Asian Cultural Council
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. ACC supports $1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations.
Geographical purview of the ACC (Afghanistan and Pakistan are not shown) | |
| Abbreviation | ACC |
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| Formation | 1980 (1963 - 1979 as Asian Cultural Program of the JDR 3rd Fund) |
| Type | 501(c)(3) Non-profit |
| Purpose | Cultural exchange |
| Headquarters | New York City |
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Region served | United States and Asia |
Official language | English |
Chairman | Wendy O'Neill |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 亞洲文化協會 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 亚洲文化协会 | ||||||||||
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| Hangul | 아시아 문화 협회 | ||||||||||
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| Hiragana | アジアン・カルチュラル・カウンシル | ||||||||||
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).