Center for Asian Americans in Action

What Center for Asian Americans in Action does

The Center for Asian Americans in Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 2021 and based in Orange County, California, focused on policy analysis, civic engagement, and community capacity building for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents. It operates four programmatic pillars — OC Families in Action, Health Equity, Racial Equity, and Equity in Schools — and delivers programming across English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Its core outputs include policy research, community education, recurring events such as the Building Bridges series and an annual youth speech contest, and partnerships with peer advocacy organizations and academic institutions.

The organization is governed by an Advisory Council composed of community leaders, educators, and policy practitioners, and operates under the fiscal sponsorship of OCAPICA, which provides back-office infrastructure and nonprofit compliance. Strategic partnerships include a collaboration with Educate to Empower on the Building Bridges series (2023) and a partnership with the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Cancer Center on AAPI health equity research and outreach (2024). The operating model is grant- and donation-funded advocacy rather than fee-for-service delivery, with no commercial product or revenue-bearing pricing model disclosed.

Capacity is modest, consistent with an early-stage local nonprofit: a small core staff, programmatic rather than technological infrastructure, and no disclosed AI, data platform, or proprietary technology assets. Growth is driven by programmatic expansion, partnership accumulation, and multilingual community outreach rather than by technology-led scaling.

Name

Center for Asian Americans in Action

Legal name

Center for Asian Americans in Action

Website

https://aaactioncenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Center for Asian Americans in Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2021 that conducts policy analysis, advocacy, and community capacity building for Asian American residents of Orange County, California, across four programmatic pillars.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Advocacy and Policy Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Rights & Public Interest Advocacy (BPAGAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Equity & Social Determinants Program Funding (HLAJALAK), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Policy advocacy services
• Community organizing programs
• Equity training
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Civic education resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit fiscally sponsored by OCAPICA, accepting donations through GiveCloud and likely funded by grants from foundations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Center for Asian Americans in Action conducts policy analysis, engages in policy advocacy, and strengthens the advocacy capacity of community-based organizations in Orange County, California. It delivers this through programmatic offerings including OC Families in Action (K-12 parent engagement and youth speech contests), a Health Equity Initiative, a Racial Equity Initiative, and educational resources such as the multilingual Bullying Reporting Guide and Ed-Tarts fact sheets. Revenue comes from tax-deductible donations received via its fiscal sponsor OCAPICA and from grants supporting its advocacy, training, and community engagement work.

Product overview

Center for Asian Americans in Action is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as a policy advocacy and community empowerment organization rather than a traditional technology product company. The organization offers a portfolio of advocacy programs including OC Families in Action (youth speech contests and parent engagement), equity initiatives (health equity, racial equity, equity in schools), and educational resources (Bullying Reporting Guide with multilingual support, Ed-Tarts fact sheets). Core activities include policy analysis, advocacy capacity building for community organizations, and community events such as the Building Bridges and Ethnic Studies speaker series. The organization does not offer a software product, API, or technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OC Families in Action: A project of the Center for A3 that educates, advocates for, and empowers K-12 families to become more engaged with their local schools.

Products and services

• OC Families in Action OC Families in Action is the Center's flagship K-12 family engagement program, educating, advocating for, and empowering Orange County families (including through youth speech contests and parent advocacy resources) to engage with their local schools at the district and county levels.
• Bullying Reporting Guide The Bullying Reporting Guide is a step-by-step resource that helps parents, students, and community members identify, understand, and respond to identity-based bullying and hate crimes in K-12 schools, available in English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
• Ed-Tarts Fact Sheets Ed-Tarts are a fact sheet series providing bite-sized data about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) K-12 students in Orange County, including school-based bullying statistics, AAPI enrollment data, and ethnic studies advocacy information.
• Health Equity Initiative The Health Equity Initiative delivers health policy analysis and advocacy addressing health inequities impacting Asian Americans and other communities of color, including Medi-Cal expansion data resources and health policy trainings for community organizations.
• Racial Equity Initiative The Racial Equity Initiative delivers policy and community building strategies addressing anti-Asian violence and discrimination and strengthening multi-racial partnerships, including model city resolution language and anti-hate resources for municipal and community audiences.
• Know Your Rights Resources The Know Your Rights Resources collection provides downloadable educational resources for AANHPI students and families, including Know Your Rights guides, Medi-Cal expansion data, Enhanced Premium Tax Credits information, and data-to-action briefs for AANHPI communities.
• Building Bridges Event Series Building Bridges is a multi-session virtual and in-person discussion series for Asian American students, parents, and educators addressing the impacts of the model minority myth in classrooms, homes, and communities, featuring panel discussions and workshops with recordings posted to a dedicated YouTube channel.
• Ethnic Studies Changed My Life Speaker Series Ethnic Studies Changed My Life is a speaker series engaging Asian American parents and students to discuss the challenges and joys of Asian and Asian American identity, featuring local leaders sharing how ethnic studies transformed their career trajectories.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 cities in Orange County have passed anti-Asian hate resolutions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• UCI Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-hosted data tools training for AANHPI advocacy with UCI Cancer Center and API COVID Task Force, providing training on data tools for community outreach, program planning, and proposal writing.
• Educate to EmpowerflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023Co-presented the Building Bridges: Empowering Asian American Families in OC discussion series in October 2023, a multi-session virtual and in-person event addressing the model minority myth and Asian American student mental health.
• OC API Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership producing the Data to Action brief about Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Orange County, CA.
• National Health Law ProgramminorOthersOrganizational connection through staff leadership - Priscilla Huang previously worked as a senior attorney at the National Health Law Program, and current Advisory Council member Amy Chen is a Senior Attorney there.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterforA3
• Instagraminstagram.com/ocfamiliesinaction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aaactioncenter

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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