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Jp Peng & Ashley Chao Foundation at a glance

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Jp Peng & Ashley Chao 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.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$88kPhilanthropy$81kHealth$35kFood & Nutrition$32kArts & Culture$22kAnimals$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$310k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK$5,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$5,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$5,000
SFMOMA$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
FINE ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO$2,500
FRIENDS OF SARATOGA LIBRARY$500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHS FOUNDATION: $17k → 8%FINE ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%USC RADIO GROUP: $2k → 14%SHS FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 8%FINE ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%SHS FOUNDATION: $11k → 6%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $8k → 19%SHS FOUNDATION: $14k → 8%UCSF FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%UCSF FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH: $10k → 10%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%SHS FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%UCSF FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%SFMOMA: $5k → 10%SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $8k → 10%SARATOGA MSET INC: $5k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $5k → 10%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTER: $2k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $3k → 10%SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $3k → 10%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTER: $2k → 8%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTER: $2k → 8%SHS FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $2k → 8%SHS MSET: $2k → 8%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTER: $2k → 8%SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTER: $1k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $5k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $5k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%TZU CHI BUDDIST: $5k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%TZU CHI BUDDIST: $3k → 8%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%TZU CHI BUDDIST: $2k → 8%BUDDHIST TZU CHI: $2k → 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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 15 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$244k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+120%

Still filing today

53%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • TS
    THE SHS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $31k · revenue ×13
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +42%
  • SM
    SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • SH
    SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +43%
  • SM
    SARATOGA MSET INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +120%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Stanbridge University Foundation
Education
2
Sfs Foundation
Human Services
3
Sff Foundation
Philanthropy
4
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
6
Sfcu Foundation
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7
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
8
Sargeants Army
Human Services
9
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
10
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
11
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
12
Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of California San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Shs Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherSHS FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $18,500 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKSARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL: $15,500 · OtherSARATOGA HIGH SCHOOLST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH: $10,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCHIndividual grant recipient: $9,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFINE ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $12,010 · Other+8 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $29,500 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FO…SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22,050 · EducationSARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONSARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONSARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $9,949 · EducationSARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERSSARATOGA MSET INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationTHE SHS FOUNDATION: $31,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SHS FOUN…+1 more: $300 · PhilanthropySECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $13,500 · Food & NutritionHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,500 · AnimalsSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$120,510Education$104,499Philanthropy$31,300Food & Nutrition$13,500Animals$7,500Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetTHE SHS FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $29,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $22,050 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $9,949 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARATOGA MSET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SARATOGA LIBRARIES: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $300 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 THE SHS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA MSET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SARATOGA LIBRARIES ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗

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.

Bright Funds Foundati…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Bright Funds FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bright Funds Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Jp Peng & Ashley Chao Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jp Peng & Ashley Chao Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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 26 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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