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Fei Family Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$64k
Granted FY2017
13
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WINDWOOD FARM HOME FOR CHILDREN INC$8,000
LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC$6,000
HELPING AND LENDING OUTREACH SUPPORT$6,000
WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL$6,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$6,000
CHARLESTON PORT & SEAFARERS SOCIETY$5,000
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC$5,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE CHARLESTON AREA INC$5,000
TRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC$4,000
READING PARTNERS$4,000
CHARLESTON PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD$4,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$3,000
34 WEST THEATER COMPANY$1,500
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%READING PARTNERS: $4k → 10%WINDWOOD FARM HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $8k → 12%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3k → 14%34 WEST THEATER COMPANY: $2k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $6k → 12%TRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC: $4k → 12%LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6k → 12%WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $6k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE CHARLESTON AREA INC: $5k → 12%CHARLESTON PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD: $4k → 12%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.
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
Communities in Schools of South Carolina

Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
2
Charleston Waterkeeper

Charleston waterkeeper's mission it to protect and restore charleston's waterways for our community and future generations. we do that through an effective mix of boots-on-the-water stewardship and data-driven advocacy designed to protect…

Environment
3
Richard Winn Academy

To provide a superior education for prekindergarten through twelfth grade students in a safe, well-disciplined and nurturing environment. this mission has remained constant throughout the 50 plus year history of the school. founders…

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4
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation

(See Schedule O)

Crime & Legal
5
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
6
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
7
Compass of Carolina Inc

Our mission is to provide compassionate direction to individuals and families in need through counseling, education and financial benefits management.

Education
8
Charleston Legal Access

To expand access to legal representation and rights in South Carolina.

Crime & Legal
9
Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Charleston Habitat for Humanitys (CHFH) vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God's love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. By…

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10
Charleston Stage Company Inc

Charleston stage's vision is to be a leading professional theater company, engaging the broad community through high quality productions, with leading artists, and excellent production values. the organization provides the community access…

Arts & Culture
11
Charleston Redevelopment Corporation

To facilitate, develop, and advocate for neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing construction, preservation and economic development in Charleston County.

Community Improvement
12
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Missions International; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

13 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc: $6,000 · OtherSea Island Habitat For Humanity IncLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6,000 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INCCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE CHARLESTON AREA INC: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE CHARLES…TRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · OtherTRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INCREADING PARTNERS: $4,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERSThe Charleston Promise Neighborhood: $4,000 · EducationThe Charleston Prom…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEWindwood Farm Home For Children Inc: $8,000 · HealthWindwood Farm …WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 · InternationalWATER MISS…HELPING AND LENDING OUTREACH SUPPORT: $6,000 · Membership BenefitHELPING AN…CHARLESTON PORT & SEAFARERS SOCIETY: $5,000 · ReligionUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 · Public Benefit34 WEST PRODUCTIONS: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$21,000Education$11,000Health$8,000International$6,000Membership Benefit$6,000Religion$5,000Public Benefit$5,000Arts & Culture$1,500

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 budgetWindwood Farm Home For Children Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING AND LENDING OUTREACH SUPPORT: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLESTON PORT & SEAFARERS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE CHARLESTON AREA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRIDENT LITERACY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Charleston Promise Neighborhood: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 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.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South CarolinaOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · The Joanna Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Fei Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fei Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 13 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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