California · Private foundation
Gu Foundation
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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Gu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $47k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $38k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy Art Group for Children | $96,000 | 3 | 47% |
| The Athenian School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Photonics Society of Chinese Heritage | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chan Lu Lan Ruo Buddist Temple | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorris-Eaton Parents Association | $2,120 | 1 | 89% |
| Alameda County Fair Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Francisco Chinatown Lions Club Foundation | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gu Foundation
- How much does Gu Foundation give?
- Gu Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $46,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Gu Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Education (24%), Science & Tech (10%).
- Who are Gu Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Galaxy Art Group for Children ($96k), The Athenian School ($20k), Photonics Society of Chinese Heritage ($15k).
- Does Gu Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gu Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gu Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gu Foundation based?
- Gu Foundation is based in CA.
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