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Fong Family Foundation at a glance

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Fong Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$654k
Granted FY2022
27
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$497k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

76% of Fong Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 22 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What it funds
01FY2022 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k21 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $78k
  • $250k+1 grant · $497k
$3,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$496,853
FIFTH HOME OF CHRIST CHURCH$35,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$11,500
CARE$11,500
DREAMS IN DEED INTERNATIONAL$10,000
MERCY SHIPS$10,000
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY$9,000
OMF INTERNATIONAL$8,400
PRISON FELLOWSHIP$8,000
CITYTEAM SAN JOSE$8,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR INC$7,000
OPERATION DAWN$5,000
REACH MINISTRIES INT'L$5,000
MAP INTERNATIONAL$3,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$3,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $9k → 22%FIFTH HOME OF CHRIST CHURCH: $35k → 8%DEL SOL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION: $2k → 10%JOY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1k → 14%MERCY SHIPS: $10k → 12%CROSS INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 13%MERCY CORPS: $2k → 12%SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC: $12k → 9%CARE: $12k → 13%MAP INTERNATIONAL: $4k → 14%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $3k → 22%OMF INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 8%VISION TRUST INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 9%DREAMS IN DEED INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 10%FEEDING AMERICA: $2k → 14%OPERATION DAWN: $5k → 8%FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $7k → 13%CITYTEAM SAN JOSE: $8k → 8%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
WI
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
NC
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 39% of Fong Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 10% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 3%.

Fong Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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
Compassion International Incorporated

Compassion exists to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Compassion serves all children, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

International
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
4
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
5
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
6
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
7
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
8
World Reach Inc

World reach is a global, evangelical missions organization serving fields in east africa, central and south america, europe and the u.s. our purpose is to fulfill the the great commission of jesus christ by reaching the world with the…

Religion
9
Visionsynergy

Our mission is to accelerate the great commission by equipping leaders, developing networks, and catalyzing collaboration toward spiritual breakthroughs among the least reached peoples and places of the world.

International
10
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
11
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
12
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cross International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

19 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. 19 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $496,853 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyFIFTH HOME OF CHRIST CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherFIFTH HOME…OMF INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,400 · OtherOMF INTERN…PRISON FELLOWSHIP: $8,000 · OtherPRISON FEL…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $3,000 · OtherTRANS WORLD RADIO: $3,000 · Other+3 more: $5,200 · Other+3 moreSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,500 · InternationalSave The …COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $11,500 · InternationalCOOPERATI…Mercy Ships International: $10,000 · InternationalMercy Shi…DREAMS INDEED INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalDREAMS IN…FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $7,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR …MAP International Inc: $3,500 · InternationalMAP Inter…Mercy Corps: $2,000 · InternationalAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $9,000 · ReligionCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $8,000 · ReligionREACH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · ReligionCHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION INC: $3,000 · ReligionJOY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $1,200 · ReligionCross International Inc: $1,000 · ReligionOPERATION DAWN: $5,000 · HealthFeeding America: $2,400 · Food & NutritionDEL SOL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$498,853Other$62,600International$55,500Religion$28,400Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$2,400Arts & 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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $496,853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMS INDEED INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION DAWN: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetREACH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMAP International Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISIONTRUST INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEL SOL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJOY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,200 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 Fong Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fong Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 27 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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