Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation (formerly the Asian Pacific American Leadership Project) was founded in 2004 as a non-partisan, non profit 501(c)(3) organization designed to help prepare and better equip Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders for public service and civic involvement. The APALF is committed to engaging the AAPI community in active civic participation by creating, supporting, building and strengthening the local community infrastructure to help prepare and train qualified AAPI leaders and emerging leaders for public service.