2019 & 2020 Annual Report1Mission
The Asian Cultural Council
advances international
dialogue, understanding,and respect through cultural
exchange activities in Asiaand the United States tocreate a more harmonious
and peaceful world.

Table ofContents

Photo of Chobi Mela International Festival of
Photography in Dhaka, Bangladesh from PathshalaSouth Asian Media Institute (ACC 2019)

ACC Directors’ Messages

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Program Overview

4• Public Programs

5• Awards

6• Fellowships & Grants

7• 2019 & 2020 Grants List

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• ACC Impact

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ACC Events Around the World19

ACC in Memoriam: Elizabeth J. McCormack

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Global Partners

25• Board of Trustees

25• Artistic Advisory Committee & Staff

26• Donor List

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Financial Summary

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Contact Us

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Cover: Nobuyuki Sugihara (ACC 2019) and Ayaka Nakamura
with artwork at Kacalisian Art Festival in Pingtung, Taiwan
2ACC Directors’ Messages

2019 | 2020

Annual reports represent a moment in organizational history. They are a record of programs,
grantees, financials, leadership and events worldwide. Divided by the pandemic’s seismic fault line
and the global shifts that followed, 2019 and 2020 seem not of one moment. In the following report,
there are two periods of organizational activity: how ACC carried out our operations before and how
we adapted to all that came after.
As a nonprofit with offices and foundations in New York, Hong Kong, Manila, Taipei, and Tokyo,
serving 26 countries and regions across Asia and the United States, the Asian Cultural Council is no
stranger to working across temporal, geographic, social, and cultural divides. Two core elements ofcultural exchange are adaptability and connectivity. ACC used these skills to navigate the unfamiliar
terrain of the pandemic by adapting grantmaking to accommodate virtual, in-person, and hybrid
programming, and by connecting artists and audiences worldwide through online public programs.
Responding to the rise in xenophobia, isolationism, and racism exacerbated by the ongoing healthcrisis, ACC’s work to advance international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural
exchange has remained crucial. We are grateful to our partners in this work. It is the innovation,
flexibility, creativity, and constancy of our international network of artists, cultural workers, grantees,
Board, donors, and staff that have supported ACC through these past two years. Together, we haveemerged confidently positioned to support the global arts community moving forward.

Wendy O’Neill

Eileen Connor

ChairmanInterim Executive Director

Hong Kong

ManilaTaipeiTokyo

Josephine Wai

Teresa Rances

Rita Chang

Ritsu Yoshino

ACC Hong Kong

ACC Philippines

ACC Taiwan

ACC Japan

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Program Overview

The Shadow of Island by Rahic Talif (ACC 2000, 2012, 2020)

In 2019, ACC awarded 49 fellowships to individuals pursuing research, study, exploration,and collaborative projects across Asia and the United States, and 18 grants to organizations
and projects facilitating cultural exchange opportunities. Grants awarded, included thoseto artists exploring beyond their training and tradition, scholars deepening their research,
and arts administrators and cultural workers building regional networks across Asia andthe U.S. Support for these grants included funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
towards enhancing the diversity and regional representation of American artists traveling toAsia, and from Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation to support U.S.-China exchange.
In 2020, when the pandemic struck, 22 of these grants were underway. ACC’s Programs
team coordinated safe travel home for grantees across Asia and the U.S., and ensured
stable housing, mental health services, and financial support for those who remainedin the U.S. In the months that followed, ACC worked with grantees to reschedule theirprograms or adapt to a virtual format. We are proud to have partnered with these infinitely
resourceful and creative individuals and organizations as they worked to maintaininternational connectivity, despite the challenges of this difficult moment in history. In thefollowing pages, alongside our biannual awards and public programs, you will find aprogrammatic overview, grantee highlights, and a full grants list.

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Public Programs

Kengo Kuma (ACC 1985) at ACC’s 2019
East-West Dialogue, co-hosted by Japan Society

East-West Dialogue
The East-West Dialogue lecture series engages thought leaders from arts and cultural fields in Asiaand the United States. It was endowed in 2013 with a million-dollar gift from longtime ACC supporters
Shoji and Tsuneko Sadao.
2019’s East-West Dialogue featured world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma (ACC 1985) discussing
his signature approach, designing in harmony with environmental and cultural contexts worldwide.
Co-presented by Japan Society, the talk coincided with a survey of his work, Made in Tokyo:
Architecture and Living, 1964/2020, which unveiled the New National Stadium in Tokyo, designed by
Kengo Kuma and Associates with Taisei Corporation and Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd.

inDialogue
ACC launched inDialogue, an online series of public programs to address the critical need forinternational dialogue in the wake of the pandemic, and provide a platform for diverse artists and arts
professionals across Asia and the U.S. Click below, or view all at asianculturalcouncil.org/indialogue.

The Role of the Artist
in Community

Playwrights in Process

Our Futures Are Tied

Felon – An American
Washi Tale
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Awards
John D. Rockefeller
3rd Award
recognizes significant professional
achievement and contribution to global
understanding, practice, or study of thevisual or performing arts of Asia.
Learn More

Kengo Kuma (ACC 1985)
Architect, Kengo Kuma & Associates

Blanchette Hooker
Rockefeller Award
recognizes philanthropists who
have partnered with ACC and madeoutstanding contributions to advancing
international dialogue, understanding,and respect in Asia and the U.S.
Learn More

Elizabeth J. McCormack
Chairman Emeritus, Asian Cultural Council

6Fellowship & Grants
2019

46 $1,167,338
18 $375,160
Individuals

64 $1,542,498
Total Grants

Organizations

Disciplines
Architecture (3)Arts Criticism (1)Dance (8)Music (10)Art History (3)Conservation (1)Ethnomusicology (1)Theater (10)Arts Administration (2)Curation (7)Film/Video/Photography (2)Visual Art (16)Countries & Regions
ACC Fellows From...
United States (19)Afghanistan (1)Japan (10)Korea (1)China (7)Taiwan (8)Hong Kong SAR (7)Vietnam (1)Philippines (5)Indonesia (2)Pakistan (1)India (1)Bangladesh (1)Cambodia (1)In Exchange With...
China

Indonesia

Laos

Philippines

ThailandHong Kong SAR

Japan

Malaysia

Singapore

United States

Cambodia

Korea

MyanmarTaiwanVietnam

India
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26 $622,040
21 $477,398
1* $83,768
Individuals

48 $1,183,206
Total Grants

Organizations

Public Programs*Public Programs: East-West Dialogue lecture series (including 12 online public programs)

Disciplines
Architecture (2)Curation (4)Film/Video/Photography (4)Theater (9)Art History (1)Dance (5)Museum Studies (1)Visual Art (11)Arts Criticism (1)Ethnomusicology (1)Music (8)Countries & Regions
ACC Fellows From...
United States (4)Afghanistan (1)Japan (7)Korea (1)China (5)Taiwan (8)Hong Kong SAR (11)Vietnam (1)Philippines (6)Indonesia (2)Pakistan (1)Myanmar (1)In Exchange With...
Cambodia

India

Korea

Singapore

United States

China

Indonesia

Malaysia

TaiwanVietnamHong Kong SAR

Japan

MyanmarThailand8

2019-2020 Grants List
Afghanistan

Poon Wai Shun, Wayson 盤彥燊 Dance, 2019, 2020

Muheb Esmat Curation, 2019, 2020

Wong Chi-Ching 王梓靜 Music, 2020
Wong Yok Fai, Arnold 黃鋈暉 Architecture, 2020

Bangladesh

Yu Ching Shan, Helen 余靜姍 Music, 2020

Pathshala South Asian Media InstituteFilm, Video, Photography, 2019

India

Cambodia
Sa Sa Art Projects Visual Art, 2019

China

Utsa Hazarika Visual Art, 2020

Indonesia
Yayasan Kelola Dance, 2019, 2020
Joned Suryatmoko Theater, 2019, 2020

Birdhead 鳥頭 Visual Art, 2019
Cai Yingqian, Nikita 蔡影茜 Curation, 2019Japan

Chen Li, Leo 陳立 Curation, 2019

Bridge for the Arts and Education
特定非営利活動法 人 ブリッジフォージアーツアンドエデュ
ケーション 2019, 2020

Gu Jiani 古佳妮 Dance, 2019, 2020
Guo Yong 郭湧 Architecture, 2020
Lijiang Studio 麗江工作室 Music, 2019, 2020
Sun Shimeng 孫詩萌 Architecture, 2019

Don’t Follow the Wind 2019, 2020
NPO Dance Box 特定非営利活動法人 ダンスボックス 2020

Wu Damin 吳達民 Ethnomusicology, 2020

Drifters International
一般社団法人ドリフターズインターナショナル 2020

Yu Ji 于吉 Visual Art, 2019

Hojo Tomoko 北條 知子 Music, 2019, 2020

Zhu Jinglun 朱經倫 Curation, 2020

Isomura Dan 磯村 暖 Visual Art, 2019

Hong KongJapan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication (PARC)
国際舞台芸術交流センター 2019

Au Hoi Lam 區凱琳 Visual Art, 2019

Kawachi Takashi 河内 崇 Arts Administration, 2019

Chan Ho Lun, Fredie 陳浩倫 Film, Video, &Photography, 2020

Kuma Kengo 隈 研吾 Architecture (JDR 3rd Award), 2019

Cheng Tak Yan, Enoch 鄭得恩 Visual Art, 2019, 2020

Sugihara Nobuyuki 杉原 信幸 Visual Art, 2019

Cheuk Wing Nam 卓穎嵐 Visual Art, 2020

General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo
Biennale 一般社団法人東京ビエンナーレ 2020

Hung Ka Yeung, Thomas 洪嘉揚 Music, 2019
Kung Yick Ho, Alvin 龔翊豪 Architecture, 2019
Lau Hochi 劉浩知 Visual Art, 2019, 2020

Shimada Yoshiko 嶋田 美子 Art History, 2019

Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative
Visions, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
恵比寿映像祭 東京都写真美術館 2020

Lee Kai Chung 李繼忠 Visual Art, 2020
Lee Wing Ki, Kalen 李泳麒 Film, Video, &Photography, 2020
Mike Orange 麥啟聰 Music, 2019

Korea
Chae Sangmin 채상민 Theater, 2019

No Discipline Limited Theater, 2020

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Myanmar

United States

Gitameit Music Institute 2020

Kai (Kari) Altmann Visual Art, 2019

PakistanAziz Sohail Curation, 2019, 2020

Philippines

American Dance Festival 2019
Asian Art Museum 2020
Association for Asian Studies 2020
Margarita Blush Theater, 2019
Florina Capistrano-Baker Art History, 2019

Ballet Philippines, 2019

Kirsten Carey Music, 2019

Kevin Julius Castelo Music, 2019, 2020

Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco 2019

Abner Delina, Jr. Theater, 2019, 2020

Beth Citron Art History, 2019

King Kong Art Projects Unlimited(MM Yu & Gail Vicente) 2019

Collaborative Cataloging Japan 2020

Maria Sofia Amparo Santiago & Ana Victoria Tamula
Museum Studies, 2020
VIVA ExCon 2020
Zeny May Recidoro Arts Criticism, 2019, 2020
Charles Yee Theater, 2020

Hyde Park Art Center 2019
Edward Herbst Ethnomusicology, 2019
J’Sun Howard Dance, 2019
Emma Jaster & Matthew Pearson Theater, 2019
Gabriel Kuperman Film, Video, Photography, 2019
Inta Inc. (Eiko Otake & Wen Hui) Dance, 2019

TaiwanAbsolute Space for the Arts 絕對空間 2019
Bamboo Curtain Studio 竹圍工作室 2020
Chiu Hsin Yi 邱心依 & Chiu Hsin Yueh 邱心悅 Music, 2019
Chiu Yihsuan 邱薏璇 Curation, 2020
Contemporary Legend Theatre 當代傳奇劇場 2020
Gang-A-Tsui Theater 江之翠劇場 2020
Hao Theater 好劇團 2020
DJ Hatfield & Rahic Talif 拉黑子·達立夫 Music, 2020
HORSE 驫舞劇場 2020

Cathy Lu Visual Art, 2019Alex Peh Music, 2019The Savong Foundation 2019, 2020
Roberto Sifuentes & Aram Han Sifuentes
Performance Art, 2019
Fiona Templeton Theater, 2019
Triangle Arts Association Visual Art, 2019

VietnamDom Dom-The Hub for Experimental Music & Art 2019

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
國立臺灣美術館 2020
Su Huang-Sheng 蘇煌盛 Visual Art, 2019
Tseng Jui-Hsuan, Ray 曾睿琁 Visual Art, 2019
VT Artsalon 非常廟藝文空間 2019
Wang Wen Yi, Victoria 王文儀 Theater, 2019
Wu Chien-Wei 吳建緯 Dance, 2019

For full grants list starting from 1963, visit asianculturalcouncil.org/grantsbook.pdf
10ACC Impact“I embarked on this trip with certain questions in mind,
especially those related to the current socio-political divides
related to gender, culture, color, and class...I grew up as [partof] the majority of my own culture, so my self-perception
related to my cultural identity was never really challenged...
[In the U.S.,] I became more aware of how cultural identity isconstructed in different contexts.”

Nikita Yingqian Cai
Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Times Museum
Nikita Yingqian Cai received a two-month fellowship to conduct
research in the U.S. towards large-scale exhibition “Neither Black/ Red / Yellow Nor Woman.”“Cultural Exchange is a rehearsal for empathy...
By borrowing each other’s lenses, we are provided
opportunities to actually filter very essential issues of theworld. Through discovering our sameness and difference andall other nuances and layers and intersections of all our issues,
we get clarity. And clarity is important in mapping solutions—
not only in bridging gaps in equity and justice (racial andclimate), not only in nurturing a humane or generative society—but also in achieving a sustainable world.”

Abner Delina, Jr.
Theater Director/Cultural Worker, Philippines
When Abner Delina, Jr. made the decision to remain in the U.S. as
the COVID pandemic spread across the country, his initial six-month
fellowship to research theater in New York City grew into a yearlong exploration of ecological art practices and responses to thepandemic across rural and urban America.

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“My first intention was to study only alternative art institutions (So-ken experimental art school).
However, now I realize that it was only a small part of the complicated history of the New Left politicalmovement and avant-garde art (starting in the late 1960s) to now...I found out that there was a
Japanese activist/linguist involved in political and cultural magazines in Hong Kong in the 1970s, andexchanges of activities and performance artists in the 1980s through 90s...There seems to be thisunder-studied history of Hong Kong and Japan’s relationship that I will continue to research.”

Yoshiko Shimada
Researcher/Artist/Director, Yutaka Matsuzawa Psi Room Foundation
Yoshiko Shimada received a one-month fellowship to research alternative modes of art education in
1960s & 70s Hong Kong.

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“What I see ACC is, is not about rationalizing culturesand imposing it on others, but to find the platform andvernacular to share, listen, contribute and support, oreven move out of the boundaries of cultures.”

Enoch Cheng
Artist/Curator, Hong Kong
Enoch Cheng received a six-month fellowship to researchcontemporary art and be an artist-in-residence at theAmerican Museum of Natural History. Enoch chose toremain in New York City throughout the worst of the COVID
outbreak and continued to research art practices, cultural
responses to the pandemic, and reflect on his own personal
journey through this difficult period in the city’s history.

“To be a Southeast Asian choreographer is very challenging,
because the ecosystem [lacks the capacity] to support
them with resources—knowledge, space, and funding. If
we want to contribute to their growth, it should be by
developing a dedicated and safe space for them to express
and explore their ideas and feelings, and discuss in aserious way the issues they have to tackle in the global
contemporary art world.”

Gita Hastarika
Director, Kelola Foundation (2018-2020)
Grants to Yayasan Kelola supported the second and third year of
the Southeast Asian Choreographers Network Program, providing
in-person workshops and training in partnership with American
Dance Festival in 2019, and a longer, more expansive series ofvirtual workshops across Southeast Asia in 2020.

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“We realized we had a unique opportunity to interrogate the role of “being in the field” in terms ofa residency. Instead of the artist doing their own field work, we asked an artist and local inhabitantat Lijiang Studio, He Jixing, to make their own field recordings...Each participating artist was thenprovided with He Jixing’s [sound] recordings and asked to respond. We found that with this format ofsubstituting Jixing’s uncategorizable recordings for each artist’s personal residency experience, wewere able to facilitate a new way of connecting with the location, uniquely adapted to the restrictionsof Covid-19.”

Jay Brown
Director, Lijiang Studio
Following a reciprocal exchange program that supported sound artists from Lijiang Province in China andHokkaido Prefecture in Japan to travel for residencies in both locations, a 2020 grant to Lijiang Studio supported
a virtual experiment in sound recording between women sound artists from Japan, China, Taiwan, and the U.S.
Conceived specifically as a response to working under the conditions of the COVID pandemic, Lijiang With/
Out piloted a collaborative process that challenged its participants to connect with a landscape rendered
inaccessible due to the global lockdown.

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No End in Sight curated by Muheb Esmat (ACC 2019, 2020)“The support I received from ACC, I don’t think it could have come at a better time...The past two
years have been a journey of learning. Coming from Kabul—I don’t think I would have expected myself
to be where I am ten years ago. When I was at grad school, I focused most of my work on visual
culture and the idea of what visual culture in contemporary Afghanistan means and how
it’s unfolding.”

Muheb Esmat
Artist/Curator, Afghanistan
Muheb Esmat received a one-year fellowship towards his graduate studies at Center for Curatorial Studies,
Bard College. A subsequent year of support enabled him to gain work experience in the arts post-graduationin the midst of the turmoil of the COVID pandemic and the economic and cultural upheaval that roiled thearts landscape of the U.S. in 2020. His thesis exhibition No End in Sight was the first U.S. solo exhibition ofinterdisciplinary artist Aziz Hazara’s work on politics, power structures, technology, and image making aroundthe war in Afghanistan.

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Gitameit Music Institute
A grant to Gitameit Music Institute supported the Gitameit-SUNY New Paltz Myanmar Spirit Worship
Project, connecting musicians in the U.S. and Myanmar through traditional training, ethnographic
research, and exploration of religious diversity through the lens of nat pwe (spirit worship).
Watch their inDialogue talk to learn more about the Myanmar Spirit Worship Project.
Pictured above: photo excerpted from Dr. Lauren Meeker’s video of Kyaw Kyaw Naing’s rehearsal of his
arrangement of “Ko Kyi Kyaw” with SUNY New Paltz Naing Ensemble musicians and Thin Thin Hla, dancer/singer.
Naing Ensemble members: Kyaw Kyaw Naing, pat waing; Thin Thin Hla, dancer/singer; Alex Endres, six side
drums; Bianca Checa, square gongs; Ryan Diener, 4 large drums; Alyson Hummer, cymbals; Mark Laaninen, circle
gongs; Tim Melvin, large gongs; Noah Wurster, wood block; Lois Hicks-Wozniak, saxophone; Christiana FortuneReader, violin; Alex Peh, piano.

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“It is interesting to see how people in the United States viewthe cultural traditions of Taiwan or Asia. I never thought
about this perspective before...Ink painting is part of thecultural context of Taiwan. We’ve all grown up with it. In New
York, however, ink painting is unique—something people
have often not come across before. Through conversations
with New Yorkers, I’ve been able to understand what is
unique in my work [and perspective].”

Su Huang-Sheng
Visual Artist, Taiwan
Su Huang-Sheng received a five-month ACC/Mandarin Oriental
Foundation fellowship to research contemporary art practices
and ink art collections in the U.S. To facilitate his program andexploration, ACC engaged art historian (and ACC alumna) Alfreda
Murck, who provided him with mentorship and introductions to awide range of artists and specialists in the region.

“This experience was invaluable for me on a personal and professional
level. For many years I had been hoping to return to India for an
extended stay to begin a new research project...so this was a reallycritical reset in terms of slowing down, recommitting to scholarly work,and also recommitting to a period of art history with which I began mystudies nearly 20 years ago.”

Beth Citron
Artistic Director, terrain.art
Beth Citron received a four-month grant to investigate a critical history ofIndian modernity through research on the work of Ebrahim Alkazi (ACC 1967),
one of India’s foremost theater directors, as well as an important collector
and interlocutor of Indian modernist art and South Asian photography in theyears after independence.

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“When the pandemic started, I was thinking, we would have to stay put for a while. Then, you [ACC]
encouraged me, saying “How about remote teaching?” ...Finally, I decided to go ahead. We decided
to take two generations of musicians who have no prior knowledge in composition.
Among the finalists we were about to pick, I interviewed a few. One picked up his phone when I
called using FaceTime. I could see him, I could hear the noise of the neighborhood, I could hear achild was crying. He almost broke into tears, because of the opportunity.”
To hear Nirmita Composer’s Institute in action, watch here.

Chinary Ung(ACC Multiple Grants, 1970-2013) Composer, U.S./Cambodia
Celebrated Cambodian American composer Chinary Ung founded the Nirmita Composer’s Institute in 2016 tonurture the next generation of Cambodian composers and foster exchange and collaboration within Southeast
Asia. A grant to support a two-week composition workshop in Phnom Penh was transformed to a program of
online, intergenerational, international workshops that enabled musicians from Cambodia to work with master
artists from the U.S. and Thailand during the height of the pandemic.

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ACC Events Around the WorldNew York Highlights (2019-2020)

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1 ACC Trustees at New York Gala (November 2019). From left: Trustees Janet Nathanail, Hans Michael Jebsen, Ernest Escaler,
Valerie Rockefeller, Julie Ann Kohn, Mercedes Zobel, Life Trustee Michael Sovern, Wendy O’Neill, Ruby Shang, Jonathan Fanton,
Kazuko Aso, Missie Rennie, Executive Director Miho Walsh, and Life Trustee William G. Spears
2 David and Susan Rockefeller and Cai Guo-Qiang at panel on art, philanthropy & cultural exchange at Christie’s in New York
3 Board of Trustees visit Hiroshi Senju’s Studio
4 Cai Guo-Qiang preview of Peony and Dahlia No. 2 in advance of ACC & Christie’s auction
5 ACC Alumni at New York Gala (November 2019). Back row: Eric Schorr, Alice Reyes, Issui Minegishi, Basil Twist, Cai Guo-Qiang,
Kengo Kuma, Ruby Shang, Sangmin Chae; Middle row: Madge Reyes, Joselina Cruz, Dan Isomura, Chen Yu-An, Dex Fernandez,
ACC Executive Director Miho Walsh, Jennifer Wen Ma; Front row: Suguru Yamamoto, Michiko Tsuda, Su Huang-Sheng, Morgan
Wong, Tong Shanshan, Joned Suryatmoko, Utsa Hazarika

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Hong Kong Highlights (2019-2020)

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ACC HK Patrons’ Circle luncheon with ACC Chairman Wendy O’Neill (October 22, 2019)2

Opening of ACC Fellows Exhibition at Alisan Fine Arts (January 13, 2020). From left: Jean Ho (Membership Committee Chairman),Wucius Wong (ACC 1971); Hans Michael Jebsen (ACCHKF Chairman), Daphne King (ACC HK Patrons and Director, Alisan Fine
Arts), and Ho Siu Kee (ACC 2000)

32019 Annual General Meeting of ACCHKF (October 23, 2019) at Hong Kong Club. From left: Roxanne Wong (staff), Kathy Ip(staff), Alvin Kung (ACC 2019), Mike Orange (ACC 2019), Yama Chan (ACCHKF Board Director), Jean Ho (ACCHKF Board Director
and Chairman, Membership Committee), Janet Nathanail (ACCHKF Board Director), Hans Michael Jebsen (ACCHKF Chairman),Wendy O’Neill (ACC Chairman), Enoch Cheng (ACC 2019), Nadim Abbas (ACC 2014), Au Hoi Lam (ACC 2019), Kenneth Fung
(ACCHKF Honorary Chairman), Nelly Fung, Josephine Wai (staff), Jocelyn Mui (staff)

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Manila Highlights (2019-2020)

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Musical soiree and performance by grantee Hiyas Hila (pianist) in the home of ACC supporter Nene Quimson; Hiyas Hila with
US Ambassador to the Philippines He Sung Yong Kim (L) and ACCPF Chairman Ernest Escaler.

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Visual artist Yusuke Kamata (ACC 2017) visits from Japan for research fellowship in Bacolod City. From left: ACC Philippines’
Eyna Villar, Program Director Teresa Rances, and grantees visual artist Yusuke Kamata, curator/museum director Dr. Patrick
Flores, and visual artist Leeroy New

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Lighting Design Masterclass participant from Baguio City Mark Erguiza, grantee Maree Barbara Tan-Tiongco, Jennifer Tipton
and assistant Krista Smith

5Preview cocktail for ACC Art Auction benefit event held in February 2019. From left: ACC Grantee Anton del Castillo, ACC Phils.
Trustees Ernest Escaler, Rajo Laurel; Leon Gallery’s Jaime Ponce de Leon; Trustees Malu Gamboa-Lindo and Maribel Ongpin;
Lisa Nakpil of Leon Gallery; Trustee Joven Cuanang, Grantee Dex Fernandez, ACC Philippines Program Director Teresa Rances,and Grantee Sam Penaso

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Press conference for the ACC Art Auction at Leon Gallery (February 2020). From left: ACC Philippines Program Director Teresa
Rances with theater artist Abner Delina, Jr. (ACC 2019, 2020), ACCPF Trustee Rajo Laurel, President Maribel Ongpin, grantees
Gail Vicente and MM Yu of King Kong Art Projects; Trustees Malu Gamboa-Lindo and Dr. Joven Cuanang, and Leon Gallery
Director Jaime Ponce De Leon

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Taipei Highlights (2019-2020)

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2 ACC Taiwan Foundation 25th Anniversary Celebration (August 2020)
3 First Board meeting with two new ACCTF board members, Aaron Lee and Tina Lin (Jan 2020)22

Toyko Highlights (2019-2020)

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ACC Japan Foundation Announcement Dinner (March 2019). ACCJF was launched among ACC’s closest friends, supporters
and leading members of both business and cultural sectors. Chairman Mrs. Kazuko Aso gave opening remarks and ACCJF
Councilor Mr. Hiroshi Ogawa provided closing remarks. During the dinner, ACC grantee Mr. Fumihiko Maki (1976) and Mr.
Hiroshi Koike (1994) shared the importance of ACC’s work for the future development of the arts and international exchange.

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A Conversation on Philanthropy with David Rockefeller, Jr., at Mikimoto Hall (November 2019). This special talk supported
by K. Mikimoto, Co., Ltd., featured David Rockefeller, Jr.—ACC trustee of more than 30 years—to discuss the long history ofRockefeller Family philanthropy and the family’s special relationship to ACC. 2009 ACC grantee, Issui Minegishi, gave a solo
performance of a one-string koto (Japanese zither) at the venue.

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ACC 2019 Grant Awards Ceremony (September 2019). This was the first ACC awards ceremony in Japan to invite ACC
supporters, friends and past grantees to celebrate the new grant recipients. 2018 grantee, Miyama Mcqueen-Tokita, performeda solo piece of 17-string koto (Japanese zither), “While I was Crossing the Bridge” composed by 1967 grantee Mr. Yuji Takahashi.

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In June 2020, ACC launched an interactive online conversation series with ACC grantees in Japan around the theme “Thinking
About Art in the Time of ‘The New Normal.’” This included conversations on theater/performing arts with Kyoko Iwaki (ACC2017), Akane Nakamura (ACC 2016), and Suguru Yamamoto (ACC 2018); on contemporary art with Mizuko Endo (ACC 2006),
Koki Tanaka (ACC 2003), and Aya Momose (ACC 2016); and dance with Daisuke Muto (ACC 2005), Shirotama Hitsujiya (ACC
2000), and Fumi Yokobori (ACC 2008).

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In Memoriam

Elizabeth J. McCormack (1922-2020)
The trustees and staff of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) mourn the passing of ACC Trustee andChairman Emeritus Elizabeth J. McCormack. Elizabeth joined ACC as Vice President and Founding
Board Member in 1980. She was committed to continuing ACC founder John D. Rockefeller 3rd'svision of a world made more peaceful through cultural exchange.
A trusted friend and colleague of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, Elizabeth succeeded Mrs.
Rockefeller as ACC’s second Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1990 to 2012. At age 98,
Elizabeth was a lifelong champion of international cultural exchange. Throughout her 40 years as atrustee, ACC invested more than $100 million in the exchange of artists and scholars across Asiaand the U.S. Elizabeth’s own contributions are unparalleled. ACC's first endowment campaign, theElizabeth J. McCormack Fund, raised $10 million in her name.
Elizabeth’s decades-long philanthropic legacy will carry forward for generations to come. Her
dedicated service was recognized with the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award in 2019. ACC ishonored to have worked alongside Elizabeth and her inspiring wisdom, integrity, and leadership.

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Global Partners
ACC’s work is made possible in partnership with our global network of Trustees, donors, alumni,
institutional partners, and staff. It is with gratitude we list our partners below. In particular, we would
like to thank our global Boards of Trustees for their unwavering commitment, visionary leadership,
and generous support as Asian Cultural Council adapted to the challenges of 2020.

Board of Trustees *as of December 2020
Wendy O'Neil Chairman
Hans Michael Jebsen Vice Chairman
Josie Cruz Natorai Vice Chairman
Jonathan Fanton Treasurer
Valerie Rockefeller Secretary

Kazuko Aso
Ernest de Leon Escaler
Douglas Tong Hsu
Tonia Hsu
Julie Ann Kohn
YiLing Mao

Janet NathanailAnne Straton Pierson
Carol Rattray
Missie Rennie
Charles Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Jr.
Susan Rockefeller

Ruby Shang
Dan Swift
Sundaram Tagore
John R. Witt
Shannon Wu
Mercedes Zobel

Kenneth H.C. Fung
Stephen B. Heintz
Richard S. Lanier

Russell A. Phillips, Jr.
Isaac Shapiro

William G. Spears
Yuji Tsutsumi

Wendy O’Neill
John R. Witt

Legal AdvisorLife Trustees
Hope Aldrich
Colin G. Campbell
John H. Foster

President Emeritus

ACC Hong Kong Foundation
Hans Michael Jebsen Chairman

Yama Chan
Jean Ho
Janet Nathanail

Mabel M. Lui
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Auditors

ACC Japan Foundation
Trustees

Kazuko Aso Chairman
Yuji Akimoto
Nobuo Nakamura
Akira Tatehata

Councilors

AuditorHiroshi Ogawa
Yuji Tsutsumi
Junko Watanabe

Hiroo Chikaraishi
Ernest M. Higa
Yuki Niinami
Wendy O’Neill

Keiichi Tsuda

Concepcion C. Cruz
Joven R. Cuanang, M.D.
Alice Eduardo
Rajo T. Laurel
Ma. Lourdes B. Locsin

Louise A. Marcos
Antonio R. Mendoza
Josie Cruz Natori
Isabel Caro Wilson
Mercedes Zobel

Ching-Hui Hong Chien
George Ho
Pao-Lin Hsu

Chen-Mei Lin
Tina Lin
Aaron Lee

ACC Philippines Foundation
Ernest de Leon Escaler Chairman
Ma. Isabel G. Ongpin President
Ma. Lourdes Gamboa Lindo Treasurer
Alan Jose A. Reyes Corporate Secretary

ACC Taiwan Foundation
Douglas Tong Hsu Chairman

Hsiu-Cheng Shen Tsai
Su-Hwa Yang Chou25

Artistic Advisory Council
Yael Buencamino
Cai Guo-Qiang
ACC 1995, 2006

Chen Kaige
ACC 1986-1988

Tiffany Chung
ACC 2015

Patrick Flores
ACC 2009

Oscar Ho
ACC 1992

David Henry Hwang
ACC 2012

Jin Xing

Kengo Kuma

Jan Leeroy New

Jennifer Tipton

ACC 1985

ACC 2015

ACC 2008-2019

Dinh Q. Le

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Tran Luong

ACC 2008, 2010

ACC 2010

ACC 1998, 2008

Lin Hwai-Min

Ong Keng Sen

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

ACC 1978-2007

ACC 1993

ACC 2004

Barbara London

Mallika Sarabhai

Robert Wilson

ACC 1995, 1997

ACC 2002

ACC 1981, 2004

Fumihiko Maki

Sheu Fang-Yi

ACC 1976

ACC 2006

Meredith Monk

Louisa So Yuk Wa

ACC 1997, 2000

ACC 2008

Kohei Nawa

Julie Taymor

ACC 2004

ACC 1980

ACC 1988

Staff*as of December 2020

New York

Hong Kong

TaipeiEileen Connor

Josephine Wai

Rita Chang

Interim Executive Director
Director of Finance & Operations

Director, ACC Hong Kong

Director, ACC Taiwan

Dawn Byrnes

Jocelyn Mui

Joyce Chen

Program Associate

Program Associate

Roxanne Wong

Lihsin Ho

Arts Administration Trainee

Office Manager

Manager of Grants Administration

Liz Behrend
Program Officer

Stephanie Chen

Mary Zhang
Development & Administration Associate

Director of Marketing & Communications

Yagna Nag Chowdhuri

ManilaTokyo

Director of Grantee & Alumni Relations

Teresa Rances

Ritsu Yoshino

Charlotte Fleming

Director, ACC Philippines

Director, ACC Japan

Marketing & Communications Associate

Annaliza Villar

Kurumi Kido

MaryJo Kelly

Programs Associate

Program AssociateManager of Strategic Research

Cecily D. CookManager of Finance & Operations

Sarah Lamade
Manager of Executive Administration & Board Relations

Charmaine Lee
Manager of Development

Riccardo Salmona
Director of Advancement262019-2020 Donors
In addition to the generous support from our global leadership recognized above—ACC’s Board ofTrustees, Life Trustees, and ACC Foundations in Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan—wewould like to thank our community of donors worldwide.

2019 Donors$250,000 and above
ACC Hong Kong Foundation
ACC Taiwan Foundation
The Estate of David Rockefeller, Sr.

$249,999 - $100,000
ACC Philippines Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller FundHenry Luce Foundation$99,999 - $50,000
Cai Foundation*
Hong Kong Economic and Trade
Office, New York
Karen T. Lee
Jaime Ponce de León/León Gallery

Alice Reyes (ACC 1969) and Jennifer Tipton (multiple
ACC Fellowships) at 2019 Ballet Philippines workshop

Lee Hysan Foundation
George D. O’Neill
The Saison Foundation$49,999 - $25,000
Anonymous
Yutaka Aso

The Incorporated Trustees of Hsin Chong K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Fund

Mandarin Oriental Foundation
The Ida C. & Morris Falk Foundation

K. MIKIMOTO Co., Ltd.

$24,999 - $10,000
Mr. and Mrs. Hideki Aikawa

Curtis Greer & Pamela Kohlberg

Vincent & Anne Mai

APAMAN, Co. Ltd.

Sylvia Illusorio-Yap

Mikimoto (America) Co., Ltd.

Beijing Muyun Culture and Art
Foundation

Sir Kenneth Fung Ping FanFoundation Trust I

Lybess Sweezy & Ken Miller

Jane DeBevoise

Anthony & Sharon Lee

The Timide Maus Collection

Anonymous

Global Cities Inc.

Alisan Fine Arts

Jim & Stacey Hildebrandt

Geraldine & Gabriel
Sunshine

Ayala Foundation

Merle & Miriam Hinrich

Anish & Tasha Lalvani

Catharine & Kevin Broderick

Ken Hitchner & Annabelle Bond

Anonymous

The Chu Foundation

Matthew Ho

Rosa Ling

Margaret Dulany

Hopewell Charitable Foundation Limited

Marga

Joseph Fung

Newman’s Own Foundation

N and Partners

The Shubert Organization$9,999 - $5,000

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Anonymous

Linda Wang

Richard & Laura Parsons

Anonymous

Shinichiro Watari

Lydia & Robert Petty

Charles Target

Yang Man Shih

Marissa Fung Shaw

Cynthia Tongson

Yeoh Saw Kheng

Columbia University Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning and
Preservation

The Honorable Thomas H. Kean

$4,999 - $1,000
AIG Corporation
The Alvarez Educational &Charitable Foundation-Clat Fund
Ms. Nan Aron & Dr. Bernard AronsJohn & Pamela Bartko
Lena Baume
The Albert & Lin Bildner Foundation
William & Judy Bollinger
Jay Brown*
Yi-Yi Caio
Stephanie Chang
Michelle Chen
Rong-Rong Chen
I-Chun Chen
Hung-Ying Chen
Jessica Chen
Mary Chen
Anonymous
Mindy Chen
Ming-Yu Chen Shen
Michelle Cheng
Wen-Nuan Kara Cheng
Polly Cheng
Sammi Cheng
Anonymous
Ya-Hui Cheng
Cindy Chiang
Alice Chiang
Shu-Chen Chiang Wu
Carroll Chien
Miao-Fen Chien
Tin-En Chien
Wan-Hua Chou
Silas & Celia Chou
Hsiu-Fang Chou
Yi-Fen Chow
Ping Chu
Chen-Hsiang Chu
Ching-Fen Chuang
Nancy & John Clifford
Maria Teresa & Bruce Colley

Condon O’Meara McGinty &Donnelly LLP
Kenneth Cowin
Takayuki Daikoku
Florence Davis
Anton del Castillo*
Iris Deng
Wendy DuKay Enokido
Mary Evans
Mei-Chin Fan
Sarah & Douglas Fleming
FOA & Son Corporation
Yuya Fujita
Saeko Fusejima
Jennifer P. Goodale
Kikka Hanazawa
Riel Hilario*
Ying-Chao Ho
Ei-Leen Ho
Mei-Shin Ho
Wan-Jun Hong
Margaret Hsiao
Chia-Hao Hsu
Belle Hu
Emily Huang
Hui-Mei Huang
Sophia Huang
Chih-Chueh Huang
Ju-Xin Huang
Li-Jin Huang
Yu-Chieh Huang
Super Hung
Susan Hung
Yun-Ya Hung
Dr. Michael I Jacobs
Edwin Josue
Felisa Kao
Anonymous

Masako Kobayashi
Tomio Koyama
Rachel Ku
Lea Haber Kuck
Shelly Lai
Mei-Chih Lai
Isabelle Lee
Man-Ping Lee
Kuei-Ming Lee Chen
Jaye Li
Mei-Lien Li Liu
Pei-Fen Liang
Tzu-Chen Liao
Ivy Lin
Nelson Lin
Mei-Huey Lin Huang
Jeff & Claudia Little
Joy Liu
Pi-Lien Liu Chang
Shao-Liang Liu
Yi-Shih Liu
Anonymous
Chung-Lin Liu
Chung-Lin Lue
Ya-Fen Ma
Dr. Donald A. McCain
Janet Montag
Mitsuki Noguchi
Mr. & Mrs. William O’Boyle
Mayumi Okabayashi
Jorge Z. Ortoll
Jui-Yun Ou
Chih-Chiao Pan
Ralph B. Peña
Sam Penaso*
Hsiu-O Peng
Linear Technologies
Alice Reyes*
Ralph & Andrea Samuelson
Cecile Shah28

Pi-Hui Shieh

Ming-Chiu Tung

Anonymous

Susan E. Skerritt

Trust for Mutual Understanding

Yukako Yamashita

Diane Su

Ryota Unno

Alice Yang

Margaret Su

Diane & Stephen Volk

Ching-Fen Yang

Chiao-Yu Su

Faye Wang

Anonymous

Silvia Su

Yue-Qing Wang

Jen-Yu Yang

Wen-Hui Su

Yvette Wang

Jun-Han Yang

Chia-Lu Sun

Nina Wang

Shu-Mei Yang

Shining Sung

Pei-Jiu Wang

Tsui-Chan Yeh

Susan Cohn Philanthropic Fund of
the Jewish Communal FundZhao-Wen Wang

Yen-Ling Yeh

Paula Wang Chang

Catherine Yen

Yohei Suzuki

Ru-Shang Wei

Chin-Ying Yen

Chen-Chen TangDavid Wippman

Eve Yin

Teruko Mitarai, t.gallery

Jorie Wu

Yumiko Chiba Associates

Tomio Koyama Gallery

Kelly Wu

Xiaoming Zhang

Maggie Tsai

Yue-Yun Wu

Jason Zhen

Mei-Hui Tsai

Phyllis Wu

Wen-wen Zheng

Mei-Ying Gina Tseng

Tracy Wu

Mr. Fernando Zobel

Pi-Tao Tu

Yi-Hsuan Wu

Susan Tucker

Yen-Ru Wung

$999 and below
333 Associates, LLC

Lynn Gumpert

M. Elena Lagdameo-Hogan

Steve Rooney

Ambie Abaño*

Hajime Hasegawa

Loida Nicolas-Lewis

Dorrie Rush

Henri Benaim

Yoshihiko Hasumi

Carrie Locsin

Riccardo Salmona

Dawn Byrnes

Nicole Hsu

Laura Lopez

Marsha E. Simms

Cristopher Chorengel

Anonymous

Marcia McLean

Evelyn Singson

Eileen Connor

Shinichiro Ikebe*

Philip B. Miller

Anonymous

Judie Cormier

Anonymous

Daniel & Lucia Mota

Minako Suematsu

Noel Cuizon*

Reiko Irino

Leeroy New*

Anonymous

Yvette De Leon Manotoc

Kotaro Isobe

Kohei Nishikawa*Regina Teodoro

Robert & Joan Easton

Kumiko Isohata

Mika Okawa*

The Reginald Lewis Foundation

Octavio & Marilen Espiritu

Jeremy Jacinto

Pintô Art

Shuji Tomikawa

Joaquin Esteva

Nestor Jardin*

Shu-Ling TsaiDex Fernandez*

Jaime R. Juan

Jorge Pinto & Christine
Tsui-Hua Huang*

Carol & Tony Friscia

Cristina Juan

Sophie H. Pirie

Mark Wang

Yoko Fukuta

Kaoru Katsuragi

Ms. Susan Leaming PollishFrank Wisner

Kim Koo & Aaron Koo

Isabel Quimson

Shuji Bon Yagi

Masako Koyano*

Teresa Rances

Ritsu Yoshino

Tetsuro Koyano*

Rockefeller Capital Management

Mary Katherine Galvez
Jeremy Gleason
Ms. Setsu Goto

Miho Walsh

In Kind
Association for the Corporate Support of the Arts (Kigyo Mecenat Kyogikai)
Hara Museum of Art
Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel Co., Ltd.

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2020 Donors$250,000 and above
ACC Hong Kong Foundation$249,999 - $100,000
ACC Taiwan Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Karen T. Lee
Liu Wei*
Cecile Shah

$99,999 - $50,000
ACC Philippines Foundation
American Council of Learned Societies
Anonymous
Ayala Foundation
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office,
New York
Lee Hysan Foundation

Helen Yu (ACC 2020) performing with
Aspen Chamber Symphony Orchestra

The Saison Foundation$49,999 - $25,000
Anonymous

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Jaime Ponce de León/León Gallery

Anne Boardman Miller

The Incorporated Trustees of Hsin Chong K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education FundThe Ida C. & Morris Falk Foundation
Zhang Huan

$24,999 - $10,000
Jane DeBevoise

Anthony & Sharon Lee

Sir Kenneth Fung Ping FanFoundation Trust I

Anonymous$9,999 - $5,000
Alisan Fine Arts

Cynthia Tongson

AnonymousAnonymous

Anish & Tasha Lalvani

Roger Steel

Marissa Fung Shaw

Wendy LeeCharles Target

Anonymous

Rosa Ling

The Timide Maus Collection

Curtis Greer & Pamela Kohlberg

Marga

Hopewell Holdings Limited

Etsuko Hattori

Elia Mourtzanou

Linda Wang

Jim & Stacey Hildebrandt

Kyoichiro Nitta

Yeoh Saw Kheng

Merle & Miriam Hinrich30

$4,999 - $1,000
Catharine & Kevin Broderick

Iris Deng

Pei-Fen Liang

Pi-Tao Tu

Yi-Yi Caio

Wendy Du

Tzu-Chen Liao

Ming-Chiu Tung

Stephanie Chang

Mei-Chin Fan

Jennie Lin

Faye Wang

Rong-Rong Chen

Galerie Stephanie Inc.

Ivy LinYue-Qing Wang

Jenny Chen

Ying-Chao Ho

Nelson Lin

Anonymous

I-Chun Chen

Ei-Leen Ho

Mei-Huey Lin Huang

Nina Wang

Hung-Ying Chen

Mei-Shin Ho

Joy Liu

Pei-Jiu Wang

Jessica Chen

Margaret Hsiao

Pi-Lien Liu Chang

Zhao-Wen Wang

Mary Chen

Chia-Hao Hsu

Anonymous

Paula Wang Chang

Anonymous

Belle Hu

Iddy Liu

Jorie Wu

Mindy Chen

Emily Huang

Chung-Lin Liu

Kelly Wu

Ming-Yu Chen Shen

Hui-Mei Huang

Chung-Lin Lue

Yue-Yun Wu

Michelle Cheng

Sophia Huang

Ya-Fen Ma

Tracy Wu

Wen-Nuan Kara Cheng

Chih-Chueh Huang

N&A inc.

Yi-Hsuan Wu

Polly Cheng

Ju-Xin Huang

Jui-Yun Ou

Yen-Ru Wung

Sammi Cheng

Yu-Chieh Huang

Chih-Chiao Pan

Alice Yang

Anonymous

Wei Chi Hung

Hsiu-O Peng

Ching-Fen Yang

Ya-Hui Cheng

Super Hung

Ralph & Andrea Samuelson

Anonymous

Florence Chiang

Susan Hung

Pi-Hui Shieh

Jen-Yu Yang

Cindy Chiang

Yun-Ya Hung

Diane Su

Jun-Han Yang

Alice Chiang

Kanto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Margaret Su

Shu-Mei Yang

Shu-Chen Chiang Wu

Kikkoman Corporation

Chiao-Yu Su

Tsui-Chan Yeh

Carroll Chien

Rachel Ku

Silvia Su

Yen-Ling Yeh

Miao-Fen Chien

Shelly Lai

Wen-Hui Su

Catherine Yen

Tin-En Chien

Mei-Chih Lai

Chia-Lu Sun

Chin-Ying Yen

Hsiu-Fang Chou

Isabelle Lee

Liang Tso (Steve) Sun

Eve YinYi-Fen Chow

Man-Ping Lee

Chen-Chen Tang

Ritsu Yoshino

Ping Chu

Kuei-Ming Lee Chen

Maggie Tsai

Jason Zhen

Chen-Hsiang Chu

Jaye Li

Mei-Hui Tsai

Wen-wen Zheng

Noel Cuizon*

Mei-Lien Li Liu

Chun-Hui Tseng

AmazonSmile

Joseph Finch

Misako Ito

Takashi Koyano

Hiroko Arai*

Donald Fox

Junji Ito

Werner E. Kruck

Cabrillo Coastal
General Insurance

Anonymous

Kaori Iwasaki

Mitsuhiro Kurokawa

Yoko Fukuta

Mary Kay JudyCharmaine Lee

Matthew CasterYoshimi Fukuzawa

Kanto Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Cathy Leonard

Cheerio Corporation Co., LTD.

Gallery Concept 21

Shigesuke & Noriko Kashiwagi

Ashley Mallory

Yumiko Chiba

Kathleen GiesJames Fletcher Kelly

AnonymousEileen Connor

Brian D. Haney

Anonymous

Barbara D. Maynard

Daiwa Can Company

Yoshihiko Hasumi

KLA Foundation

Anonymous

Cindy Davis

Yutaka Higashi

Fumi Koda

Anonymous

Matt Detar

Suguru Igarashi*

Anonymous

Issui Minegishi*

Robert & Joan Easton

Reiko Irino

Anonymous

Kimiyo Mishima*

Event21 Co., Ltd.

Isono Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Masako Koyano*

Anonymous$999 and below

Jane B Fain
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Mizoe Art GalleryMark Robohm

Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.

Koji Watanabe

Yoshiko Mori

Valerie Rourke

Rei Toriyama

Christine Weaver

Tokuko Murakami

Yumiko Sai

Shu-Ling TsaiAnn M. Wilson

MaryJo Myers

Chieo Senzaki*

Anonymous

Kevin & Kristin WrightAnonymous

Shihodo Gallery

Anonymous

Jill Wright

Koichi Nezu

Minako Suematsu

AnonymousYumi Yamaguchi

Richard & Laura Parsons

Minoru Suzuki

Keisuke Ueda

Akira Yamamoto

Jorge Pinto & Christine Tsui-hua
Huang*

Sachiko Suzuki

Mutsumi Urano

AnonymousAnonymous

Uyeno Transtech Ltd.

Anonymous

Barbara Pollack*

Reiko Takenaka

Eric M. Vogelsang

Mary Zhang

Kristen Radford

Nobuko Takeuchi

Jerry WachterFrances Robertson

Motoko Tanaka

Mark Wang

In Kind
Association for the Corporate Support of the Arts (Kigyo Mecenat Kyogikai)
León Gallery*ACC alumni

King Kong Arts Project (ACC 2019) researchingconservation and collections management

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Financial Summary
Condensed Statement of Financial Position

Year ending December 31

2019

2020

AssetsCash & cash equivalents$ 647,731$ 569,997

Contributions receivable

1,166,858

823,265

Accounts receivable

7,892

5,085

Prepaid expenses

49,172

68,982

Total current assets

1,871,653

1,467,329

Investments, at fair value

30,794,053

35,251,075

Property & equipment, net

144,135

70,282

Security deposits

50,70046,025$ 32,860,541$ 36,834,711

Total assets$ 269,426$ 430,870

Grants payable

612,030

751,299

Accrued pension & post-retirement
benefits

3,197,946

2,977,360

Accrued post-retirement benefits
Deferred rent

Individuals$697,083
ACC Affiliated Offices$770,890

Events$858,053

2020

11,282

Pension loan payable
Total liabilities

2019

Foundations & Corporations$1,086,686

Liabilities and Net Assets
Accounts payable & accrued expenses

Contributions by
Donor Type588,698$ 4,090,684$ 4,748,227

Without donor restrictrions(560,060)(1,428,530)

With donor restrictions

29,329,917

33,515,014

Total net assets

28,769,857

32,086,484$ 32,860,541

36,834,711

Net Assets

Total liabilities and net assets

Individuals$3,401,451
ACC Affiliated Offices$708,974
Foundations & Corporations$228,882

The financial summary shown is derived from ACC’s financial statements,
audited by independent certified public accountants PKF O’Connor Davies.
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Financial Summary
Consolidated Statement of Activities

Year ending December 31

2019

2020

Contributions$ 3,412,712

4,339,307

Investment return designated for
operations, net

1,918,325

1,658,288

Endowment draw

(523,091)(1,521,381)$ 4,807,946$4,476,214$ 3,114,702$3,070,906

Operating Support and Revenue

Total support and revenue

Total Programmatic
Efficiency
2019

Expenses
Program services
Grants, fellowships, & related expenses

Fundraising $1,293,177

Supporting services
General & administrative$ 400,067

506,317Fundraising

1,293,177

898,991

Total supporting expenses$ 1,693,244$ 1,405,308

Total expenses$ 4,807,946$ 4,476,214$ 174,823$36,352

Results from operations

Programs $3,114,702

Administration $400,067

2020(645,000)

Bad debt
Investment return not designated for
operations

3,244,083

2,700,068

Temporarily restricted contributions

248,268(617,643)

Permanently restricted contributions

100,000

2,102,672

Benefit plan adjustment(107,279)(259,822)

Change in net assets$ 3,659,895

3,316,627

Net assets, beginning of year

$ 25,109,962$ 28,769,857

Programs $3,070,906
Fundraising $898,991
Administration $506,317

Net assets, end of year

$ 28,769,857$ 32,086,484

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