One of my most popular posts each years is my Giving Tuesday post, which commemorates a national day to reject the crass consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday by promoting charitable donations. Organized by #NotOneDime, Giving Tuesday encourages each of us to make small (or large) gifts to any non-profit organizations.

Giving Tuesday typically publishes a database of non-profit organizations that will receive your donations, but I’ve found in the past that AANHPI were woefully underrepresented. So, for the last several years, I have published my own (long, but not comprehensive) list of quality AANHPI non-profit organizations to support for Giving Tuesday (2014 | 2015). This year is no exception: after the jump you’ll find 2016’s updated list of great AANHPI-focused non-profits — all of which could use a donation from you this year.

Before we get to the full list, however I’m going to give you my personal top five picks for 2016. This is, of course, a tough list to make since I think every organization in the larger list deserves our charitable support. But, these are the groups I’ve decided to give a few if my dollars to for Giving Tuesday 2016.

Reappropriate’s 2016 Giving Tuesday Top 5:

Also, I try to pick a local organization every year. I ran out of space in this year’s Top 5, but I’ve strongly supported the work of Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center for quite some time, and so also chose to donate to BCNC this year.

I encourage you to make a Giving Tuesday donation this year to one or more of the listed organizations in this post. You can either join me in giving to one of my 2016 Giving Tuesday Top 5 (above), or you can pick any of your favourites from the larger list of equally deserving organizations (after the jump)!

Don’t see your favourite organization on the list? Please leave a comment to have it added!

National / Civil Rights

National / Civil Rights / Ethnic Group-Specific

National / Gender & Sexuality

National / Environmental

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN): Oakland-based, coalition of Asian Americans advocating for sustainable environmental policy and practice

National / Healthcare

National / Labour Rights

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA): dedicated to advancing Asian American worker rights

National / Youth Development

Asian American LEAD: youth development programs for underprivileged APIAs

Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF): increasing access for underprivileged APIA students to higher education

National & Local / History & Arts

Local / General Advocacy

Local / Community Centers and Historic Districts

Local / Gender & Sexuality

Local / Labour Rights:

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Los Angeles-based

Local / Healthcare

Local / Youth Development

Apex for Youth: NYC-based, youth from low-income backgrounds

EBAYC/OASES: Oakland-based, serving low-income communities in Oakland, Sacramento and Fresno, empowering youth to be safe, smart & socially responsible

VAYLA New Orleans: New Orleans-based, youth development, multi-racial

Please note that inclusion of an organization on this list does not imply endorsement by Reappropriate of all the group’s activities or positions, nor does it imply endorsement by the non-profit of any writing — generally or specifically — on Reappropriate. I encourage you to do additional research on any non-profit that appears on this list before making a contribution.

Thank you for considering a donation in support of this year’s Giving Tuesday!