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Chu and Chan Foundation at a glance

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Chu and Chan Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$234k
Granted FY2026still arriving
7
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$493kEducation$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kAnimals$25kPhilanthropy$25kFood & Nutrition$15kCrime & Legal$10kInternational$10k
02FY2026 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $129k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $105k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WFYI PUBLIC MEDIA$55,000
IU (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) FOUNDATION$50,000
HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS$29,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$25,000
CITY HARVEST INC$25,000
MID-NORTH FOOD PANTRY$25,000
THE MARFAN FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–26, $225k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $31k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $30k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $30k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $29k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $29k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $29k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $25k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $23k → 16%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
IN
NJ
CA
KY
DC
AL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$642k · 5 repeat orgs$265k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$642k
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
0%

Still filing today

80%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Public Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionEducationInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • HO
    HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $225k · revenue +42%
  • Indiana University Foundation
    6× · 2020–2026 · $110k · revenue +162%
  • EC
    ESOPHAGEAL CANCER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $12k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2025 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $25k · revenue ×15
  • PH
    PASADENA HUMANE
    one grant, 2025 · $25k · revenue +25%
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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
International Food Information Council

To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.

Arts & Culture
6
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
7
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
8
International Food Policy Research Institute

International food policy research institute's (ifpri) vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition. ifpri's mission is to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.

Food & Nutrition
9
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.

Food & Nutrition
10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL MARFAN FOUNDATION: $265,000 · OtherNATIONAL MARFAN FOUNDATIONTHE MARFAN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE MARFAN FOUNDATION INCCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONPASADENA HUMANE: $25,000 · OtherPASADENA HUMANE+4 more: $30,000 · Other+4 moreHOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC: $224,890 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOI…Indiana University Foundation: $110,000 · EducationIndiana Univer…ESOPHAGEAL CANCER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationESOPHAGEAL CAN…CITY HARVEST INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARV…GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $25,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER C…MID-NORTH FOOD PANTRY INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMID-NORTH…Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $55,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · International
Other$370,000Human Services$224,890Education$122,000Food & Nutrition$80,000Arts & Culture$55,000Public Safety & Disaster$45,000International$35,000

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 budgetHOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC: $224,890 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESOPHAGEAL CANCER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Chu and Chan Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chu and Chan 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 20 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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