Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders In Solidarity

Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders In Solidarity, a Des Moines, Iowa-based minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned non-profit, is a federal grant recipient (79% of recent awards as prime recipient) specializing in culturally specific victim services and technical assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient under the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and does not hold federal contracts.

OVW dominates the vendor's customer base, accounting for all 18 prime grant awards across five distinct federal grant programs. Recent prime recipient work includes a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 16.526) awarded August 1, 2026, for years three and four of the Community-Based Services for Survivors Comprehensive Sexual Assault Technical Assistance Project, running through July 31, 2028, with performance in Beaverdale, Iowa. Monsoon also holds a $750,000 Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Project Grant (CFDA 16.524) from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026, providing civil and criminal legal assistance to Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander survivors in Iowa, with at least 50% of funds directed to non-intimate partner sexual assault victims. Additional prime grants include a $575,000 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program award (CFDA 16.016), a $450,000 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants award (CFDA 16.736) providing 20 scattered-site units and case management, and multiple OVW Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative cooperative agreements totaling additional federal support. A $300,000 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program grant (CFDA 16.023) ran from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2025. Monsoon also received a cooperative agreement from the Administration for Children and Families for the National Organization of Asians & Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV) National Resource Center, effective September 30, 2022, through September 29, 2025.

In its sub-recipient role, Monsoon delivers victim services under awards from the Iowa State Department of Justice covering domestic abuse, sexual assault, and crime victim support, with awards dated October 1, 2023, through October 1, 2025. Monsoon also functioned as a sub-recipient under an Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence award, providing programmatic training and technical assistance through NAPIESV to culturally specific organizations serving sexual assault survivors.

Combined federal obligations across all awards total $12.3 million. The organization faces one grant completion within the next twenty-four months, creating limited recompete exposure. Customer concentration is extreme — 100% of awards derive from four DOJ entities, with OVW representing 75% of the total award count. Monsoon partners operationally with the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families and the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice to deliver integrated services spanning legal assistance, economic advocacy, job training, housing navigation, and counseling for API communities across central and rural Iowa.