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Ji Fang & Eric Sabol 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.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$26kEducation$20kEnvironment$20kCrime & Legal$13kCivil Rights$11kArts & Culture$11kInternational$6kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$423k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University$7,500
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$5,500
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,500
Direct Relief$3,000
Khan Academy Inc$2,500
Asian Americans Advancing Justice -aajc Inc$1,350
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE INC$1,350
Monta Vista Music Booster Association$500
International Performing Arts of America$500
Individual grant recipient$400
Wikimedia$100
Individual grant recipient$100
Save the Redwoods League$100
National Park Foundation$100
National Parks Conservation Association$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $8k → 7%Monta Vista Music Booster Association: $500 → 8%Direct Relief: $3k → 14%Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $6k → 17%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $4k → 18%Stanford University: $4k → 7%Sam Lawson Middle School PTA: $500 → 8%Direct Relief: $3k → 14%NRDC: $5k → 17%Equal Justice Initiative: $3k → 18%The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $3k → 7%Monta Vista PTSA: $400 → 8%Direct Relief: $2k → 14%Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $4k → 17%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3k → 18%The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University: $2k → 7%Music At Lawson: $400 → 8%Direct Relief: $2k → 14%NATUREAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $4k → 17%Equal Justice Initiative: $2k → 18%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $800 → 7%PTA GARDEN GATE SCHOOL CALIFORNIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS: $300 → 8%Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $4k → 17%Equal Justice Initiative: $2k → 18%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD (STANFORD UNIVERSITY): $750 → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3k → 17%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE INC: $1k → 18%THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD (STANFORD UNIVERSITY): $750 → 7%ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE (AAJC): $4k → 14%AAJC: $3k → 14%Asian Americans Advancing Justice -aajc Inc: $3k → 14%Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC): $3k → 14%Asian Americans Advancing Justice -aajc Inc: $1k → 14%INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%International Performing Arts of America: $3k → 8%INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OF AMERICA: $3k → 8%International Performing Arts of America: $700 → 8%IPAA: $500 → 8%International Performing Arts of America: $500 → 8%International Performing Arts of America: $500 → 8%EVERGREEN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (ECAA): $2k → 8%EDEN CHURCH: $500 → 8%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $6k → 8%Second Harvest: $6k → 8%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $6k → 8%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $5k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $5k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$110k · 19 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
13

Total granted

$110k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
0%

Still filing today

74%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +45%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +26%
  • KA
    KHAN ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • SH
    Second Harvest
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • NO
    No One Left Behind
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -83%
  • EC
    EVERGREEN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
4
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
5
Semiconductor Industry Association

The semiconductor industry association (sia) is the voice of the semiconductor industry, one of america's top export industries and a key driver of america's economic strength, national security, and global competitiveness. (continued on…

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6
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
7
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
8
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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11
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Music At Lawson. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $16,800 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES…KHAN ACADEMY INC: $9,200 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY INC+2 more: $1,350 · EducationEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,850 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIAT…ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $12,350 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICANS ADVAN…SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $26,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SI…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $23,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES D…+2 more: $800 · EnvironmentSecond Harvest: $5,500 · OtherSecond HarvestEVERGREEN CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (ECAA): $2,000 · OtherEVERGREEN CHIN…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD (STANFORD UNIVERSITY): $1,500 · OtherTHE BOARD OF T…PTA CA CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SAM LAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA: $1,200 · OtherPTA CA CONGRES…Monta Vista Music Booster Association: $750 · OtherNo One Left Behind: $3,500 · OtherNo One Left Be…+14 more: $4,150 · Other+14 moreINTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OF AMERICA: $9,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureDIRECT RELIEF: $9,000 · International+1 more: $50 · International
Education$27,350Civil Rights$26,200Food & Nutrition$26,000Environment$24,300Other$18,600Arts & Culture$9,750International$9,050

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $16,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $12,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OF AMERICA: $9,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $9,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTA CA CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SAM LAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA: $1,200 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMusic At Lawson: $900 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCUPERTINO EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONTA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHBAY TEEN CHALLENGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds No One Left Behind ↗
  • Who funds PTA CA CONGRESS OF PARENTS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SAM LAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA ↗
  • Who funds Music At Lawson ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CUPERTINO EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHBAY TEEN CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗

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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE10.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ji Fang & Eric Sabol Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ji Fang & Eric Sabol Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ji Fang & Eric Sabol Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ji Fang & Eric Sabol 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.

    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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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