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Cambodian Community Development, Inc. (San Francisco)

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For the organization in Tacoma, Washington, see Cambodian Community Development, Inc. (CCDI).

Cambodian Community Development, Inc.
Common nameCCDI
TypeCommunity association
Focus areasCambodian community services, language interpretation, cultural preservation, Bay Area
SubjectsCommunity & Civic Life; Music & Sound
CitySan Francisco
State / provinceCalifornia
CountryUnited States
Headquarters countryUnited States
Address875 O'Farrell Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94109
Founded1997
Organization identifiersEIN (United States): 94-3296213
Phone(415) 674-6819
Impact geographySan Francisco Bay Area
Operating statusactive

Cambodian Community Development, Inc. (CCDI) is a nonprofit dedicated to serving the needs of the Cambodian community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1997 and granted federal tax-exempt status in July 2001, the organization has provided language interpretation, cultural and linguistic education, and legal and medical assistance to Cambodian Americans in the region. (Alliance for California Traditional Arts, CCDI profile; Project Yellow Dress, Ratha Chuon Kim; ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Cambodian Community Development Incorporated)

Programs and services

CCDI's cultural program "Please Don't Stop the Music" offered traditional Cambodian music classes for youth and middle-school teens, taught by the 91-year-old local master artist Nhep Prok, described as the primary teacher of almost every Cambodian musician in Oakland. The program was supported by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts' Living Cultures Grants Program in 2009, 2010 and 2011. (Alliance for California Traditional Arts, CCDI profile)

CCDI takes part in the Southeast Asian Mental Health Initiative, one of the community initiatives in the Asian and Pacific Islander Mental Health Collaborative led with RAMS, with funding from the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Its outreach encourages families to seek help for stress, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress, with staff who speak Cambodian, Lao and Mongolian. (SF Service Guide, Asian and Pacific Islander Mental Health Collaborative; RAMS, CCDI flyer (2024))

CCDI is also the Cambodian-language host for the Home Visitation Program of APA Family Support Services, which serves parents and families in their own languages. (APA Family Support Services, Home Visitation Program)

Leadership and finances

According to the organization's most recent IRS filings, its leadership includes Executive Director Chansothearun Lopez, President Leang Armstrong, Vice Presidents Vynita Kylin and Vannay Om, and Secretary Milliam Mour Lay. The organization remains small in scale, reporting revenue of $117,829, expenses of $114,250 and net assets of $23,053 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Cambodian Community Development Incorporated)

Contact and participation

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