· 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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k6 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASIAN ART MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| THE METROPOLITAN OPERA | $20,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHANGHAI MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL | $8,000 |
| CARNEGIE HALL | $3,000 |
| MARYKNOLL SISTERS OF SAINT DOMINIC | $2,500 |
| THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $1,500 |
| BRATTLEBORO HOCKEY ED FUND | $1,000 |
| JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER | $1,000 |
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: 57% of grant dollars ($706k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 43% that went abroad ($541k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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: 43% of all-years giving ($541k)
4 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 16% of Katherine and George Fan Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNEW YORK WOMEN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC2× · 2018–2020 · $7k · revenue +35%
- JAJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +20%
- MOMuseum of Modern Art3× · 2018–2023 · $3k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- BPBEIJING PALACE MUSEUMone grant, 2021 · $272k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +13%
- TFTHE FIELD CENTER FOR CHILDRENS DEVELOPMENTone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 30 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.
- Who funds ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FELDENKRAIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Forgotten International ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK WOMEN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
- Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds OSSINING VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds OSSINING CHILDREN'S CENTER 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.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Katherine and George Fan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Katherine and George Fan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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