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Icare Philanthropic 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.

$91k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$700
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Icare Philanthropic Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationReligionHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$91k56%
FY202327$57k56%
FY202235$122k74%
FY202134$78k71%
FY202027$41k70%
FY201926$55k65%
FY201822$44k86%
FY201710$19kn/a
73% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$123kEducation$95kHuman Services$85kCommunity Improvement$46kRecreation & Sports$19kHealth$18kArts & Culture$11kScience & Tech$9kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Icare Philanthropic Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wish of Angel's Missions$56,50077%
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation$34,65080%
San Gabriel Country Club$14,66810%
East Los Angeles College Foundation$10,64050%
Buddhist Tzu Chi Education Foundation$10,00010%
California Institute of Technology$9,00020%
Morning Light Foundation$6,00021%
Chinese Club of San Marino$5,55040%
Mp Prajna Buddhist Mission Inc$5,40070%
Mhg Charitable Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Go and Love Foundation$4,50021%
Lincoln Traning Center and Rehabilitation Workshop$4,20010%
Namo Amitabha Society$3,9005n/a
Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts$3,00010%
International Buddhist Progress Society$2,7002n/a
International Leadership Foundation$2,30020%
La Open Table Tennis$2,00021%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$2,00010%
Buddas Pure Land Association$1,1002n/a
Agape Bible Missions Church$1,00011%
Los Angeles Table Tennis Assoc$1,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena$1,00010%
Charles J Soong Memorial Foundation$5001n/a
Luke Services International Inc$50010%
Chinatown Service Center$50020%
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation$35010%
Wong Tai-Sen Center$34030%
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California$30010%
Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles$30020%
Care Mission USA$25010%
Arroyo Vista Family Health Foundation$21010%
Rosemead Chamber of Commerce$20010%
The Society for Confucian Studies of America$20013%
Ntuasc Foundation$2001n/a
Ahmc Health Foundation$20011%
Beijing Association USA$17511%
Friends of the Chinese American Museum$11010%
South Pasadena Chinese-American Club$8510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($315k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Icare Philanthropic Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWish of Angel's Missions: $56,500 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetBuddhist Tzu Chi Foundation: $34,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSan Gabriel Country Club: $14,668 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast Los Angeles College Foundation: $10,640 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBuddhist Tzu Chi Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorning Light Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChinese Club of San Marino: $5,550 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMp Prajna Buddhist Mission Inc: $5,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGo and Love Foundation: $4,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLincoln Traning Center and Rehabilitation Workshop: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Showcase House For The Arts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Leadership Foundation: $2,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLa Open Table Tennis: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgape Bible Missions Church: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLos Angeles Table Tennis Assoc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Pasadena: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLuke Services International Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChinatown Service Center: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUsc Arcadia Hospital Foundation: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWong Tai-Sen Center: $340 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts Heart of Central California: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTaiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCare Mission USA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArroyo Vista Family Health Foundation: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRosemead Chamber of Commerce: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Society for Confucian Studies of America: $200 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAhmc Health Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBeijing Association USA: $175 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of the Chinese American Museum: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Pasadena Chinese-American Club: $85 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Grace and Li Yu Family FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · Wish of Angel's Missions · MY Charitable Foundation · Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California · Hong W Moy Foundation · Sean and Christine Yu Private Foundation · Cathay Bank Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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.

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How do I get to Icare Philanthropic Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Icare Philanthropic Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Icare Philanthropic Foundation

How much does Icare Philanthropic Foundation give?
Icare Philanthropic Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $90,845 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Icare Philanthropic Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Education (19%), Human Services (17%).
Who are Icare Philanthropic Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wish of Angel's Missions ($57k), Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation ($35k), San Gabriel Country Club ($15k).
Does Icare Philanthropic Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Icare Philanthropic 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 Icare Philanthropic Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation, Wish of Angel's Missions, MY Charitable Foundation.
Where is Icare Philanthropic Foundation based?
Icare Philanthropic Foundation is based in CA.

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 148 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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