By 1996, the Denver campus of the University of Colorado had set up a program specifically aimed at bringing Mongolian students to the state.

[16][17] The Mongolian immigrant population in Los Angeles is estimated at 2,000 people as of 2005[update], according to local community leader Batbold Galsansanjaa (1964 - 2012).

Members of the first generation largely come from university-educated backgrounds in Mongolia, but work at jobs below such qualifications after moving to the United States.

[4] The Chicago metropolitan area's Mongolian American community is estimated at between 3,000 and 4,000 people by local leaders; they are geographically dispersed but possess well-organized mutual support networks.

[25] From 1991 to 2011, 5,034 people born in Mongolia became permanent residents of the United States, the vast majority in the mid-to-late-2000s; the annual number peaked at 831 in 2009.

[28] In Clark County, Indiana (particularly Jeffersonville) Mongolians are the 5th largest Asian American population according to the 2020 census and possibly number in the hundreds.

MACA was founded in 1987 by the late Professor Gombojab Hangin, Indiana University, and Tsorj Lama, former Abbot of the Qorgho Monastery in Western Sunid, Southern Mongolia.

Current board members are Tsagaan Baatar, Chinggeltu Borjiged, Enghe Chimood, Tony Ettinger, Palgi Gyamcho, and Sanj Altan.

From 2004 to 2008, the MCADF sponsored the Night Clinic operated by the Christina Noble Foundation, which provides medical services to the street children of Ulaanbaatar.

MACA is a primary sponsor of the Injannashi Fund, which provides small educational grants to students in Southern Mongolia.

This ritual was started in the United States by teachers Gombojab Hangin and C'orj'i Lama in 1988, and is held annually in late fall.

MACA is open to all individuals who share a common belief in the importance of preserving Mongol culture in the United States.