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Dca Chen Private 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.

$172k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$154kCommunity Improvement$135kReligion$127kArts & Culture$116kEducation$81kHuman Services$46kPhilanthropy$25kAnimals$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$50,000
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY ART MUSEUM AND$50,000
YOU LEAD FOUNDATION$20,000
TAIWANESE HOLINESS CHURCH OF AMERICA$20,000
HERALD CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER$15,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
PASADENA HUMANE$5,000
TAIWANESE AMERICAN FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $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
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$604k · 9 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
22

Total granted

$604k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+22%

Still filing today

56%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • TA
    TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +76%
  • CHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +31%
  • HC
    HERALD CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER
    2× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • CA
    CSC ALHAMBRA MEDICAL CLINIC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • TC
    TAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +47%
  • HM
    HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUES
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
4
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
5
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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6
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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7
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
8
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
11
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $135,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPETHE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY ART MUSEUM AND: $100,000 · OtherTHE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY ART MUSEUM ANDYOU LEAD FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherYOU LEAD FOUNDATIONTAIWANESE HOLINESS CHURCH OF AMERICA: $45,000 · OtherTAIWANESE HOLINESS CHURCH OF AMERICACHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER: $45,000 · OtherCHINATOWN SERVICE CENTERASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · OtherASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA+18 more: $45,300 · Other+18 moreHUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES: $93,000 · HealthHUNTINGTON MEDICAL R…HERALD CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $35,000 · HealthHERALD CHRISTIAN HEA…TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $80,000 · EducationTAIWANESE AME…+2 more: $1,000 · EducationTAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $300 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · InternationalPASADENA HUMANE: $5,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 · AnimalsCHINESE CHRISTIANITY NETWORK TV: $5,000 · Religion
Other$465,300Health$128,000Education$81,000Arts & Culture$15,300International$6,000Animals$5,500Religion$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES: $93,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $80,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetCHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHERALD CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHINESE CHRISTIANITY NETWORK TV: $5,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTaiwanese American Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THEM ALL INC SIMON: $500 over 1y, 28% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Marino Schools Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $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.

Asian Pacific Communi…Sempra FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern CaliforniaCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California · Sempra Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving 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 Dca Chen Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dca Chen Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of 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 · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Dca Chen Private Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dca Chen Private 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 37 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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