Two-thirds of Asian American adults say they have volunteered or made a donation through a charitable organization in the United States, their Asian ancestral homeland or both places in the 12 months before the survey, which was conducted July 2022 through January 2023. Among these adults:
- 46% say they have given to a charity only in the U.S.
- 17% say they have given to charities in both the U.S. and their Asian country of origin.
- 3% say they have given to a charity only in their Asian country of origin.
Charitable giving patterns vary by several demographic factors and Asian Americans’ links to their ancestral homelands.
Charitable giving in the U.S.
Overall, nearly two-thirds of Asian American adults (64%) say they have volunteered or made a donation through a charitable organization in the U.S. in the 12 months prior to the survey.
By origin
Across the six largest Asian origin groups in the…
