As a non-profit organization without endowment fund, AC-SE MI has to apply for grants from various sources to conduct research studies and offer services to the community. In the past 10 years, the major funding sources are:
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Center for Disease Control
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan
- Area Agency on Aging – 1B
- National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
- Gilead Science Inc.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission
- Private donations