· Private foundation
Dk Kim Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $457k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DK KIM KOREA FOUNDATION | $160,000 |
| LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | $136,288 |
| FUNDACION CENTRO DE EXCELENCIA EN SISTEMAS DE INNOVACION | $110,227 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY - CHICAGO | $50,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY | $10,000 |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| PALOS VERDES PENISULA ROTARY | $9,500 |
| FIRST TEE LOSS ANGELES | $1,364 |
| WESTCHESTER ROTARY CLUB | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 63% of grant dollars ($6.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 37% that went abroad ($3.6M) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 62% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 37% of all-years giving ($3.6M)
4 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 14% of Dk Kim Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DKDK KIM KOREA FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M
- LMLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +68%
- UBUC BERKELEY2× · 2018–2020 · $1.0M
Funded once
- UBUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $400k
- DKDK KIM CAMBODIA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $70k · 63% of their budget
- TWTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +70%
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.
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.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…
Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
Inspire brave learners to shape the future.
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…
Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.
The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
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- Who funds DK KIM CAMBODIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO ↗
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- Who funds TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LA HABRA MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds American Association of School Administrators Inc ↗
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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: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dk Kim Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dk Kim Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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