AAJA wishes to thank all the donors for their generosity and commitment to AAJA's $2 million National Endowment Campaign which was 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.
DONORS
$100,000-$499,999
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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
$25,000-$49,999
California Community Foundation
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
Daimler Chrysler
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Pacific Northern
Skip Rhodes
Scripps Howard Foundation
Glenn & Karen Sugihara
$5,000-$9,999
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AAJA Seattle Chapter
AAJA Washington, D.C. Chapter
Hyunju Chang
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
Kenn Altine
Peter Bhatia
Catalina Camia
Sewell Chan
Yuen Ying Chan
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
Ashutosh Kurlekar
Lloyd LaCuesta
Lori Matsukawa
Betty Ming Liu
Henry Moritsugu
Ken Moritsugu
Kimberly W. Moy
Multicultural Marketing Resources Inc./ Kang & Lee Advertising
David Ng
David Oyama
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
Mae Cheng
Janet Cho
Beth Erickson
Abe Kwok
Janice Lee
Wendy Lin
Sandy Louey
Jessie Mangaliman
Scott Nishimura
Caroline Paras
Pankaj Paul
Alex Peng
Mark Platte
Sharon Prill
Sang Foon Rhee
Michael Rocha
Ameet Sachdev
Yun Fei Shang
Stanton Tang
Doris Truong
Time Inc. Time to Give Back Campaign
Howard Weaver
Randall Yip
Up to $499
Joan Ai
Gita Amar
Mark Angeles
Paul Anger
Anonymous
Elizabeth Aoki
Lori Aratani
Tara Arden-Smith
Emilia Askari
Judy Averill
Karen Bailis
Murali Balaji
Rahul Bali
David Barre
Jeanne Mariani Belding
Richard Belding
Maya Blackmun
Lorena Blas
Paula Bock
Valerie Boey
Niala Boodhoo
Matthew Brand
Jerry Brewer
Hanh Bui
Bob Butler
Michael Cabanatuan
Bobby Calvan
Adam Causey
Hale T. Chan
Janning Chan
Sharon Pian Chan
Vera Chan
Waiping Chan
Andrew Chang
Helen Chang
Lia Chang
Richard Chang
Roger Chang
Athima Chansanchai
Donald Chareunsy
Allen Cheng
Julia Cheng
Samantha Cheng
Steven Cheng
Paul Cheung
Ray Cheung
Jit Chin
Matthew Chin
Steve Chin
Cheryl Chiou
Chris Cho
Hanah Cho
Lenore Cho
Renee Chou
Kathy Chu
Lenora Chu
Angie Chuang
Tamara Chuang
Jennifer & Lester Chung
Melinda Chung
Douglas Clifton
Porus Cooper
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
Victoria Eckenrode
Sandy Endo
Dinah Eng
Jeannette Eng
Yvette Fernandez Ferreol
Brian Fidelman
April Flores
Christopher Fong
Patricia Foote
Jon Funabiki
Cynthia Furey
Jesse Garnier
Karen Gaudette
Cherry Gee
Jeffrey Ghannam
Tita Gillespie
Craig Gima
Vindu Goel
Harold Goodridge
Leslie Guevarra
K. Oanh Ha
Cheryl & Steven Hall
Nydia Han
Susan Han
Mike Henderson
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
Patricia Huang
Julie Hubbard
Rummana Hussain
Valerie Hyman
Priya Iduculla
Farren Ionita
Hyun & Mimi Jang
Cheng Tien Jen
Aric Johnson
Jordan Joiner
Francisco & Isabel Juan
Yuri Kageyama
Yukari Kane
Gene Kang
Pradeep Kaphle
Karen Karp
Ken Kashiwahara
Jana Katsuyama
Adam K. Kausey
Liz Kay
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
Jodie Lau
Angie Lau
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
Sherrily Lewis-Heller
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
Robert Luke
Sherri Ly
Alex MacLeod
Robert Mak
Suzanne Marta
Lu'isa Mataele
Gerald & Brenda Matalon
Craig Matsumoto
Stephanie Mehta
Maria Carla Mercader
Jeff Michael
Minami, Lew & Tamaki, LLP
Jody Mitori
Diana Mitsu Klos
Harry Mok
Cedric Moon
Arlene Morgan
Jennifer Morita
Edmund Moy
Curtis Murayama
Craig Nakano
Denise Nakano
Analisa Nazareno
Katie Nelson
Joann Ng
Nancy Ngo
Lan N. Nguyen
Ching-Ching Ni
Wanita Niehaus
Andrea Niem
Wade Nkrumah
Amy Oakes
Jeffrey Ong
Glenn Ow
Victor Panichkul
Julie Patel
Steve Paulus
Matthias PaVon
Abe Peck
Courtnay Peifer
Kim Peterson
Suzanne Phan
Denise Poon
Dith Pran
Marc Puich
Marsha Pund
Michael Quan
Vincent 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
Daniel Rosenheim
Karisse Sakahara
Tim Sakahara
Paul Sakuma
Jam Sardar
Christopher Seto
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
Susan Tran
Shannon Troetel
Janet Tu
Eric Udouj
Joseph & Jocelyn Vargo
Anna B. Velasquez
Sundaresa Venkatraman
Liane Voss
Thuy Vu
Roy Wadia
Deborah Wang
Sharon Ito Warren
Mark Watanabe
Teresa Watanabe
Indru Watumull
Paiching Wei
Nailene Wiest
Brenda Wong
Brian Wong
Hannah Wong
Lonnie Wong
Rita Wong
Susie Wong
Janet Wu
Andrew Yamaguchi
Jeff Yang
Ivette Yee
Marilynn K. Yee
Daniel Yi
Iris Yokoi
Al Young
Albert W. 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
United Business Media
Washington Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.
The Washington Post
AAJA strives for accuracy in our records. Any errors or omissions are inadvertent. Please notify national@aaja.org immediately.
(Updated November 2008)