From the community, for the community.

Bank of America invests in their Asian American community to advance thriving economies in the communities they serve.

In partnership with TAAF, Bank of America committed $3M in grants to provide critical support to underserved AAPI communities. This grant was redistributed to 13 organizations providing direct services, language access, and capacity building.

Bank of America's Asian Advisory Council is made up of senior leaders who work to improve advocacy and create opportunities for career advancement for colleagues of Asian descent across the bank. Their AAPI Employee Network Asian Leadership Network (ALN) hosts celebrations, panel discussions, and webinars to commemorate holidays and moments in AAPI culture.

KKR is committed to supporting AAPI communities by fostering an inclusive work environment, supporting AAPI nonprofits, and sharing resources to benefit the community during COVID and beyond.

KKR in partnership with TAAF, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Kirkland & Ellis, hosted the second annual AAPI ERG Networking Reception to convene NYC-based business leaders for an evening of community building. The vision for the evening was to come together to leverage the power of Employee Resource Groups to build a robust corporate leadership network that can strengthen pipelines for AAPI employees across organizations.

In 2020, KKR and its employees established a $50 million relief effort to help communities most affected by the pandemic.

As an AAPI Giving Challenge Partner, Mastercard is committed to supporting AAPIs by lifting up AAPI small businesses to advance sustainable change in historically marginalized communities.

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth is supporting TAAF's new Small Business Initiative focused on promoting AAPI entrepreneurship and business development to foster a more inclusive and equitable economy in NYC. The initiative is guided by our landmark landscape analysis of AAPI small businesses in NYC which highlights the key challenges and needs within the community.

In 2021, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation founded the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity with a $100 million commitment over five years to address the systemic racism and accelerate change. Walmart joined the AAPI Giving Challenge as a founding partner to support projects that drive impact for the AAPI community.

McKinsey's award-winning Connected Leaders Academy is a key launching ground for many decision makers in corporate America. This program was created to address and close the gap in access to leadership programs that historically underrepresented leaders face. In 2021, McKinsey launched their Asian Leaders Academy to address the lack of AAPI representation in the highest tiers of American industry. To date, more than 15,000 + Asian Leaders have enrolled in the Asian Leaders Academy, with ~3,400 Leaders graduating so far. 30+ corporate partners from the AAPI Giving Challenge have participated in the program.

As a Giving Challenge partner, East West Bank is investing in diverse organizations working towards advancing AAPI representation, advocacy, and justice.
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As a bank founded to address financial discrimination against Chinese Americans, East West Bank has proven that investing in underserved communities is good for business. In 2021, it was ranked No.1 Performing Bank in its market category, and won Bank Director’s “Best Board'' title in 2022. East West Bank has a decades-long history of supporting non-profits devoted to diversity and anti-discrimination efforts. In 2022, East West Bank announced it would donate upwards of $6 million to nonprofits and initiatives supporting the AAPI movement for inclusion, equality, and justice. In joining the AAPI Giving Challenge, East West Bank took their work even further by supporting LAAUNCH, a non-profit devoted to tracking discrimination-related data to better inform policymaking.

Nepalese-American fashion designer and activist Prabal Gurung collaborated with JCPenney to create iMPOWER, a collection catering to America's diverse working families and JCPenney's all-are-welcome strategy. This May they are launching their first AAPI Heritage Month collection under the Hope & Wonder label, themed "Stronger Together." The collection was designed by AAPIs in their creative coalition and they were also featured in the photoshoot.

Shamina Singh, founder and president of Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth and Maneesh Goyal, founder & partner at SONA & SONA Home, brought together 200+ Desi/South Asian and LGBTQ+ leaders and allies for a celebration of the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and to uplift LGBTQ+ role models in the South Asian community. The event benefited Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies, a charitable organization that provides a community for Desi/South Asian families with LGBTQ+ members. 

TAAF was a proud partner alongside Mastercard’s Center for Inclusive Growth, ADL, McKinsey & Company, Deutsche Bank, and JP Morgan.