· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k30 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WISH OF ANGELS MISSIONS | $35,000 |
| St MARKS LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $21,300 |
| AUTISM HOSPITALITY FDN | $5,000 |
| CHINESE AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIO | $4,980 |
| Tzu Chi Foundation | $3,000 |
| CA YUAN YUNG BUDDHISM CENTER | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| GFCBWSCC | $2,025 |
| HK Schools Alumni Federation Founda | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,200 |
| MP PRAJNA BUDDHIST MISSION | $1,000 |
| MORNING LIGHT FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| S CA Taiwanese American Emergency A | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $800 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ELEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION5× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +23%
- CICALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY2× · 2017–2019 · $9k · revenue +14%
- CCCHINESE CLUB OF SAN MARINO4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +129%
Funded once
- MCMINI CAREone grant, 2022 · $80k
- SGSAN GABRIEL COUNTRY CLUBgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +45%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Providing professional training of Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, Chinese herbology, acupressure, Qigong and so on, granting the students Masters degree. Its a three to four years teaching program.
The mission of the organization is to promote and encourage the development of the chinese-american business community througout the greater los angeles area, to serve as an advocate of the chinese business community, to provide a forum…
The san fernando valley chinese cultural association (sfvcca) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the splendors of chinese civilization. sfvcca is deeply committed to promoting nutual…
To promote, propagate and perpetuate chinese language and culture to assist and guide member chinese schools for their betterment to encourage cooperation and to facilitate the interchange of ideas and experiences among member chinese…
Provide Chinese Culture and Help to Advance social, economic well-being of Chinese American at Monterey Bay, California.
To preserve and promote chinese cultures. there are more than 1000 people who visit the center annually in addition to being open to school field trips. no admission charged.
Torrance Chinese School is a non-profit, non-religious and non-political educational institution which provides a friendly environment for students who are interested in learning the Chinese language. The school offers classes not only for…
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 148 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds WISH OF ANGEL'S MISSIONS ↗
- Who funds BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN GABRIEL COUNTRY CLUB ↗
- Who funds EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BUDDHIST TZU CHI EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds MORNING LIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHINESE CLUB OF SAN MARINO ↗
- Who funds MP PRAJNA BUDDHIST MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds MHG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GO AND LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN TRANING CENTER AND REHABILITATION WORKSHOP ↗
- Who funds Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Icare Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Icare Philanthropic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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