California · Private foundation
David Sen Lin Lee Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $85k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $361k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations David Sen Lin Lee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $85k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $72k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $96k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $81k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $43k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $93k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Be a Shero Foundation | $75,874 | 2 | 16% |
| Hawaii Symphony Orchestra | $53,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Palpung Lungtok Choeling | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Hamilton Schools Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Soho Playhouse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| China Institute in America Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stuf United Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Three Square | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We Care Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Be a Shero Foundation | $75,874 | 2 | 16% |
| Hawaii Symphony Orchestra | $53,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Palpung Lungtok Choeling | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Hamilton Schools Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Soho Playhouse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| China Institute in America Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stuf United Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Three Square | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We Care Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Humane Society | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Lan Vo Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwest Exotic Avian Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| En-Yong Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Self-Help for the Elderly | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David Sen Lin Lee 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About David Sen Lin Lee Foundation
- How much does David Sen Lin Lee Foundation give?
- David Sen Lin Lee Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does David Sen Lin Lee Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Philanthropy (20%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are David Sen Lin Lee Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Be a Shero Foundation ($76k), Hawaii Symphony Orchestra ($54k), Palpung Lungtok Choeling ($40k).
- Does David Sen Lin Lee Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David Sen Lin Lee Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as David Sen Lin Lee Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is David Sen Lin Lee Foundation based?
- David Sen Lin Lee Foundation is based in CA.
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