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Chee and Carole Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$500
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$16kEducation$7kAnimals$3kHousing & Shelter$2kHealth$1kCivil Rights$500Arts & Culture$500Human Services$475Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ascession Church$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%St Maria Gogetti: $200 → 8%Temple Wan Tai: $200 → 10%WMA FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%LET'S FACE IT TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%CAMP KESEM BERKELEY: $1k → 14%CCID SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $300 → 19%DOMINIEAN SISTERS MARY IMMACULATE PROVINCE: $1k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $200 → 14%WEAVER ACADEMY: $500 → 16%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $100 → 9%PEACEABLE PRIMATE SANCTUARY: $200 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25 → 8%PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF AMINALS (PETA): $200 → 19%Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church: $1k → 17%SOUTHER UNIVERISTY: $2k → 19%NYC China Town: $500 → 11%CANCER OF CARE POINT: $100 → 8%ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY (PAWS): $200 → 12%Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province: $500 → 16%WEAVER ACADEMY: $350 → 16%SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%CHINESE CATHOLIC CHURCH ASSOCIATION: $700 → 8%WEAVER ACADEMY: $300 → 16%Church of the Ascention: $500 → 8%A & T University: $2k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $500 → 8%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%Ascession Church: $500 → 8%A & T University: $500 → 16%HUMAN SOCIETY: $450 → 8%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO: $500 → 16%Chinese Catholic Church Assc: $200 → 8%Humance Society: $100 → 8%ABILITY UNITED: $200 → 8%Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation: $365 → 8%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

IN
CA
UT
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
MS
TX
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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6k · 4 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
39

Total granted

$6k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+61%

Still filing today

25%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsReligionEducationHousing & ShelterHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AT
    A & T University
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k
  • WA
    WEAVER ACADEMY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • PH
    Parkway Hills United Methodist Church
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • PH
    PARKWAY HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - JULIET'S HOMELESS
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

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.

1
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

Our mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet…

Unclassified
5
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
6
American Alliance for Protection of Animals Aapa Inc

American Alliance for Protection of Animals is a not for profit charity organization based in New York City, that protects animals and promotes animal welfare. We educate and spread awareness about animal cruelty and neglect and puppy…

Animals
7
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
8
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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9
San Diego Humane Society and Spca

Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people.

Animals
10
Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc

Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc rescues dogs and cats from southern state kill shelters and off the streets to save them being euthanized. We also help contract by the pet population by spaying and neutering and educating the public on…

Animals
11
Caravita Foundation (Formerly Angels for Angels Foundation)

We create access to essential veterniary care including low cost spay and neuter, vaccines, and microchips, to encourage responsible pet ownership and transform communities from crisis to thriving.

Animals
12
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Best Friends Animal Society; the most unlike its peers is Wma 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientParkway Hills United Methodist Church: $2,500 · OtherParkway Hills United Methodist ChurchA & T University: $2,500 · OtherA & T UniversityPARKWAY HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - JULIET'S HOMELESS: $2,500 · OtherPARKWAY HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - JULIET'S HOMELESSParkway Hill United Methodist Church: $2,500 · OtherParkway Hill United Methodist ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJuliet's Homeless Program: $2,000 · OtherJuliet's Homeless ProgramParkway HIlls Methodist Church: $2,000 · OtherParkway HIlls Methodist ChurchWEAVER ACADEMY: $1,150 · Other+25 more: $13,175 · Other+25 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $200 · AnimalsPeaceable Primate Sanctuary: $200 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $100 · AnimalsSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $1,000 · EducationWMA Foundation: $500 · Housing & ShelterBUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $365 · ReligionCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $100 · Health
Other$33,325Animals$2,200Education$1,000Housing & Shelter$500Religion$365Health$100

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 budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWMA Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $365 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceable Primate Sanctuary: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds WMA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Peaceable Primate Sanctuary ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Chee and Carole Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chee and Carole 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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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