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Fang Foundation at a glance

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Fang Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$208k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Human Services$60kHealth$40kEducation$20kFood & Nutrition$20kHousing & Shelter$19kInternational$15kReligion$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $180k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES MAINE$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE WATAUGA COUNTY PUBLIC$10,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RRED CROSS$10,000
FRIEND TO FRIEND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
PENICK VILLAGE$10,000
AIDS FUND$10,000
FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC$10,000
SAMARITAN HOUSE INC$10,000
WELCOMING THE STRANGER$10,000
PATTEN FREE LIBRARY$10,000
FARM CAFE$10,000
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
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 (FY17–19, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RRED CROSS: $10k → 14%PENICK VILLAGE: $10k → 10%GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES MAINE: $20k → 7%GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES MAINE: $10k → 7%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

ME
NY
MA
PA
CA
NC
DC
GA
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 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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
2
Juniper Health Inc

Providing comprehensive primary health care services.

Health
3
Amnesty International of the Usa Inc

Amnesty international of the usa, inc. is the united states section of amnesty international - a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. (continued on schedule o).organization's mission…

International
4
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
5
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
6
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
Uncompahgre Combined Clinics

To provide quality, cost-effective, accessible, and affordable healthcare to the community.

Health
9
Donor Alliance Inc

Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…

Health
10
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Vitalant

Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.

Health
12
Africare

Africare is committed to improving the quality of life of people in africa. since our founding in 1970, africare has delivered more than $1 billion in assistance to tens of millions of men, women, and children across the african continent.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan House 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIEND TO FRIEND: $10,000 · OtherFRIEND TO FRIENDIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODFARM CAFE INC: $10,000 · OtherFARM CAFE INCFRIENDS OF THE WATAUGA COUNTY PUBLIC: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE WATAUGA COUNTY PUBLICWELCOMING THE STRANGER: $10,000 · OtherWELCOMING THE STRANGEREMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherEMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCHTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INCINSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · OtherBATH AREA FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH: $5,000 · OtherGateway Community Services Maine: $30,000 · Human ServicesGateway Community Service…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cro…PENICK VILLAGE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPENICK VILLAGE INCDONORSCHOOSEORG: $10,000 · EducationDONORSCHOO…PATTEN FREE LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationPATTEN FRE…AIDS FUND: $10,000 · HealthAIDS FUNDCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S…Samaritan House Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSamaritan…VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterVALLEY RE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $5,000 · InternationalIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $8,071 · Crime & Legal
Other$95,000Human Services$50,000Education$20,000Health$20,000Housing & Shelter$18,500International$15,000Crime & Legal$8,071

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 budgetGateway Community Services Maine: $30,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetFRIEND TO FRIEND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM CAFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPENICK VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $8,071 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $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.

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.

North Carolina Commun…Duke Energy FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
North Carolina Community FoundationNC13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Fang Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fang Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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.

    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 23 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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