BENEFICIARY PARTNERS

Every year, Project by Project New York (PbP NY) selects a non-profit partner based on a theme or issue that addresses current needs in the Asian American community. Check out the amazing organizations that we have partnered with in the past and the themes that we have focused on!

2024: Asian Americans and Food Insecurity

Meals for Unity is a nonprofit whose mission is to uplift those in need through community and food. Meals for Unity started as a one-time meal distribution in Manhattan’s Chinatown and now spans 4 boroughs in NYC, partnering with local businesses, restaurants, and other nonprofits to tackle food insecurity in our communities.

2023: Asian Americans and Education Awareness

Chinatown Youth Initiatives is a nonprofit that empowers New York City youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the needs of Chinatown, Asian Americans, and other underrepresented communities. By providing a safe and supportive environment, CYI works to build a legacy of leaders who strengthen awareness of self-identity and community issues through project initiatives.

2021: Asian Americans and The Environment

Think!Chinatown is a nonprofit that has worked on several initiatives for the Manhattan Chinatown community. Think!Chinatown aims to push from within our neighborhood to shape better policies and programs that define our public spaces, to celebrate our cultural heritage, and to innovate how our collective memories are represented.

2020: Asian Americans and Civic Engagement

Homecrest Community Services (HCS) is a non-profit, IRS 501C(3) that provides community-based, multi-social services for seniors and immigrant families living in Southern Brooklyn. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for Asian American immigrants, seniors and other disadvantaged persons to help them achieve greater self-sufficiency in society.

“With the partnership of Project by Project, we were able to utilize the invaluable social media training they gave us to create more effective social media posts. As a result of this technical assistance and support, we were able to get more followers, post across all social media platform and design more interesting posts. We are appreciative of our partnership with Project by Project who helped us immensely in bringing our organization up to speed utilizing hashtags and other tools so that we can gain more visibility online.”
Karen Zhou, Executive Director

2019: Asian Americans and Homelessness

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) is a food rescue nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating food waste and hunger. They arrange pickups of leftover food and deliver it to local human service agencies including homeless shelters. They aim to become the world’s most widely used solution for companies and individuals to eliminate food waste in their communities, making food rescue sustainable and universal, and food hunger a thing of the past.

“We've seen more engagement on our social media platforms, and more people mentioning us. I think overall, it helped us get a sense of how we should be directing our social media efforts. It definitely saved us money (about $2,500/month worth) in fees for social media posts to be created. Thanks so much again!!”
Robert Lee, Founder

2018: Asian Americans and Immigration

Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is a non-profit whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children and families in New York City.

“I wanted to just say thank you for all the work you put in towards ASAP's orientation materials. Your ideas and feedback were helpful during this process.”
Denis Yu, Asian-American Student Advocacy Program (ASAP) Coordinator

OTHER PARTNER TESTIMONIALS

Chinatown Youth Initiatives (CYI)

“CYI was pleased to partner with Project by Project with building on the community’s effort to build a legacy of leaders who strengthen awareness of self-identity and growth for us all. With PbP’s help, we were able to secure funding to foster the developmental growth of New York City youth - intellectually, socially, and emotionally, with an emphasis through our core values of Exploration, Education, and Empowerment.”
Andy Woo, President

Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF)

“CACF is deeply grateful for the support and leadership from Project by Project. PbP’s focus on supporting the Asian Pacific American community here in NYC is so important. Through PbP’s help, we were able to continue to develop a model initiative to address the mental health needs of Asian Pacific American children and families after the tragedies of 9/11. With PbP, we were able to raise public awareness of the impact of 9/11 on Asian Pacific American families, work on developing a sense of community for these families, and ensure mental health professionals and other service providers were culturally responsive to these families.”
Kim To, Development Director

ECPAT-USA

“Project by Project came to ECPAT-USA and gave us a much-needed boost at a crucial time in our history. We work on issues of child sex trafficking, raising awareness and changing policies to protect children. It is sometimes very challenging to talk about this issue. But Project by Project volunteers came in the door filled with energy, creativity and enthusiasm right from the start, helping us to fulfill of our mission of protecting every child’s right to grow up free from commercial sexual exploitation. I will always be grateful for the work of every one of the volunteers who helped us.”
Carol Smolenski, Executive Director

MinKwon Center for Community Action

“We’re proud to say that we’ve worked closely with Project by Project, and I think that Project by Project has been one of the core key partners for Asian American groups in New York City - to be able to tap in and work with young professionals who really want to be a part of the community and really want to advance activism in the community.”
Steven Choi, Executive Director