Nevada · Private foundation
James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $231k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $228k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $57k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $492k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $475k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $473k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $501k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,671,168 | 5 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | $127,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sierra Association of Foster Families | $80,000 | 4 | 71% |
| Hawaii Foodbank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School Year Abroad Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hale Kipa Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinatown Health Clinic Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $6,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Pomona College | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,671,168 | 5 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc | $127,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sierra Association of Foster Families | $80,000 | 4 | 71% |
| Hawaii Foodbank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School Year Abroad Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hale Kipa Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinatown Health Clinic Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $6,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Pomona College | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nevada Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation with peer funders
About James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation
- How much does James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation give?
- James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $231,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Religion (10%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Boston University ($1.7M), Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ($127k), Sierra Association of Foster Families ($80k).
- Does James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Cecilia Tse Ying 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 James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation based?
- James and Cecilia Tse Ying Foundation is based in NV.
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