Hakka Foundation (客家基金會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Hakka Foundation
- Chinese: 客家基金會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Hakka Foundation is a Taiwanese American nonprofit organization serving the Hakka community. The organization promotes Hakka language, culture, and heritage while fostering community integration, civic participation, and mutual support among Hakka people in the United States. Its mission spans education, cultural preservation, senior services, social welfare, civil rights advocacy, and charitable activities.
Role in the Community
- Directory record in the TAHS story corpus: 12. Hakka Foundation 客家基金會 (2015-02-23) — bibliographic record; full text in the vault.
- 2021-04: joined 大洛杉磯台灣會館 and other Los Angeles Taiwanese community groups (南加州台灣人長輩會、台灣人獅子會、北美洲台灣人醫師協會南加分會 and others) in a relief fundraiser for families affected by the 太魯閣號 train disaster; roughly NT$1.5 million was collected in one week and routed via overseas offices to Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (大洛杉磯台灣會館慰問函, 2021-04-16).
Timeline
- 2015-02-23 — directory story record published in the TAH corpus
- 2021-04 — co-signed the 太魯閣號 relief letter with LA Taiwanese community groups