When was the organization founded, what was the founding purpose, what were its modes of support, and what was its early structure?

The APEN was founded in the early 1990s. The website details its history from 1991, when following the attendance of the First National People of Color Environmental Justice Leadership Summit; the APEN sprouted into a full-blown idea. By 1993 the Asian Pacific Environmental Network was officiated as a non-profit organization. Its founding purpose was to address the environmental justice issues faced by Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States. The early structure of APEN consisted of small groups of organizers who worked to build relationships with AAPI communities in the Bay Area.