· Private foundation
Jin Duck & Kyung Sik Kim 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Bay Area Korean Cente | $23,002 |
| Lowell High School | $20,000 |
| Korean Sports Association in SF | $7,000 |
| Korean Schools of Northern Californ | $5,000 |
| East Bay Korean-American Senior Cen | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 84% of grant dollars ($1000k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 16% that went abroad ($185k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $859k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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
Beyond the US: 16% of all-years giving ($185k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSAN FRANCISCO & BAY AREA KOREA CENTER3× · 2022–2024 · $856k · revenue -27% · 56% of their budget
- LHLowell High School2× · 2024–2025 · $40k
- SVSILICON VALLEY KOREAN CHOIR2× · 2023–2024 · $5k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $165k
- TNThe National Assn for Korean Schoolone grant, 2023 · $27k
- KPKorean Producer and Director's Assnone grant, 2024 · $20k
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.
Teaching korean language and korean culture
The primary exempt purpose is to support and promote the Korean-American community in Silicon Valley through educational, cultural, and charitable activities.
We advocate for the rights of Korean-american and promote the well-being and prosperity of the Korean-American community. We conduct activities to promote unity and fellowship, community participation, provide educational and social…
Comparative studies and research concerning the political, economic, social, and cultural barriers and ties among the usa,south korea and north korea.
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How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 29 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.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jin Duck & Kyung Sik Kim Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jin Duck & Kyung Sik Kim Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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