The San Francisco Filipino Community

The following community organizations are are some of the resources available to members of the Bay Area Filipino community. They provide much-needed services to our community and are vital to its continued growth and well-being. The San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival supports their missions, activities, and events.

• FANHS SF Bay Area Consortium
  
  The mission of the Filipino American National Historical Society shall be to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation, and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of the Filipino Americans. The consortium includes chapters in San Francisco, the East Bay, Santa Clara, Vallejo, and Sonoma. The Filipino American Historical Society is the fiscal agent of the San Francisco Filipino-American Jazz Festival.
• The San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
  
  To preserve the Filipino community in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood by creating a space for visual and performing arts and cultural celebrations and providing all its residents the means participate in every phase of artistic endeavor and expression.
• Little Manila
  
  The Little Manila Foundation advocates for the historic preservation of the Little Manila Historical Site in Stockton, California and provides education and leadership to revitalize our Filipina/o American community. Our campaign to remember, reclaim and preserve Little Manila in Stockton coincides with ongoing efforts at Filipina/o American community development and preservation nationwide.
• Bindlestiff Studios
  
  Bindlestiff Studio provides the often under-served Filipino American community access to diverse offerings in theatrical productions, music and film festivals, workshops in directing, production, acting, stand-up comedy, and writing, as well as a children and youth theater program.
• Bayanihan Community Center
  
  The Bayanihan Community Center is now occupied. The community center is 7,000 square feet on the ground floor and basement of the Bayanihan House located at the corner of 6th and Mission Streets in San Francisco's South of Market (SOMA). The Bayanihan House is the site of the former Delta Hotel, a residential hotel that was owned by Dr. Mario Borja, a Filipino. The center also houses the Arkipelago Bookstore and the Veterans Equity Center.
• Manilatown Heritage Foundation
  
  The mission of Manilatown Heritage Foundation is to promote social and economic justice for Filipinos in America by preserving our history, advocating for equal access, and advancing our arts and culture.
• Filipinos for Affirmative Action
  
  FAA's mission is: "to build a strong and empowered Filipino community by organizing constituents, developing leaders, providing services, and advocating for policies that promote social and economic justice and equity."  FAA focuses its work on the most vulnerable populations in our community: low to moderate income immigrants/newcomers, youth, and workers in the East Bay. No other agency is focused on serving this population.