API Chaya

What API Chaya does

API Chaya is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 91-1674016) founded in the early-to-mid 1990s through the 2011 merger of API Women & Family Safety Center and Chaya. The organization provides free, confidential, language-accessible wraparound services to survivors of gender-based violence — specifically domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking — primarily serving Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant communities across 41 ethnic identities, 34 countries of origin, and 22 languages. Core service lines include a helpline, safety planning, advocacy-based counseling, basic legal advocacy, resources and referrals, financial assistance, housing support, and culturally specific support groups such as Creative Arts Healing and QTBIPOC Parent Survivors.

The organization's programmatic portfolio is structured around two pillars: direct Survivor Support Services and Community Organizing Programs including the Natural Helpers volunteer training program, Disability Justice Program, RISE! (a BIPOC sexual assault healing program), Peaceful Families Taskforce, Queer Network Program, and a Community Solutions pilot exploring alternatives to the criminal legal system. Two programs — the Pacific Islander Communities Organizing Program and Youth Organizing — are currently paused. Speaker and training services are offered to external organizations on a sliding scale at $75, $150, or $300 per hour based on organizational budget. The organization reports over 80% of staff and board as survivors themselves, integrates lived experience into service delivery, and maintains a volunteer-driven distributed support network through the Natural Helpers program.

API Chaya's revenue model relies on individual donations, corporate workplace giving, charitable contributions, and grants from government and private foundations. The 2024 Annual Report discloses $879,000 disbursed as direct financial assistance to survivors, 5,600+ survivor support hours delivered, and 300+ community events reaching 4,000+ community members. The organization is undergoing leadership renewal, with an Interim Executive Director appointed October 1, 2025 and a new permanent Executive Director (Mary Le Nguyen) scheduled to begin July 13, 2026.

Name

API Chaya

Legal name

API Chaya

Website

https://apichaya.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

API Chaya is a Seattle-based survivor-led nonprofit providing free, confidential, language-accessible wraparound services to Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, supported by donations, grants, and sliding-scale training fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

MHPSS & Trauma-Informed Support for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAJ), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI)

Keywords

• Survivor advocacy services
• Gender-based violence support
• Community organizing programs
• Human trafficking services
• Culturally responsive care

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: API Chaya is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN: 91-1674016) that relies on donations from individuals, corporate workplace giving programs, and charitable contributions. Donations can be made online, by phone, or by mail.
2. Grants and Foundation Funding: Organization receives grant funding from government and private foundations. Received over $1.1 million in general operating grants.
3. Training and Speaker Fees: API Chaya provides paid training engagements to organizations on domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and community organizing topics. Sliding scale pricing: $75/hour (solidarity), $150/hour (standard), $300/hour (support).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

API Chaya delivers free, confidential wraparound survivor support services and culturally specific community organizing programs for Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Core services include a multilingual helpline, safety planning, advocacy-based counseling, basic legal advocacy, support groups, resources and referrals, housing assistance, and direct financial aid. The organization complements direct services with leadership development programs (Natural Helpers, Disability Justice, RISE!, Community Solutions, Peaceful Families Taskforce, Queer Network Program) and paid training engagements for external organizations.

Product overview

API Chaya is a survivor-led non-profit organization providing a unified set of culturally-specific support services and community organizing programs. The core offerings include Survivor Support Services (helpline, advocacy, counseling, legal services, and resources) and Community Organizing Programs (Natural Helpers, Disability Justice, RISE!, Community Solutions, Peaceful Families Taskforce, Queer Network Program). Support groups such as Creative Arts Healing and QTBIPOC Parent Survivors provide specialized healing spaces. Speaker/Training Services on domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and community organizing round out the portfolio. All services are free, confidential, and designed for Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander, and immigrant communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Survivor Support Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,600 hours of survivor support provided in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: National 24/7 DV hotline and resource hub that explicitly refers AAPI survivors to API Chaya and similar culturally specific providers. Functions as a national incumbent that complements rather than competes with community-based organizations like API Chaya.

Direct peers

• Casa de Esperanza: National organization addressing domestic violence in Latino communities through community mobilization, training, and direct services. Closely comparable in combining direct survivor services with community-organizing and cultural-specificity frameworks.
• Narika: Bay Area-based organization supporting South Asian women survivors of domestic violence with counseling, advocacy, and community education. Comparable in South Asian DV focus and culturally specific service design.
• Asian Women's Shelter: San Francisco-based shelter and services organization for survivors of domestic violence in AAPI and immigrant communities. Closely comparable to API Chaya in mission, culturally specific AAPI/immigrant focus, and wraparound survivor support model.
• Maitri: Bay Area organization addressing domestic violence and honor-based abuse in South Asian communities through helpline, shelter, and community education. Highly comparable in South Asian survivor focus and community-organizing approach.
• Center for the Pacific Asian Family: Los Angeles-based organization providing shelter, counseling, and advocacy for AAPI survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Highly comparable model with similar wraparound and culturally specific service design.
• Sakhi for South Asian Women: New York City-based organization serving South Asian survivors of domestic violence with culturally specific advocacy, counseling, and community organizing. Highly comparable ethnic-specific DV focus and survivor-led orientation.
• Korean American Family Services: Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services for Korean American survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in the Los Angeles area. Directly comparable ethnic-specific DV/SA/HT survivor focus.
• Womankind: Formerly the New York Asian Women's Center; provides multilingual survivor services, advocacy, and community education across Asian communities in NYC. Directly comparable in AAPI survivor-support scope, multilingual capacity, and community education programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/apichayasea
• Facebookfacebook.com/APIChayaSeattle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apichaya

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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