Women, Arts & Progressive Social Change

The Asian Women Giving Circle believes culture is an essential part of any strategy for social change. They support organizations led by Asian American women and/or gender-expansive people and individual artists in NYC who are using arts and culture to:

• Bring about progressive social transformation;
• Raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls, gender-expansive people and families; and,
• Highlight and promote women’s central role as leaders, creators, developers and managers of these projects.
• In this grants cycle, we anticipate that 6-8 project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum grant amount is $8,000.

To see past funded projects, visit their website here.

About the Asian Women Giving Circle

The Asian Women Giving Circle is the first and largest giving circle in the nation led by Asian American women. AWGC funds art projects that contribute to cultural and political change created by Asian American women and/or gender-expansive people and individual artists in New York City. AWGC is fiscally sponsored by the Ms. Foundation for Women.

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