The Asian Community Health Coalition (ACHC) has its origin in a group of multiethnic community-based organizations with a common interest in cancer health disparities. In 2000, the group established an umbrella organization, the Asian Community Cancer Coalition (ACCC). The rapid increase in the ACCC membership broadened the coalition's interest in underserved Asian and diverse minority health issues. In response to community expressed needs, ACCC became a subset of a larger and more representative coalition of community-based organizations, the Asian Community Health Coalition (ACHC). In 2003, the ACHC and its subset, the ACCC, were incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania as a 501 (c) (3) Non-profit Organization, designated by the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable organization qualified to receive charitable contributions. To date, the ACHC represents a partnership of over 390 diverse community-based organizations and health centers in the eastern region of the U.S. This partnership represents the broadest scope of Asian American, other racial/ethnic and language groups as well as interests in reducing health disparities through culturally and linguistically appropriate services, especially to underserved and uninsured populations.