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Asian American Health Initiative highlights ACE microgrants and $1.5M Healthy Communities Fund
Summary
AHI described capacity‑building work through the Asian American Center of Excellence, an active microgrant program (per-category $5,000; per-organization $15,000; $101,000 pool) with an application deadline 'tomorrow at 5PM,' and the larger Healthy Communities Fund ($1,500,000) supporting culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
Mohammed Hassan, representing the Asian American Health Initiative, described AHI’s capacity building and community outreach work and the Asian American Center of Excellence (ACE), which offers microgrants, strategy consults and technical workshops to strengthen smaller community organizations.
Hassan said the ACE microgrants program has a per‑category award of $5,000, a per‑organization cap of $15,000 and a $101,000 total funding pool; he noted the application deadline is "tomorrow at 5PM." He also described the Healthy Communities Fund ($1,500,000 available in FY26) and said AHI awarded 16 organizations from 37 applicants requesting more than $4,000,000.
AHI emphasized the need for disaggregated data across Asian communities — noting substantial differences in insurance, language proficiency and unemployment across ethnic groups — and said AHI’s programs combine direct outreach (patient navigators) with grants to build community partners’ capacity.
