California · Private foundation
Herbert Kong Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $28k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $560
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $253k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Herbert Kong Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 10 | $28k | 30% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $13k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $20k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $13k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $23k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Church Inc | $69,240 | 7 | n/a |
| Venture Christian Church | $60,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Christa McAuliffe Parent Faculty Group | $13,786 | 3 | 1% |
| The King's Academy | $4,017 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission | $1,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,060 | 2 | 0% |
| Shalom Kingdom Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ishimwe Center | $960 | 2 | 0% |
| Dreams Will Come True Foundation | $800 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Church Inc | $69,240 | 7 | n/a |
| Venture Christian Church | $60,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Christa McAuliffe Parent Faculty Group | $13,786 | 3 | 1% |
| The King's Academy | $4,017 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission | $1,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,060 | 2 | 0% |
| Shalom Kingdom Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ishimwe Center | $960 | 2 | 0% |
| Dreams Will Come True Foundation | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Church in Christ-South Valley | $800 | 3 | n/a |
| Graystone Home & School Club | $550 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Trimension Impact Foundation | $550 | 1 | 11% |
| San Jose Christian Alliance Church of Christian & Missionary Alliance | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation | $295 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $260 | 2 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herbert Kong Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Herbert Kong Family Foundation
- How much does Herbert Kong Family Foundation give?
- Herbert Kong Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $28,051 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Herbert Kong Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (77%), Education (14%), International (7%).
- Who are Herbert Kong Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Home Church Inc ($69k), Venture Christian Church ($60k), Christa McAuliffe Parent Faculty Group ($14k).
- Does Herbert Kong Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert Kong Family 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 Herbert Kong Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Herbert Kong Family Foundation based?
- Herbert Kong Family Foundation is based in CA.
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