Recent events sponsored by the Foundation include the Taiwanese Cultural Society's WinterFest food festival and the "Hate Crimes in America" panel.
Ebie said some of this semester's requests were refreshingly unique.
"The German Society, which applied for its first grant this time, applied for an Oktoberfest celebration in the spring, which I thought was very interesting," Ebie said.
SAC Secretary Nina S. Sawyer '01 said more of the groups are proposing joint events. She cited as examples a Southeast Asian cultural night, planned by four or five different cultural groups, as well as a joint event about the African diaspora.
"We're really excited and encouraged by this," Sawyer said. "These are opportunities for the different groups to focus on their commonalities as well as their unique elements."
The groups will be notified of the Foundation's decisions next week.
--Staff writer Juliet J. Chung can be reached at jchung@fas.harvard.edu.