Caaav

Name

Caaav

Legal name

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

Website

https://caaav.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Organizing and Housing Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy (BPAGAFAN)

Keywords

• Tenant organizing services
• Housing justice advocacy
• Grassroots community organizing
• Asian American organizing
• Tenant rights education

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CAAAV is a nonprofit grassroots community organization that organizes working class Asian immigrants, tenants, and youth in New York City neighborhoods to fight displacement and gentrification. It operates tenant unions in Chinatown and Astoria, runs youth leadership programs, and advocates for housing justice through direct action, political education, and coalition building. The organization also maintains a digital archive of Asian American community resistance history.

Product overview

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities is a grassroots community organization (not a technology company) offering tenant organizing programs, a digital archive, and advocacy campaigns. Its core offerings include the Chinatown Tenants Union (CTU) and Astoria Tenants Union (ATU) for housing advocacy, the CAAAV Youth Program for intergenerational organizing, the CAAAV Digital Archive for historical preservation, and various campaigns including the Neighborhood Eviction Defense Committee and NYCHA Trust Campaign. The organization hosts annual fundraising events like the Karaoke Battle and provides emergency relief through the #CancelRent Fund.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chinatown Tenants Union (CTU): Tenants union founded in 2005 by Chinatown tenants to address apartment neglect, landlord harassment, and organize against displacement and gentrification in Chinatown.
• Astoria Tenants Union (ATU)
• CAAAV Youth
• CAAAV Digital Archive

Products and services

• Chinatown Tenants Union (CTU) Chinatown-based tenants union organizing residents against displacement, gentrification, and landlord harassment while developing immigrant leadership for housing rights advocacy.
• Astoria Tenants Union (ATU) Queens-based tenants union serving working class Bangali tenants in Astoria to intervene in speculative and luxury development and gentrification in Queens neighborhoods.
• CAAAV Youth Program
• CAAAV Digital Archive
• Neighborhood Eviction Defense (NED) Committee
• NYCHA Trust Campaign
• CAAAV #CancelRent Fund

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chinatown Art BrigadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the 'Activating Archives' event celebrating the launch of the CAAAV Digital Archive, sharing exhibition space at Pace University Art Gallery. Chinatown Art Brigade is a cultural organization creating art for social justice in the Chinatown community.
• Pace University Art GallerycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided exhibition space for showcasing CAAAV's rich history and archival materials at the 'Activating Archives' event celebrating the digital archive launch.
• Self Portrait ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided photobooth services at the digital archive launch celebration event, empowering participants to engage in self-representation.
• TUFF-LES (Tenants United Fighting For Lower East Side)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner in the Two Bridges megatower opposition campaign. Worked together with TUFF-LES and GOLES on rezoning application to protect waterfront area from luxury development.
• GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner in the Two Bridges megatower opposition campaign. Joint lawsuit filing contesting City Planning Commission approval based on inadequate public review.
• Takeroot JusticecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvided legal representation for the lawsuit against the Two Bridges luxury megatower development, working with CAAAV, TUFF-LES, and GOLES.
• Community Land Trusts Learning ExchangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAAAV received an award to join the CLT Learning Exchange providing technical assistance towards forming a Community Land Trust in Chinatown to ensure low-income Asian immigrant communities have community-controlled housing.
• Council Member Margaret ChincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElected official ally in opposing the Two Bridges Large-Scale Residential Development proposal, working with community organizations against high-rise development impacts.
• Manhattan Borough President Gale BrewercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElected official who joined CAAAV and allied organizations in opposing Two Bridges development, filing lawsuit with similar claims to nullify megatowers approval.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side): NYC Lower East Side tenant organizing nonprofit fighting displacement of low-income residents. Direct coalition partner with CAAAV on the Two Bridges megatower litigation and shares tenant organizing methodology.
• Mothers on the Move: NYC Bronx-based grassroots organization of mothers of color organizing for housing justice, immigration rights, and equitable development. Comparable member-led organizing model focused on working-class communities of color facing displacement.
• Make the Road New York: NYC-based grassroots organizing group serving working-class immigrant communities through tenant organizing, immigration legal services, and workplace justice. Highly comparable member-led organizing model and tenant rights focus.
• Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC): Large NYC-based social services and advocacy organization serving Chinese American and broader AAPI communities with housing, education, and workforce programs. Comparable as a major AAPI community institution operating in the same geographic and demographic space.
• Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE): NYC-based Asian American nonprofit providing housing, immigration, and economic development services to Asian immigrant communities. Most directly comparable peer given shared mission of housing justice and Asian immigrant community empowerment in NYC.
• UHAB (Urban Homesteading Assistance Board): NYC nonprofit supporting low-income tenants to form co-ops and resist displacement through affordable housing solutions. Comparable as a housing-justice-focused organization pursuing structural interventions including CLTs.
• Cooper Square Committee: Long-standing Lower East Side nonprofit focused on tenant rights, affordable housing preservation, and community development. Directly comparable mission around defending working-class neighborhoods against speculative development in NYC.
• Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM): NYC-based South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrant organizing group focused on low-wage workers, immigrants, and youth. Directly comparable model: grassroots member-led organizing among working-class South Asian diaspora communities.

Emerging players

• Right to the City Alliance: National alliance of grassroots organizations building housing justice and resisting displacement in urban communities. CAAAV is connected through overlapping coalition work and shared anti-speculation framework.

Regional players

• VAYLA New Orleans: New Orleans-based AAPI grassroots organization serving Southeast Asian American communities with youth leadership and social justice programming. Comparable model of intergenerational AAPI grassroots organizing in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caaav

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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