AAJA: Asian American Journalists Association


AAJA National Endowment

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  1. Honorary Co-Chairs
  2. Celebrating a Milestone
  3. Why an Endowment?
  4. Looking Ahead
  5. Donor Levels
  6. Donors
  7. How to Donate

AAJA has launched a $2M National Endowment Campaign designed to ensure greater stability to enable the organization to pursue programs and services relative to its mission of newsroom diversity and coverage of Asian American & Pacific Islander issues. Click on the links on the right menu to learn more details about the campaign.

AAJA wishes to thank the following for their generosity and commitment to the Endowment Campaign to date:

DONORS

$100,000-$499,999

    AAJA (contribution from general fund)
    Challenge Fund for Journalism
    Gannett Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

    AAJA Los Angeles Chapter
    Belo Corporation
    Felix Chen, Prime Art and Jewel
    Hearst Newspapers
    Simon and June Li
    Knight Ridder
    Jeannie Park & David Chan

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AAJA endowment Progress: $1,152,837.91 in pledges to date

$25,000-$49,999

    Connie Chung

    Net Proceeds of Gala Event hosted by AAJA New York Chapter
    Net Proceeds, Legacy Awards, AAJA Texas Chapter
    The New York Times

$10,000-$24,999

    AAJA San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter
    AAJA Texas Chapter
    Anonymous
    Rene Astudillo & David Dezern
    Juju Chang & Neal Shapiro
    DaimlerChrysler
    Pacific Northern
    Skip Rhodes
    Scripps Howard Foundation
    Glenn & Karen Sugihara

$5,000-$9,999

    AAJA Seattle Chapter
    AAJA Washington, D.C. Chapter
    The Landmark Communications Foundation
    Net Proceeds from Detroit Endowment Event
    The Star Ledger
    Frank Witsil
    Tim Wu/The Small Change Foundation

$1,000-$4,999

    AAJA Arizona Chapter
    AAJA Atlanta Chapter
    AAJA Chicago Chapter
    AAJA Hawaii Chapter
    AAJA Michigan Chapter
    AAJA Minnesota Chapter
    AAJA New York Chapter
    AAJA Portland Chapter
    AAJA Sacramento Chapter
    AAJA San Diego Chapter
    Peter Bhatia
    Catalina Camia
    Farland Chang
    Laura Chang
    Ti-Hua Chang
    Joie Chen
    Charles Choi
    Lisa Chung
    Susan H. Corwin
    Anh Do
    Loan & Yen Do
    Edelman PR
    Maureen Fan
    Henry Fuhrmann
    Lisa Fung
    Joe Grimm
    James Hattori
    Susan Hirasuna
    Pradnya Joshi
    Seema Kalia
    Fred Katayama
    Bruce Koon
    Lloyd LaCuesta
    Betty Ming Liu
    Henry Moritsugu
    Ken Moritsugu
    Kimberly W. Moy
    Multicultural Marketing Resources Inc./ Kang & Lee Advertising
    David Ng
    Mary Schaefer
    Albert Shen
    Aki Soga
    Sony Corporation of America
    Cindy Sui
    Cheryl Tan & Mike Hale
    Patricia-Anne Tom
    Verizon
    Cynthia Wang
    Esther Wu
    John Yang
    Kyung Yoon
    Helen Zia

$500-$999

    AAJA Asia Chapter
    AAJA Florida Chapter
    AAJA New England Chapter
    AAJA Philadelphia Chapter
    Frank Blethen
    William Chang
    Sewell Chan
    Janet Cho
    Abe Kwok
    Janice Lee
    Wendy Lin
    Sandy Louey
    Jessie Mangaliman
    Lori Matsukawa
    Scott Nishimura
    Caroline Paras
    Pankaj Paul
    Alex Peng
    Mark Platte
    Sharon Prill
    Sang Foon Rhee
    Michael Rocha
    Ameet Sachdev
    Stanton Tang
    Doris Truong
    Time Inc. Time to Give Back Campaign
    Howard Weaver
    Janet Wu
    Randall Yip

Up to $499

    Joan Ai
    Gita Amar
    Mark Angeles
    Anonymous
    Lori Aratani
    Tara Arden-Smith
    Emilia Askari
    Judy Averill
    Karen Bailis
    Murali Balaji
    Rahul Bali
    Jeanne Mariani Belding
    Maya Blackmun
    Lorena Blas
    Paula Bock
    Valerie Boey
    Hanh Bui
    Bob Butler
    Michael Cabanatuan
    Adam Causey
    Hale T. Chan
    Sharon Chan
    Vera Chan
    Waiping Chan
    Andrew Chang
    Helen Chang
    Lia Chang
    Richard Chang
    Roger Chang
    Athima Chansanchai
    Donald Chareunsy
    Allen Cheng
    Julia Cheng
    Mae Cheng
    Samantha Cheng
    Steven Cheng
    Paul Cheung
    Ray Cheung
    Jit Chin
    Matthew Chin
    Steve Chin
    Cheryl Chiou
    Chris Cho
    Lenore Cho
    Renee Chou
    Kathy Chu
    Lenora Chu
    Tamara Chuang
    Jennifer & Lester Chung
    Melinda Chung
    Douglas Clifton
    Thomas Costello
    Sonya Crawford
    James Crutchfield
    Anne Marie Cruz
    Kim-Van Dang
    David de la Fuente
    Cindy del Rosario Tapan
    Donna Delfin
    Ferdinand de Vega
    Robert Der
    Ashley Dunn
    Matt Dunn
    Sandy Endo
    Dinah Eng
    Jeannette Eng
    Yvette Fernandez Ferreol
    Brian Fidelman
    April Flores
    Christopher Fong
    Patricia Foote
    Jon Funabiki
    Cynthia Furey
    Cherry Gee
    Jeffrey Ghannam
    Tita Gillespie
    Craig Gima
    Vindu Goel
    Leslie Guevarra
    K. Oanh Ha
    Cheryl & Steven Hall
    Nydia Han
    Susan Han
    Howard Ho
    Mei-Ling Hopgood
    Bryan Hori
    Tomoko Hosaka
    Irene Hsiao
    Judy Chia Hui Hsu
    Spencer Hsu
    Benjamin Chi-Jen Hu
    Vanessa Hua
    Mona Huang
    Rummana Hussain
    Valerie Hyman
    Sharon Ito Warren
    Hyun & Mimi Jang
    Aric Johnson
    Jordan Joiner
    Francisco & Isabel Juan
    Yuri Kageyama
    Yukari Kane
    Gene Kang
    Pradeep Kaphle
    Karen Karp
    Ken Kashiwahara
    Jane Katsuyama
    Adam K. Kausey
    Jennifer Kelleher
    KGO-TV UWBA
    Albert Kim
    Curtiss & Sandra Kim
    Doug Kim
    GieFaan Kim
    Jin Hen Kim
    Lee Ann Kim
    Young Kim
    Lillian Kimura
    Ronald Kitagawa
    Sydnie Kohara
    Akio Konoshima
    Josh Kwan
    Venetia Lai
    Christopher Lau
    Thomas LaVenture
    Ellen Lee
    James Lee
    James & Danielle Dionne Lee
    Jhemon Lee
    Kathleen Lee
    Ken Lee
    Lawrence Lee
    Michelle Lee
    Stanley Lee
    Nancy Leung
    Shirley Leung
    Daniel Lew
    Matthew Liang
    Ursula Liang
    Jeffrey Light
    Carol Lim
    Betty Lin-Fisher
    Cara Liu
    Cindy Liu
    John Liu
    Richard Lui
    Nancy Loo
    David Louie
    Dickson Louie
    Christina Lozano
    Sherri Ly
    Robert Mak
    Lu’isa Mataele
    Suzanne Marta
    Craig Matsumoto
    Stephanie Mehta
    Maria Carla Mercader
    Jeff Michael
    Jody Mitori
    Diana Mitsu Klos
    Harry Mok
    Cedric Moon
    Arlene Morgan
    Jennifer Morita
    Edmund Moy
    Curtis Murayama
    Craig Nakano
    Analisa Nazareno
    Katie Nelson
    Joann Ng
    Nancy Ngo
    Lan N. Nguyen
    Ching-Ching Ni
    Andrea Niem
    Wade Nkrumah
    Amy Oakes
    Jeffrey Ong
    Glenn Ow
    David Oyama
    Victor Panichkul
    Julie Patel
    Steve Paulus
    Matthias PaVon
    Abe Peck
    Courtnay Peifer
    Kim Peterson
    Denise Poon
    Dith Pran
    Marsha Pund
    Michael Quan
    Roshini Rajkumar
    Ganesh Ramadurai
    Raul Ramirez
    Tony Ramirez
    Vijay Ranabhat
    Gail Rayos & Joe Newman
    Ronald Recinto
    Sudeep Reddy
    Carol Reynolds-Srot
    Su Ring-Vitue
    Tim Sakahara
    Paul Sakuma
    Jam Sardar
    Garima Sharma
    Catherine Shen
    Edward Shiang
    Andrew Shih
    Gita Sitaramiah
    Diana Son
    Jennifer Soong
    Hari Sreenivasan
    Rachanee Srisavasdi
    Cynthia Stivers
    Hassan Sudler
    Eddie Suguro
    Darrel Sukhdeo
    Angela Sun
    Ellen Sung
    Paul Suwan
    Leslie Suzukamo
    Valerie Takahama
    Aldrich Tan
    Mary Tan
    Leezel Tanglao
    Roselyn Tantraphol
    Margaret Taus
    Terri Thao
    Traci Tong
    Quynh Tran
    Shannon Troetel
    Janet Tu
    Eric Udouj
    Joseph & Jocelyn Vargo
    Sundaresa Venkatraman
    Liane Voss
    Thuy Vu
    Roy Wadia
    Deborah Wang
    Mark Watanabe
    Teresa Watanabe
    Indru Watumull
    Nailene Wiest
    Brenda Wong
    Brian Wong
    Hannah Wong
    Lonnie Wong
    Rita Wong
    Susie Wong
    Jeff Yang
    Ivette Yee
    Marilynn K. Yee
    Daniel Yi
    Iris Yokoi
    Al Young
    Mona Lisa Yuchengco
    Lorene Yue

Includes 100% participation from the National and New York chapter boards.

Employer Matching Grants

We would also like to acknowledge the following companies that matched donations from their employees under their employer matching grants program:

    Chicago Tribune Foundation
    Ford Foundation
    Gannett Foundation
    Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    Knight Ridder
    Meredith Coporate Foundation
    New York Times Company Foundation
    Time Warner
    The Sacramento Bee
    The Washington Post

AAJA strives for accuracy in our records. Any errors or omissions are inadvertent. Please notify national@aaja.org immediately.

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