What Stop AAPI Hate does

Stop AAPI Hate is a U.S.-based nonprofit coalition founded on March 19, 2020 by AAPI Equity Alliance, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and San Francisco State University's Asian American Studies Department in response to surging anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization operates the nation's largest reporting center for anti-AAPI hate, a confidential online form available in 20+ Asian and Pacific Islander languages that has collected 13,100+ reports since inception, feeding an interactive data visualization dashboard and annual State of Hate reports produced in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago. In May 2026 it launched Stop AAPI Hate Action, a 501(c)(4) political and advocacy arm housed under the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Action Fund, focused on 2026 midterm voter mobilization via the multilingual AAPI House Calls phone-banking program.

The organization operates through two fiscal entities: the 501(c)(3) public charity (fiscally sponsored by Chinese for Affirmative Action) handles research, documentation, survivor support, and community programs, while the 501(c)(4) handles political advocacy and voter engagement. Revenue comes from a diversified mix of individual donations across both 501(c)(3) (tax-deductible) and 501(c)(4) (non-deductible) streams, institutional grants from foundations such as Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, S&P Global Foundation, and the National Education Association, corporate philanthropy (McDonald's, Pokemon International, Humble Bundle, Hot Topic Foundation, Eventide Fenway), merchandise sales, workplace giving, and planned giving. Programs have expanded beyond reporting and research into immigration defense (an ICE Preparedness App, ICE data analysis via the Deportation Data Project), litigation (co-plaintiff status on a DOJ class-action suit representing 200+ organizations), and policy advocacy (Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act, AANHPI Education Equity Act, anti-immigrant policy toolkits).

Stop AAPI Hate serves Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across all ethnic subgroups, with an explicit horizontal segmentation strategy that also engages hate victims and survivors, AAPI immigrants and refugees, international students, lawmakers and advocates, and corporate partners. It operates from San Francisco at 17 Walter U Lum Place with 28 employees, conducting operations nationwide and running programs in six cities including San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. In FY 2025 the organization allocated 78% of expenses to community programs and generated 14M+ digital engagements, 30,000+ civic actions, and 1,000+ audience members through its #MyImmigrantRoots public exhibits.

Name

Stop AAPI Hate

Legal name

Stop AAPI Hate (501c3) and Stop AAPI Hate Action (501c4)

Website

https://stopaapihate.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stop AAPI Hate is a U.S. nonprofit coalition that operates the nation's largest multilingual reporting center for anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate incidents, conducts longitudinal research via NORC, and runs the 501(c)(4) Stop AAPI Hate Action arm for 2026 midterm voter mobilization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Rights Advocacy and Community Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Immigrant & Refugee Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAG)

Keywords

• Hate incident reporting
• Civic engagement advocacy
• Community research services
• Voter mobilization programs
• Immigrant rights resources

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations (501c3): Tax-deductible donations to Stop AAPI Hate (501c3), fiscally-sponsored by Chinese for Affirmative Action. Supports research, advocacy, and community programs.
2. Political Contributions (501c4): Non-deductible contributions to Stop AAPI Hate Action (501c4), a social welfare project of Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Action Fund, supporting voter mobilization and advocacy.
3. Institutional Grants: Funding from foundations and institutions including Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, S&P Global Foundation, and others supporting specific programs.
4. Merchandise Sales: Apparel and merchandise sales through their online store (Dashery), with some items featuring partner platforms like TeePublic.
5. Workplace Giving: Employee giving programs, payroll deductions, and matching gift programs through corporate partners.
6. Planned Giving: Bequests, trusts, annuities, and other estate planning arrangements for long-term supporters.

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Stop AAPI Hate operates the nation's largest multilingual online reporting center that documents anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate incidents in 20+ AA/PI languages, alongside a national research and policy advocacy program. The organization produces annual State of Hate reports in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, runs the AAPI House Calls volunteer voter mobilization program, and provides a Community Resources Hub, an ICE Preparedness app, and a Policy Toolkit for defending immigrant communities.

Product overview

Stop AAPI Hate operates as a coalition with two distinct organizational arms: Stop AAPI Hate (501c3) focuses on research, documentation, and survivor support, while Stop AAPI Hate Action (501c4) handles voter mobilization and advocacy. The core product is the nation's largest Reporting Center for anti-AAPI hate acts, which feeds into an Interactive Data Visualization Tool for data exploration. The organization produces annual State of Hate reports through its partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago. Additional offerings include the AAPI House Calls voter mobilization program, a Community Resources Hub with multilingual materials, an ICE Preparedness mobile app, and a Policy Toolkit providing model legislation for defending immigrant communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AAPI House Calls: A volunteer-powered program designed to reach and engage AAPI voters in the districts where they can make the biggest difference in the 2026 midterms.
• State of Anti-AA/PI Hate Report

Products and services

• Reporting Center The nation's largest reporting center documenting acts of hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, accepting confidential reports in 20+ AA/PI languages and producing categorized, analyzed data on patterns and themes of anti-AAPI hate. Free to use and intended for AAPI community members, witnesses, and allies.
• Interactive Data Visualization Dashboard Online dashboard allowing users to explore and analyze hate act data with custom filters for geography, demographics, and hate act types, enabling researchers, journalists, and community organizations to examine patterns of anti-AAPI hate.
• State of Anti-AA/PI Hate Reports Annual nationally representative survey reports, produced in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, documenting the prevalence and impact of anti-AAPI hate and tracking year-over-year trends.
• AAPI House Calls Voter Mobilization Program Volunteer-powered phone-banking and peer-to-peer outreach program designed to reach and engage AAPI voters in competitive districts for the 2026 midterm elections, with multilingual outreach in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Korean, plus South Asian-to-South Asian and Filipino-to-Filipino outreach.
• Community Resources Hub Central online repository of multilingual resources including know-your-rights materials, toolkits, training content, and direct services for AAPI communities and advocates, covering topics such as ICE preparedness, international travel, protests, and immigrant support.
• ICE Preparedness Mobile App Mobile application providing preparedness guidance and safety information for immigrants and individuals affected by mass deportation, including know-your-rights content and emergency resources.
• Policy Toolkit for Defending Immigrant Communities Toolkit providing model legislation and resolutions for local officials and advocates to fight anti-immigrant policies, including templates for sanctuary policies, ICE-free zones, and protections for immigrant rights.

Quantifiable outcome

• 49% of AA/PI adults experienced hate in 2025 (third consecutive year)
• +4 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and tactical.

• Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Action Fund (AACRE AF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Fiscal sponsor for Stop AAPI Hate Action (501c4). AACRE AF is a 501c4 nonprofit organization that serves as the social welfare project parent for the political advocacy arm.
• AAPI Equity AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2020Co-founding coalition member alongside Chinese for Affirmative Action and San Francisco State University. AAPI Equity Alliance employs team members working with Stop AAPI Hate and co-leads programs including the HOPE healing curriculum.
• Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2020Co-founding coalition member and fiscal sponsor for Stop AAPI Hate (501c3). CAA's tax ID is 94-2161304. Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi also serves as Stop AAPI Hate co-founder.
• San Francisco State University - Asian American Studies DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2020Co-founding coalition member providing academic expertise and research support since the organization's March 2020 founding.
• NORC at the University of ChicagocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner conducting nationally representative surveys on anti-AAPI hate. Uses NORC's Amplify AAPI panel for survey research. Collaborated on State of Hate reports for 2023, 2024, and 2025.
• Vera Institute of JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-plaintiff in class-action lawsuit challenging DOJ's unlawful termination of $810M+ in public safety grants. Represented over 200 organizations nationwide.
• CAPA21strategicGTM or Marketing PartnerLeading partner in Stop AAPI Hate Action's 2026 midterm elections efforts. Tamlyn Tomita serves as Chair. Provides culturally competent voter engagement infrastructure.
• Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunched Twin Cities Rapid Response Fund to direct resources to Hmong community organizations targeted by ICE in Minnesota.
• REACH CoalitionstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner in securing New York's AANHPI Education Equity Act, working on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander educational inclusion.
• Southeast Asian Freedom NetworkstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator on Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act advocacy and SEADRA campaign for Southeast Asian refugee protections.
• Asian Americans Advancing JusticestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance partner providing historical context on Black-Asian solidarity and collaborative resources on cross-racial unity.
• Deportation Data ProjecttacticalTechnology or IntegrationSource of ICE enforcement data obtained through FOIA requests, used for analyzing AAPI arrest, detention, and deportation trends.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): The NAACP is a foundational U.S. civil rights organization running policy advocacy, litigation, and civic engagement for Black communities — comparable in scale, organizational structure, and coalition role though serving a different racial constituency.
• Vera Institute of Justice: Co-plaintiff with Stop AAPI Hate in the DOJ class-action, Vera is a larger, established research and litigation organization focused on justice reform and immigrant rights — a natural institutional partner and broader-incumbent peer in the civil rights and immigrant rights space.

Direct peers

• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): SPLC catalogues hate groups and extremist activity, litigates civil rights cases, and publishes influential research — the closest institutional analogue to Stop AAPI Hate's combination of documentation, research, and impact litigation, though focused on a broader range of targeted communities.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): ADL tracks hate incidents nationally (including via its own reporting platform), publishes authoritative research, and runs advocacy and education programs combating bias — directly comparable as a hate-tracking and civil-rights research organization, albeit targeting a different constituency.
• Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA): Fiscal sponsor of Stop AAPI Hate and co-founding coalition member, CAA is a Bay Area-based civil rights organization advancing AAPI empowerment through advocacy, civic engagement, and immigrant integration — a near-twinned organization sharing staff and infrastructure.
• AAPI Equity Alliance: Co-founding coalition member of Stop AAPI Hate, AAPI Equity Alliance is a national advocacy network of over 40 community-based organizations serving Asian American and Pacific Islander communities on hate, racial justice, and immigrant rights — directly overlapping in mission, constituency, and core programs.
• Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP): AAPIP is a philanthropic and advocacy organization mobilizing resources for AAPI communities, with which Stop AAPI Hate jointly launched the Twin Cities Rapid Response Fund — a peer funder/advocate working the same AAPI ecosystem though from a grantmaking rather than services perspective.
• Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality Action Fund (AACRE AF): Parent 501(c)(4) of Stop AAPI Hate Action, AACRE AF is a community-led political infrastructure organization supporting AAPI civic engagement and advocacy — directly comparable in constituency and political mobilization model.
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice: A national AAPI civil rights federation with affiliates in multiple cities, operating legal aid, policy advocacy, and civic engagement programs serving the same AAPI constituencies that Stop AAPI Hate targets; comparable in scope and advocacy model.

Emerging players

• Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): CAIR documents anti-Muslim hate incidents through an online reporting system, pursues civil rights litigation, and advocates for Muslim communities — using a similar reporting-center-plus-advocacy model serving a different but adjacent targeted community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/StopAAPIHateAction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stop-aapi-hate
• Instagraminstagram.com/stopaapihate
• TikToktiktok.com/@stopaapihateaction

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Profiles4 records

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