadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU worked with Viet Lead to build community defense work in the Indonesian community as part of immigrant rights organizing.
• Modero & Co.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU collaborated with Modero & Co. to build community defense work in the Indonesian immigrant community.
• Chinatown DragonboatminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDuring the COVID-19 rapid response in 2020-2021, AAU worked with Chinatown Dragonboat to distribute 6,000 masks and 7,500 gloves to community members.
• Asian Arts InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU's Chinese Youth Organizing Project worked in partnership with artists in New York's Chinatown Art Brigade and the Asian Arts Initiative to create and project messages about neighborhood displacement and immigrant rights on Chinatown walls in 2018.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcknowledged as a contributor to the 'Our Chinatown' storytelling project, supporting the preservation and celebration of Philadelphia's Chinatown community.
• PICC (Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU received COVID-19 relief funding for undocumented individuals from PICC PA Is Ready, alongside The Philadelphia Mayor's Fund and Nationalities Service Center.
• Nationalities Service CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAU worked with Nationalities Service Center as part of the COVID-19 relief funding drive for undocumented community members.
• Legal Service Provider Partners (Citizenship Clinics)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChinatown Vote conducts citizenship screenings and legal clinics with legal service provider partners to support non-English proficient Chinese-speaking community members to complete citizenship applications, with fee waivers available for low-income applicants.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VietLead: Philadelphia-area AAPI organization focused on Vietnamese and Southeast Asian community organizing, food sovereignty, and immigrant rights. AAU has worked with VietLead to build community defense work in the Indonesian community, making it a direct regional peer in Southeast Asian immigrant organizing.
• Chinese Progressive Association: Boston-based AAPI grassroots organization providing education, youth leadership, civic engagement, and workers' rights organizing in Greater Boston's Chinatown. Closely comparable in mission, structure, and program mix to AAU's integrated youth/civic/immigrant model.
• AAPI PA Power Caucus: Pennsylvania-based AAPI civic engagement coalition that AAU partnered with to design and execute the first comprehensive statewide survey of API communities in PA. Direct peer in statewide AAPI civic engagement and policy platform work.
• CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities: A New York City-based AAPI grassroots organizing group combining tenant rights, immigrant justice, and youth leadership. Highly comparable to AAU as a multi-issue AAPI community organizing nonprofit with youth development, immigration services, and anti-displacement campaigns.
• Chinese for Affirmative Action: San Francisco-based AAPI civil rights organization working on immigrant rights, language access, civic participation, and multiracial coalition building. Directly comparable to AAU's community-based advocacy and civic engagement work, particularly Chinatown Vote-style programming.
• Philadelphia Folklore Project: Philadelphia-based folk arts and social justice organization that partnered with AAU to win the FACTS charter and collaborated on the 'We Cannot Keep Silent' exhibit. Direct peer in folk arts preservation, cultural programming, and community-based education.

Regional players

• Asian Community Development Council: Las Vegas-based AAPI organization providing civic engagement, health, and social services. Comparable to AAU in delivering multi-issue AAPI programming including citizenship assistance, voter registration, and cultural events, though in a different geographic market.

Broad incumbents

• Japanese American Citizens League: National AAPI civil rights organization with a long history of community advocacy, civil liberties, and cultural programming. Comparable to AAU in combining AAPI identity-based programming, advocacy, and intergenerational leadership development, but at national scale.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC: National AAPI civil rights umbrella organization working on policy advocacy, voter rights, and immigration. AAJC is a national-level counterpart to AAU's local AAPI advocacy work and is already listed as a contributor to AAU's 'Our Chinatown' project.

Emerging players

• APIA Scholars: National AAPI-focused scholarship and leadership development organization. Comparable to AAU's youth leadership development mission, though it operates primarily through scholarships and donor-supported higher education access rather than direct community organizing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/21767743746
• Xx.com/asamunited
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asian-americans-united

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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