Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month pays tributes to the generations of Asians and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success.
We’ve gathered a list of AANHPI businesses, organizations, and creatives to support and share with your community.
AANHPI-Founded or Owned Businesses
Clothing/Jewelry
- AMYO
- Back Beat Co.
- Grey State
- Joah Love
- Kids
- Ji Won Choi
- JW PEI
- Miki House
- Kids
Home
Makeup/Skincare/Hygiene
Food
AANHPI Creatives
- Lili’uolani
- multi-talented visual artist, designer, and Creative Circle candidate
- Saarika Sharma
- collage artist, contemporary paintings, and more
- Larry Shinoda
- American automotive designer best known for the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang
- Karen Tong
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Pulitzer Prize winning author
- Jessica Chou
- photography united by empathy curiosity and nature
- Swati Khurana
- writer and contemporary artist
- Terisa Siagatonu
- award-winning poet and activist
- Godwin Kou and Kuansoi (Christine) Kou
- Chinese brush painter (Chinese watercolor) and calligraphy artist
- Ruth Asawa
- modern artist best known for her abstract wire sculptures
- Mail Order Brides/M.O.B.
- Filipina-American artist trio that engages in an ongoing conversation with culture and gender
Organizations Supporting AANHPI Communities
- AAPI Women Lead
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus
- Asian American Advocacy Fund (Georgia-based)
- Asian American Feminist Collective
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Heart of Dinner (local to Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens)
- Khalsa Aid
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans Community Development
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
- Stop AAPI Hate
- United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
- Womankind
- More
- #StopAsianHate: Nonprofits Serving Asian Communities – A list by Charity Navigator of highly-rated nonprofits working to ensure civil rights are maintained for Asian Americans
Asian/Pacific is a broad term that encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
