API Cultural Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$90,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/21/2020
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The API Cultural Center, better known as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, is a community center based in Oakland’s Chinatown dedicated to strengthening the cultural identities of diverse local Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The organization reaches more than 7,000 people each year through two festivals; classes and workshops including taiko drumming, Chinese painting, and Mongolian folk dancing; and performances, screenings, and visual art exhibitions. This grant to API Cultural Center supports the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.oacc.cc
Address
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290, Oakland, CA, 94607-4295, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The API Cultural Center, better known as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, is a community center dedicated to exploring, teaching, and presenting the arts and culture of diverse local Asian and Pacific Islander communities. In a typical year, the organization serves more than 7,500 people through festivals, performances, classes, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and lectures. This grant to API Cultural Center supports the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
API Cultural Center, doing business as the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, is the only pan-Asian cultural and arts center in the City of Oakland and Alameda County. Located in Oakland’s Chinatown district, the organization annually serves 30,000 community members through a diverse suite of free and low-cost programs: festival celebrations; multi-generational classes and workshops in a variety of Asian art forms; support services for emerging and established local artists; and collaborations with community-based organizations. With renewed support, the organization plans to maintain its diverse programming, expand after-school arts and cultural activities, and continue to build its financial sustainability.
