New Breath Foundation

Grantee organizing, capacity & resource building: nbf continues to build the capacity of our grassroots nonprofit partners. We have leveraged resources for grantees through introductions to other funders, coaches, capacity assessments, and advising. In 2024, we continued our capacity- building support for all we got us fund grantees, including up to 20 hours for each organization in direct coaching services, a self- administered assessment tool valued at 500 per organization, and our in-person convening, which brought together 24 organizations across the country for 3 days to learn, strategize, and collaborate. At the end of 2024 we evaluated our capacity building. 100% of grantees responded positively, and we found high rates of program participation.

Leadership pathways: from its inception, nbf was designed as a vehicle for leadership pathways to philanthropy for aanhpi communities directly impacted by violence due to the criminal-legal and deportation systems. One way is through leadership development support to grantees and members of our community advisory committee (cac). We developed our participatory grantmaking process with cac members, who share recommendations from the field, key strategies, and possible grantees. 75% of the cac are justice system-impacted and violence-impacted leaders. The cac is itself a vehicle to increase participation in philanthropy for folks from marginalized aanhpi communities. Please see schedule o for further information

Continued from page 2 racial solidarity, education, and community advocacy in 2023, we have been a part of coalitions with funders and grassroots organizational partners supporting racial solidarity between aanhpi and other bipoc communities. These include: - seed change, formerly known as statewide cultural strategy working group -the aapi ceos & trustees group with asian american practitioners in philanthropy -the california criminal justice funders group -solidaire network -donors of color network we are also supporting violence prevention and solidarity work through funding and convening. ---------------------- deportation support, incarceration & reentry kites to southeast asia is a coalition created between new breath foundation, new light wellness, asian prisoner support committee, mn8, and organizers who work with formerly incarcerated and deported cambodians. New light wellness is a mental health outreach program serving those deported to cambodia, seeded by a grant from new breath foundation. New light serves over 50 directly-impacted persons in the us and over 100 directly-impacted participants in cambodia through one-on-one sessions, peer support groups, advocacy workshops, and other community- building events. Participants unpack trauma from the legacy of genocide, refugee and resettlement experience, and their journey in the prison pipeline, ice detention, and deportation to cambodia. Many have reported isolation, rejection, and the feeling they are forgotten. Most do not disclose their status for fear of persecution.