Out & About
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Young Asian-American professionals are emerging as skilled and sophisticated philanthropists.
One group that reflects the trend is Project by Project, which drew more than 1,000 20- and 30-something bankers, lawyers, and the like to its annual fund-raiser Friday night.
Top chefs participated in the wine and food tasting, including Eleven Madison Park’s Kerry Heffernan, who serves as chairman of the nonprofit. Most of the guests were of Asian descent and the evening’s celebrities were local Asian-American news anchors such as New York 1’s Sandra Endo and WABC’s Liz Cho.
“It’s almost like a coming of age for us,” said Joan Ai, who works in corporate philanthropy at Goldman Sachs. “Organized philanthropy is very important, especially with our generation of up-and-comers. It’s great for us to see ourselves out in full force,” she said.
Leveraging the powerful social network that exists among well-educated Asian-Americans, Project by Project coordinates volunteer opportunities and raises money for smaller grassroots nonprofits that serve the Asian-American community.
Project by Project’s organizers believe that they provide leadership and vision:
“The reason why I got involved is that Asian Pacific groups don’t get a lot of attention. They need more funding, and they need more energy,” said Wendy Lin, the president of the Southern California chapter of Project by Project.
This year, the New York chapter partnered with the International Center, which offers English-language instruction to recent immigrants – 60% of whom are Asian, said its membership director, Kathryn Bonn. The group, founded in 1998, has also supported the Coalition of Asian American Children and Families, the Asian Professional Exchange, and the Queens Child Guidance Center.
Project by Project is just one example of young Asian-American leadership. Investment banker Lisa Murphy is helping to start a fund at the Asian American Federation of New York. “The idea is introduce young Asian-Americans to organized philanthropy,” said Ms. Murphy. The fund will support the federation’s 30 nonprofit members, among them Asian Americans for Equality, which is having its annual gala Friday.
Several young Asian-Americans have achieved prominence on the uptown charity circuit. Clad in designer gowns, Adelina Wong Ettelson in particular has made a name for herself as a diligent fund-raiser, not only for the Asia Society’s Young Patrons Steering Committee but also for Young Friends of SaveVenice. She is a marketing director at the Sunshine Group. Others she works with include Lisa Ling, Susan Shin, Helen Schifter, and Lillian Wang von Stauffenberg.
“For people like myself, there’s something that speaks to me,” she said, noting that she uses both her maiden name, Wong, and her married name, Ettelson. “I’m proud that I’m Chinese so I kind of want to keep it,” she said.
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