The Asian Cultural Council was established in 1980 to carry forward the mission of the Asian Cultural Program of The JDR 3rd Fund, which was created by John D. Rockefeller 3rd in 1963. Over the past 48 years, the Council and The JDR 3rd Fund before it have provided grant assistance to close to 6,000 Asian and American artists, scholars, and specialists in the arts.  It currently makes approximately 100 grants a year, and its annual budget is met by a combination of endowment income and contributions from foundations, corporations, and individual donors.