Arab American Association of New York

What Arab American Association of New York does

The Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit social services and advocacy organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. It was established shortly before the September 11, 2001 attacks by community leaders Dr. Ahmad Jaber and Basemah Atweh as a volunteer-run social services agency and subsequently expanded into advocacy following the post-9/11 surge in hate crimes and surveillance targeting Arab and Muslim communities. Today the organization delivers a comprehensive wraparound service portfolio across six core program areas: Adult Education & Women's Empowerment (ESOL at multiple levels plus digital literacy), Immigration Legal Services (DOJ-accredited since 2020, covering green cards, citizenship, asylum, and DACA), Advocacy and Civic Engagement (voter registration, policy advocacy, coalition work), Mental Health and Domestic Violence Support Services, Youth Programs (Brooklyn Arab Youth/BAY and Brooklynat), and Social Services & Case Management (SNAP, housing, Medicaid navigation). In 2024 it launched the Career Readiness and Economic Development (CRED) program focused on workforce placement, including into medical-sector jobs.

AAANY generates no fee-based revenue; all services are provided free of charge to community members. The organization's funding model is donations and charitable contributions, comprising individual donations, foundation grants, and government funding. Service delivery is direct and community-led, channeled through a main office at 6803 5th Avenue in Brooklyn and three satellite locations: Brooklyn Satellite (Beit El Maqdis), Queens Satellite (BHALO in Jamaica), and Staten Island Satellite. The organization supplements in-house capacity through strategic partnerships, including ongoing citizenship clinics with NYLAG (New York Legal Assistance Group) and Hispanic Federation, and advocacy participation in the city's Partners Against the Hate Forward (PATH) Initiative alongside CAIR-NY. As of mid-2025, AAANY was actively advocating before the NYC Council for Hate Crimes Prevention Initiative funding and for Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) data disaggregation.

Name

Arab American Association of New York

Legal name

Arab American Association of New York

Website

https://arabamericanny.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AAANY is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2001 that provides free social services, DOJ-accredited immigration legal aid, adult education, youth programs, mental health support, and civic advocacy to Arab immigrant and Arab American communities across New York City.

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Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAADAI

Refugee & Humanitarian Newcomer Orientation (Resettlement Support)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Citizenship & Immigrant Integration Education

SECONDARYEDAMAFAK

Immigrant/Integration Language Programs (ESL/ESOL, Civics-Integrated)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Language Learning & Conversation Programs

SECONDARYEDAAAOAJ

Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Workforce Development Initiatives

Keywords

• Community social services
• Immigration legal aid
• Adult education
• Civic advocacy
• Youth programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit relying primarily on individual donations, foundation grants, and government funding to support operations and programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AAANY delivers free social, educational, legal, and advocacy services to the Arab immigrant and Arab American community in New York City. Core programs include Adult Education & Women's Empowerment (ESOL, workforce development), DOJ-accredited Immigration Legal Services, Mental Health and Domestic Violence Support Services, Youth Programs, Social Services & Case Management, Advocacy and Civic Engagement, and the Career Readiness & Economic Development (CRED) program. Services are provided in person at a Brooklyn main office and three satellite locations.

Product overview

The Arab American Association of New York is a non-profit social service and advocacy organization serving the Arab immigrant and Arab American community in New York City since 2001. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of programs including Adult Education & Women's Empowerment (ESOL classes, workforce development), Advocacy and Civic Engagement (voter registration, policy advocacy), Immigration Legal Services (free legal consultations, citizenship assistance), Mental Health and Domestic Violence Support Services, Youth Programs (Brooklyn Arab Youth, Brooklynat), Social Services & Case Management, and Career Readiness and Economic Development (CRED). These programs work together to support and empower the Arab community by helping families achieve independence, productivity, and stability.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Education & Women's Empowerment Program Provides immigrant and refugee women with free English classes (Literacy through Advanced levels), job readiness training, workforce development, digital literacy, and community workshops that build confidence, skills, and independence.
• Advocacy and Civic Engagement Program
• Immigration Legal Services Provides trusted, free, DOJ-accredited immigration legal support including green card, citizenship, family reunification, and asylum applications. Hosts regular legal clinics, offers one-on-one consultations, partners with volunteer attorneys, and conducts Know Your Rights workshops.
• Mental Health and Domestic Violence Support Services
• Youth Program
• Social Services & Case Management
• Career Readiness and Economic Development (CRED) Equips individuals with job training, career counseling, resume building, and economic empowerment workshops; connects immigrants to high-paying jobs including within the medical sector and provides personalized career counseling and interview guidance.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NYLAG (New York Legal Assistance Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Ongoing collaboration on citizenship clinics. Applied for 20 clients in October 2024, 27 clients in November 2024, and 21 clients in December 2024. Also handles I-130, TPS applications, and N-600s.
• Hispanic FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Collaboration on citizenship clinics and green card renewals. Applied for 16 clients in July 2024 and 11 clients in August 2024.
• Partners Against the Hate Forward (PATH) InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021AAANY joined the Partners Against the Hate Forward initiative under the Office of the Prevention of Hate Crimes in 2021. AAANY and grantees have led hundreds of self-defense trainings, trained thousands in bystander intervention and de-escalation, and provided resources to thousands of New Yorkers.
• CAIR-NY (Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAANY grantee organization that documents hate crimes and bias incidents. CAIR-NY documented 290 reports of hate crimes or bias incidents against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim New Yorkers since October 2023.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC): National Arab American civil rights organization focused on advocacy, hate-crime tracking, and immigrant protections — direct peer in Arab American advocacy and policy work at a national scale AAANY does not currently operate at.
• Make the Road New York: NYC immigrant-led community organization providing legal services, workforce development, education, and organizing across immigrant communities — overlapping service portfolio and civic-engagement focus with AAANY.
• Arab American Family Support Center: NYC-based multi-service Arab American nonprofit offering ESOL, immigration legal services, mental health, youth programs, and workforce development — the closest direct peer to AAANY in mission, geography, and service mix.
• Emerald Isle Immigration Center: NYC nonprofit providing immigration legal services, education, and cultural programming to the Irish immigrant community — comparable ethnic-community, NYC-based, multi-service nonprofit structure.
• Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights: NYC-based immigrant-services and advocacy organization offering legal services, ESOL, and civic engagement — directly comparable community-led model serving a different immigrant population in NYC.
• New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG): NYC legal-services nonprofit providing free immigration, housing, family, and public-benefits legal services — direct peer in the DOJ-accredited legal-services space and active AAANY clinic partner.
• CAIR-NY (Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York): NYC advocacy nonprofit focused on civil rights, hate-crime documentation, and immigrant protections for Muslim and Arab communities — direct peer in advocacy and hate-crimes prevention work and an existing AAANY partner.

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Federation: Larger NYC-based Latino community services and grant-making organization with immigration legal services, civic engagement, and coalition work — existing AAANY partner and broader-incumbent comparable for grant-funded immigrant-services delivery.
• Catholic Charities of New York: Large-scale NYC multi-service nonprofit delivering immigration legal services, refugee resettlement, ESOL, case management, and workforce development — broader-incumbent with comparable service lines at significantly greater scale.

Others

• National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC): Umbrella network of Arab American community-based organizations that AAANY is part of — comparable as the institutional backbone for Arab American CBOs and a relevant ecosystem peer rather than direct service competitor.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles14 records

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