New York · Private foundation
Katherine and George Fan 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.
- $72k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of Katherine and George Fan Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Katherine and George Fan Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $72k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $469k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Katherine and George Fan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $72k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $177k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $276k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $82k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $221k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $157k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feldenkrais Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 47% |
| The Forgotten International | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Shanghai Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| New York Women's Chamber of Commerce Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teatown Lake Reservation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $3,400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feldenkrais Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 47% |
| The Forgotten International | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Shanghai Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| New York Women's Chamber of Commerce Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teatown Lake Reservation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $3,400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Ossining Children's Center Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($842k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Katherine and George Fan 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 Katherine and George Fan Foundation with peer funders
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About Katherine and George Fan Foundation
- How much does Katherine and George Fan Foundation give?
- Katherine and George Fan Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Katherine and George Fan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Education (30%), Health (7%).
- Who are Katherine and George Fan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco ($150k), Feldenkrais Foundation Inc ($70k), The Forgotten International ($20k).
- Does Katherine and George Fan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Katherine and George Fan 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 Katherine and George Fan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Katherine and George Fan Foundation based?
- Katherine and George Fan Foundation is based in NY.
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