Asian Cultural Council

Asian Cultural Council
AbbreviationACC
Formation1980 (1963 - 1979 as Asian Cultural Program of the JDR 3rd Fund)
Type501(c)(3) Non-profit
13-3018822
PurposeCultural exchange
HeadquartersNew York City
Location
Region served
United States and Asia
Official language
English
Chairman
Wendy O'Neill
Websitewww.asianculturalcouncil.org Edit this at Wikidata
Asian Cultural Council
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese亞洲文化協會
Simplified Chinese亚洲文化协会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYàzhōu Wénhuà Xiéhuì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationAjāu Màhnfa Hipwúi
Korean name
Hangul아시아 문화 협회
Japanese name
Hiraganaアジアン・カルチュラル・カウンシル

The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing international cultural exchange between Asia and the U.S. and between the countries of Asia through the arts. Founded by John D. Rockefeller III in 1963, ACC has invested over $100 million in grants to artists and arts professionals representing 16 fields and 26 countries through over 6,000 exchanges.[1] ACC supports $1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations.[2]

ACC awards fellowship grants to artists and scholars and project grants for organizations in three categories of cross-cultural exchange: Asia-to-U.S., U.S.-to-Asia, and intra-Asia. The programming of each grant is customized to the goals of the grant recipient.

ACC is both a grantmaking and grantseeking organization. It is supported by funding from individuals, foundations, and corporations including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Newman's Own Foundation and The Starr Foundation.

ACC is headquartered in New York City with regional offices and affiliate foundations in Hong Kong (ACC Hong Kong Foundation, est. 2015), Manila (ACC Philippines Foundation, est. 2000), Taipei (ACC Taiwan Foundation, est. 1995), and Tokyo (ACC Japan Foundation, est. 2018).

  1. ^ "ArtAsiaPacific: Asian Cultural Council Announces2018 China and Hong Kong Fellowship Recipients". Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Asian Cultural Council — New York".