Organizations We Support

API Chaya

API Chaya supports Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander survivors and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, and human trafficking survivors. The organization helps communities to change societal conditions that enable domestic and sexual violence and human trafficking.

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

AAPIP is a national, philanthropic organization that provides a sense of community for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and allies. They focus on equity, justice, and community building for an inclusive democracy.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice

AAAJ is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all.

Asian Health Services

AHS provides health, social, and advocacy services for all regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. AHS’ focuses on whole patient health including mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care. 

Black Lives Matter

BLM is a political and social group that seeks to shed light on the racism, discrimination, police brutality, and racial inequality that African Americas face. Their mission is to combat acts of violence, create a space for Black imagination and innovation, and eradicate white supremacy.

Hate Is a Virus

This nonprofit organization began in 2020 to support the APPI community against racism and hate. Working on justice and equality, they provide programs for mental health, safety, community building, and so much more.

Housing Matters

Housing Matters is dedicated to the coordinated provision of services for homeless persons. The goal of Housing Matters is to provide both emergency and transitional services to homeless individuals and families that will enable our clients to achieve self-sufficiency.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 80 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.

National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

NAPAWF’s mission is to build collective power with AAPI women and girls to gain full agency over our lives, our families, and our communities.

Northwest Community Bail Fund

NCBF’s mission is to ensure that people accused of low-level crimes have an equal opportunity to defend themselves from a position of freedom. The organization provides cash bail and legal support for people who are unable to pay.

Taiwanese American Foundation

TAF’s mission is to foster personal growth and develop servant leaders in the Taiwanese American community for the benefit of society.

Not This Time!

Not This Time!’s mission is to educate the community, empower them to change policy and stand with the families impacted by police violence.

Rainier Valley Corps

RVC works to promote social justice by cultivating leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.

Red Canary Song

Red Canary Song is the only grassroots Chinese massage parlor worker coalition in the U.S. There are >9,000 workplaces like these across the country with no political representation, or access to labor rights or collective organizing. Anti-trafficking NGO’s that claim to speak for migrants in sex trades promote increased policing and immigration control, which harms rather than helps migrant sex workers. Red Canary Song also organizes transnationally with Asian sex workers across the diaspora in Toronto, Paris, and Hong Kong.

Social Justice Fund NorthWest

Social Justice Fund’s mission is to promote social change, welcome diversity, and advance communities of color in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming through fundraising, grant making, and member involvement.

Stop AAPI Hate

In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center on March 19, 2020. The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Taiwanese American Foundation

TAF’s mission is to foster personal growth and develop servant leaders in the Taiwanese American community for the benefit of society.

Afro Brazil Arts

Afro Brazil Arts is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire wellness, leadership, and community through Mindful Capoeira -an art of aerobic self-defense. ABA assists people of all ages and abilities – especially youth in underserved and marginalized communities.

North San Mateo Boys & Girls Club

This organization works to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential and contribute to their communities. Through academic assistance, physical activities and wellness, and community fun, the Boys and Girls Clubs aim to a bright future for local kids in need.

Peninsula Family Service

Peninsula Family Service strengthens the community by providing children, families, and older adults the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy, stable lives. They provide education resources for children, financial empowerment and training, and elderly services.

Samaritan House

The mission of Samaritan House is to mobilize the resources of our community to help those among us who are in need. The dedicated professional staff and volunteers work together to provide food, access to shelter, healthcare, and a broad range of supportive services. Samaritan House preserves dignity, promotes self sufficiency, and provides hope.

San Mateo County Health Foundation

San Mateo County Health Foundation’s mission is to promote and champion the health and well being of all residents of our community, regardless of ability to pay, primarily through supporting excellence and innovation in the County’s hospital and clinic system.

TaiwaneseAmerican.Org

Taiwanese American’s mission is to connect and promote those who identify with the Taiwanese identity, heritage, or culture through a web portal site. By establishing our niche within the broader Asian Pacific American and mainstream communities, we hope to collectively contribute to the wonderful and diverse mosaic that America represents.

Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation

The Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation works to promote the mindfulness teaching of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Its mission is to engage in community (Sangha) building in order to spread peace to help suffering people, animals, plants, and the planet.

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation’s mission is to grant life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. This wholehearted goal compels them to be creative in exceeding the expectations of every wish kid. Research shows that a wish can give kids the strength to fight against their illness.

SALA Foundation

The SALA Foundation’s mission is to support, empower, and provide high-quality resources to our community in a safe and secure environment. Click HERE to see how the SALA Foundation partners with Xelay Foundation via AAA Tennis. 

Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network

Founded in 1994, the Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network’s mission is to connect local Bay Area Tsinghua alumni and provide them with various resources such as employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. In addition, by attracting high-potential individuals to relocate to the local Bay Area, the Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network is able to develop its local community and achieve outstanding social progress.

San Mateo Public Library Foundation

The San Mateo Public Library Foundation (SMPLF) fosters a resilient, innovative, and inclusive community by supporting the Library’s mission to empower through knowledge and culture. Guided by inclusivity, innovation, and resilience, the SMPLF builds donor and advocate support for vital programs like literacy, youth initiatives, tech lending, cultural events, and outreach, ensuring the Library’s long-term impact and ability to honor the past while embracing the future.

StarVista

StarVista is dedicated to delivering high-impact services—including counseling, case management, skill development, and crisis prevention—to children, youth, adults, and families. Guided by a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, the organization empowers individuals to reach their fullest potential through strength-based, holistic approaches. StarVista’s values of respect, integrity, partnership, and innovation drive its mission to create a thriving, inclusive community where everyone feels valued and supported.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley fights local hunger by providing nutritious food to those in need across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. As one of the nation’s largest food banks, it distributes millions of pounds of fresh produce and groceries annually through nearly 400 partners. Committed to health and accessibility, it ensures financial hardship doesn’t limit nutrition. Beyond food distribution, Second Harvest advocates for systemic change, working with legislators to expand programs like school lunches and CalFresh. Its mission is to create a hunger-free community through both immediate relief and long-term solutions.

Surfrider Foundation

The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network. The Foundation fights to reduce plastic pollution, protect the ocean from ecosystem threats, ensure full and fair beach access, preserve coastal shorelines, and protect the health and sustainability for clean water.

Kitchen Table Advisors

Kitchen Table Advisors envisions a new generation of thriving small-scale sustainable farms that produce healthy food and form the foundation of regional food systems.

American Indian College Fund

American Indian College Fund’s goal is to increase the number of American Indians who hold college degrees. Every year, they empower more than 4,000 American Indian students to start and stay in school, complete their degrees and launch careers that benefit us all.

Cambodian Children’s Fund

Cambodian Children’s Fund’s mission is to transform the country’s most impoverished kids into tomorrow’s leaders, by delivering education, family support and community development programs into the heart of Cambodia’s most impoverished communities.

UCCE Elkus Ranch

The mission of University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Mateo/San Francisco and Elkus Ranch is to serve the diverse needs of residents through the creation, development, and extension of knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, and human resources.

Intersection for the Arts

Intersection for the Arts’ mission is to provide people in arts and culture with resources to grow.

KQED

KQED is a television, radio, and digital media company that provides educational news to provide informative and entertaining public media to educate our society.

Teach For America

Wikimedia

The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

Hillsdale High School Foundation

The Foundation is committed to bringing together Hillsdale’s parent, alumni and the business communities for the benefit of all students at Hillsdale High School.

Carlmont Academic Foundation

The Carlmont Academic Foundation (CAF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit staffed by a group of parents and community members who volunteer their time to raise money for Carlmont High School. CAF is the only fundraising organization focused on financially supporting academics for Carlmont students.

Aragon Excellence Fund

The Aragon Excellence Fund was created to enrich the educational experience of Aragon students and help lead them to academic success.

Burlingame Excellence Fund

The BHS Excellence Fund is the primary fundraising organization for Burlingame High School. Its goal is to help students reach their full potential by providing students high levels of support and opportunities in the classroom.​

Odyssey School

Odyssey is a local middle school that inspires independent success through accelerated academics and expeditionary learning. They are experts in the unique developmental challenges and opportunities of early adolescence.

The Nueva School

For over fifty years, Nueva has provided students with an outstanding, tailored education. Additionally, Nueva works to reach teachers, students, and administrators everywhere by engaging the education community actively within the Bay Area, across the nation, and around the world.

Hope’s Corner

Hope’s Corner provides a free breakfast and bag lunch to hungry people on Saturdays and showers Thursdays & Saturdays at 748 Mercy St., Mountain View.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Lupus Foundation

Lupus Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for all people affected by lupus through programs of research, education, support, and advocacy. They specialize in reducing the time for diagnosis, having safe and effective treatments, and increasing access to treatment.

National Kidney Foundation

The National Kidney Foundation, a major voluntary nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.

RxArt Inc.

RxArt’s mission is to help children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art. They commission exceptional contemporary artists to transform sterile healthcare facilities into engaging and inspiring environments full of beauty, humor, and comfort.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of its founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

AIDS Walk SF

Since its inception in 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has inspired countless thousands of Bay Area residents to walk, donate, and volunteer in the fight against HIV/AIDS, raising more than $90 million for organizations across seven Bay Area counties. From its humble beginnings, the event has grown into, and remains, the largest and most visible HIV/AIDS fundraising event in Northern California.

From the start, AIDS Walk San Francisco benefits not just one organization, but several. In 1987, proceeds benefit San Francisco AIDS Foundation, as well as AIDS Emergency Fund, STOP AIDS Project, the Black Coalition on AIDS, the Latino AIDS Project, and many others. This reflects a theme – not one voice, but many – that remains an important part of AIDS Walk San Francisco’s identity today.

University of Chicago School of Medicine

Combining compassionate patient care and groundbreaking medical and biological research, the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Division are at the forefront of facing the world’s most pressing medical challenges. $100,000 in support to date has been provided to the Xelay Foundation Scholarship Fund.

University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Since 1898, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Today, they empower bold thinkers and inquisitive minds to dig deeper, discover more, and shape the future. $122,440 in support to date has been provided to support business education.

University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus Hong Kong

The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong is the University of Chicago’s premier location in Asia. With alumni and friend’s support led by University of Chicago Trustee Francis Tin Fan Yuen and his wife, Rose Wai Man Lee Yuen, the Yuen Campus builds upon the University of Chicago’s rich tradition of ambitious research, world-class education and deep institutional collaboration throughout Asia.

The Yuen Campus has become home to hundreds of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students across the entirety of all University of Chicago Schools and Divisions. The campus hosts dozens of academic workshops, conferences, and public lectures each year. Since its inception in 2018, the Yuen Campus has also been a destination for faculty and students of the top-ranked Executive MBA offered by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as to professionals pursing non-degree Executive Education courses and University of Chicago undergraduate Study Abroad students.

The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong joins the University’s other Centers in London, Delhi, Beijing, and Paris to facilitate academic collaboration and partnerships around the globe. Through these facilities, the University extends its global presence and engagement to hundreds of programs and initiatives in more than 40 countries on all seven continents.

MIT.nano

MIT.nano is an advanced facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, open to the entire community of faculty, researchers, and students. A convening space to spark collaboration and cross-pollination, it provides measurement, imaging, and fabrication capabilities that will dramatically advance science and technology in disciplines across the Institute. Over $100,000 in support to date has been provided towards the development of nanotechnology research.

MIT Museum

The MIT Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting materials that serve as a resource for the study and interpretation of the intellectual, educational, and social history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its role in the development of modern science and technology. The Museum stands alone among university museums in its focus on the impact on society of the research, the teaching, and the scientific innovations of its parent institution.

The MIT Museum is preparing to take up residence in the newly imagined MIT Kendall Gateway, where it will occupy more than 58,000 square feet of galleries, classrooms, and state-of-the-art program and performance spaces.

Visitors will encounter a destination for curiosity, exploration, and fun, as well as a venue for conversations and interactions between Cambridge residents, the MIT community, and the companies that have made Kendall Square their home.

The projected opening date for the new Museum is Fall 2022.

We are determined that MIT shall have the kind of museum it really deserves—a place of high quality, that offers a vivid introduction to the work of the Institute past and present, that provides the widest access to our unique historical collections, and that inspires generations of future scientists, engineers, and innovators. Opportunities like this don’t come along every day. We’ve embarked on an exciting journey, and we hope you will join us!

UC Berkeley Foundation

The mission of the UC Berkeley Foundation is to support and advance the University of California at Berkeley by encouraging private philanthropy and providing leadership to assure Berkeley’s place as a preeminent global institution.

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, offering a unique educational experience that prepares the next generation of global citizens to lead and make a difference in the world. We are a vibrant community of exceptional students, faculty, alumni and professionals dedicated to real-world applications of our research, scholarship, faith and service.

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors’ mission is to give a worldwide voice to wildlife by providing a permanent, loving home for abused, abandoned, or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Additionally, their programs help educate children about conservation, inspiring them to protect the planet.

Humane Society Silicon Valley

HSSV’s mission is to save and enhance lives, both four-legged and two-legged. The Humane Society is dedicated to finding happy homes for all pets.

Peninsula Humane Society

Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (PHS/SPCA) is a local, private, non-profit charitable organization dedicated to animal welfare. PHS/SPCA adopts fully 100% of the healthy dogs and cats in their care and through their charitably funded Hope Program, makes well and finds homes for thousands of animals who come to them sick, injured, or too young to survive without supportive care.