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Chang Family Foundation at a glance

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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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$6kCommunity Improvement$6kPhilanthropy$5kHealth$4kYouth Development$2kInternational$2kReligion$600Science & Tech$300Other$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$554k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Start Out$2,000
WBDC$2,000
NFTE$2,000
SCORE$2,000
Kiva$2,000
Allyson Whitney Foundation$1,200
Ralph W Leatherby Center$1,000
JASOCAL$1,000
UCLA$500
SOAR Foundation$500
University of Southern California$500
Individual grant recipient$300
Harvard University$300
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Make-A-Wish Foundation of America: $2k → 11%PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: $250 → 8%NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $300 → 8%Ralph W Leatherby Center: $1k → 10%SOAR Foundation: $500 → 10%Start Out: $2k → 10%JASOCAL: $1k → 14%SOAR FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 7%Allyson Whitney Foundation: $1k → 16%NFTE: $2k → 17%SCORE: $2k → 14%YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS INC: $200 → 16%WBDC: $2k → 14%Marine Toys for Tots Foundation: $600 → 7%CENTRAL CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH PALO ALTO: $600 → 8%New Hope Cancer: $300 → 10%STARTOUT: $1k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1k → 14%SCORE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%WOMENS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 14%CATHY FUN FITNESS DANCE: $104 → 8%Kiva: $2k → 10%University of Southern California: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
AZ
KS
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
9
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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12
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is The Soar Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STARTOUT: $3,300 · OtherSTARTOUTWBDC: $2,000 · OtherWBDCSCORE: $2,000 · OtherSCOREMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,900 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICAWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,300 · OtherWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERRalph W Leatherby Center: $1,000 · OtherRalph W Leatherby CenterJASOCAL: $1,000 · OtherJASOCALSOAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · OtherSOAR FOUNDATION INCCENTRAL CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH PALO ALTO: $600 · Other+3 more: $904 · Other+3 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOU…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $850 · EducationPresident and Fel…UCLA FOUNDATION: $550 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONTHE SOAR FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationTHE SOAR FOUNDATI…NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $300 · EducationNEW HOPE CHINESE …Youth Entrepreneurs Inc: $200 · EducationKIVA MICROFUNDS: $2,000 · InternationalNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentSCORE Foundation: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $600 · PhilanthropyALLYSON WHITNEY FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 · Health
Other$15,004Education$3,900International$2,000Youth Development$2,000Philanthropy$1,600Health$1,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTARTOUT: $3,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLYSON WHITNEY FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSCORE Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chang Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chang Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Chang Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chang Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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