California · Private foundation
Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $61k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $164k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $217k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $428k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $80k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $271k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand to Reason | $426,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Liferay Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Desiring God Ministries | $150,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Continental Christian Center | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gateway Friends Church | $75,228 | 4 | n/a |
| North County Project | $59,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Institute on Religion & Democracy Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Training Leaders International | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Elevation Story | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bibline Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand to Reason | $426,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Liferay Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Desiring God Ministries | $150,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Continental Christian Center | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gateway Friends Church | $75,228 | 4 | n/a |
| North County Project | $59,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Institute on Religion & Democracy Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Training Leaders International | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Elevation Story | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bibline Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $8,384 | 3 | n/a |
| Evangelical Friends Church-North America | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Reformed Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Students Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jews for Jesus | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teachbeyond Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Stable Space | $1,405 | 2 | 5% |
| Harvest Haven Inc Dba Harvest Haven Community Service Ctr | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Joni and Friends | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Liferay Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation
- How much does Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation give?
- Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $15,874 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Philanthropy (18%), Health (4%).
- Who are Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stand to Reason ($426k), Liferay Foundation ($250k), Desiring God Ministries ($150k).
- Does Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liferay Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation based?
- Brian and Caris Chan Family Foundation is based in CA.
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