Without our donors’ support, we wouldn’t be able to work toward a multiracial democracy that works for everyone. Your generosity allows us to fight for immigrant rights, counter high volumes of Chinese-language disinformation on social media, build power to protect our most vulnerable community members, and so much more. 

2024 in Numbers

Because the work we do is so wide-ranging, it’s hard to capture its depth and breadth in soundbites and pull-quotes. Still, we want to share a brief snapshot of what we accomplished together in 2024:

• 25,000 visitors engaged with exhibitions at Edge on the Square, Chinatown’s arts and culture hub co-founded by CAA
• 106,828 users learned the true facts behind Chinese-language misinformation from CAA’s fact-checking website PiYaoBa
• 28,395 subscribers connected with CAA on our misinformation-focused WeChat channel
• 330 clients received individualized economic justice and immigration consultations, processing, and referral services
• 7,000 people served with community workshops and forums
• 6,791 Vietnamese speakers in San Francisco benefitted from CAA-backed Language Access Ordinance amendments
  

These achievements wouldn’t be possible without our supporters’ commitment to CAA. 

Movement Forward Campaign

In 2019, informed by our 50-year history and our future-forward vision, CAA launched the Movement Forward campaign to help us address immediate threats to democracy and build our long-term sustainability. Soon after its launch, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world, making our work to protect and support AAPI communities all the more urgent.

The campaign had two strands: the Action Fund to help CAA transform the present, and the Endowment Fund to grow and sustain our long-term impact. With the generosity of 76 donors, we raised a total of $4.05M. We are deeply grateful for the foundation this campaign has created for us, and our communities are already feeling its impact through our programmatic work. 

Capital Campaign

After residing in our beloved 17 Walter U Lum Place offices for more than 30 years, CAA knew our space needed important renovations to improve accessibility, technological capacity, and accommodate evolving staff needs. 

Between 2014-15, our supporters helped us exceed our capital campaign fundraising goal of $700,000! With their generosity, we were able to modernize the building to make it ADA-compliant, create a comfortable co-working space for the AACRE Network organizations, and update our community room featuring Hung Liu’s Reading Room mural restoration and the latest IT and A/V offerings. We are proud to share this space with community partners and friends.