Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Chang 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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $958k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Chang Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 8 | $66k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $46k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $59k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $49k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $53k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $53k | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merit School of Music | $65,000 | 9 | 1% |
| St Pauls United Church of Christ | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Radiological Society of North America Inc | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners Chicago Inc | $43,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ladies of Virtue | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southwest Organizing Project | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Inclusive Collective | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| My Joyful Heart Nfp | $3,750 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merit School of Music | $65,000 | 9 | 1% |
| St Pauls United Church of Christ | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Radiological Society of North America Inc | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners Chicago Inc | $43,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ladies of Virtue | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southwest Organizing Project | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Inclusive Collective | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| My Joyful Heart Nfp | $3,750 | 2 | 1% |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Side Justice Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| River City Community Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ucan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olympia Fields Country Club Historic Landmark Preservation Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Theatre Group Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chang 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chang Family Foundation
- How much does Chang Family Foundation give?
- Chang Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $65,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chang Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (13%).
- Who are Chang Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Merit School of Music ($65k), St Pauls United Church of Christ ($65k), Radiological Society of North America Inc ($48k).
- Does Chang Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chang 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 Chang Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Chang Family Foundation based?
- Chang Family Foundation is based in PA.
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