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Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang Foundation at a glance

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Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang 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.

$184k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$906kArts & Culture$475kHealth$141kPhilanthropy$84kYouth Development$79kHuman Services$52kReligion$48kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND$100,000
THE ALLIANCE CULTURAL FDTN INTL$16,000
TAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER$15,000
EL POZO DE VIDA$12,000
LBPOA WIDOWS ORPHAN TRUST FUND$10,000
MEMORIAL CARE LB MEDICAL CENTER FDT$6,000
TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUND$5,000
TAIWANESE CHAMBERS OF COMM OF N AME$5,000
NEW LIFE MINISTRIES$5,000
CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNT$3,000
CITY TO CITY SOCAL$2,500
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND$2,000
DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION$1,625
CHINESE CLUB OF SAN MARINO$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 10%ELEPHANT CLUB: $1k → 11%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.
$1.8M · 20 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
24

Total granted

$1.8M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+19%

Still filing today

60%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TA
    TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $750k · revenue +183% · 42% of their budget
  • TC
    TAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
    5× · 2017–2025 · $435k · revenue +447%
  • PL
    PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $44k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • IY
    IMPACT YOUTH OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
  • FI
    FASHION IS FOR EVERY BODY
    one 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.

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
Taiwanese United Fund
Arts & Culture
2
Us - China Policy Foundation
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3
Uc Chinese Alumni Foundation
—
4
Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California

Our mission is to cultivate philanthropists to invest in organizations that empower under-served asian and pacific islanders (api) to prosper by 1) building healthier communities, 2) developing api leaders, 3) creating a stronger api…

Unclassified
5
Save Cantonese

Save Cantonese is an international movement that sustains and celebrates Cantonese language and culture. We have three Strategic Aims: a) protect and strengthen educational and research infrastructure for the Cantonese language, b) affirm…

Arts & Culture
6
The Asian American Foundation

The asian american foundation (taaf) serves the aapi community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander and violence, in furtherance of its charitable mission taaf conducts.

Civil Rights
7
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
8
Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation Usa Foundation

Capri usa is a nongovernmental, nonpartisan, international organization founded in 2024 to enhance global resilience and promote innovative policy by drawing on the experience of the asia-pacific region through interdisciplinary public…

Human Services
9
The Kimmy Duong Foundation
Philanthropy
10
The Asia Society

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.

International
11
California University - Silicon Valley

Providing professional training of Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, Chinese herbology, acupressure, Qigong and so on, granting the students Masters degree. Its a three to four years teaching program.

Education
12
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is X Undergrnd Inc. 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

28 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. 28 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $750,000 · EducationTAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMYPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC: $43,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMEMORIAL CARE LB MEDICAL CENTER FDT: $103,700 · OtherMEMORIAL CARE LB MEDICAL CENT…THE ALLIANCE CULTURAL FDTN INTL: $73,100 · OtherTHE ALLIANCE CULTURAL FDTN IN…LBPOA WIDOWS ORPHAN TRUST FUND: $70,000 · OtherLBPOA WIDOWS ORPHAN TRUST FUN…LUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE COUNTY CREAN LUTHERAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $51,500 · OtherLUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE …IMPACT YOUTH OUTREACH INC: $45,000 · OtherIMPACT YOUTH OUTREACH INCWIDOWS ORPHANS TRUST FUND CO LBPOA: $40,000 · OtherWIDOWS ORPHANS TRUST FUND CO …FASHION IS FOR EVERY BODY: $20,000 · Other+22 more: $140,185 · Other+22 moreTAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $435,000 · Arts & CultureTAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATIO…+2 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION: $26,625 · PhilanthropyEl Pozo de Vida: $19,700 · PhilanthropyCITY TO CITY SOCAL: $15,500 · PhilanthropySTUF UNITED FUND INC: $13,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $33,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthNEW LIFE MINISTRIES: $25,000 · ReligionOne Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders: $5,000 · ReligionHISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER: $2,500 · ReligionAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $25,000 · Animals
Education$894,500Other$543,485Arts & Culture$440,500Philanthropy$111,825Health$34,000Religion$32,500Animals$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $750,000 over 8y, 42% of budgetTAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $435,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC: $43,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION: $26,625 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNEW LIFE MINISTRIES: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEl Pozo de Vida: $19,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCITY TO CITY SOCAL: $15,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTAIWANESE-AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetSTUF UNITED FUND INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetX UNDERGRND INC: $12,635 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELEPHANT COOPERATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC COAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THE PACIFIC-ASIAN FAMILY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE CLUB OF SAN MARINO: $500 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 TAIWANESE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds TAIWAN CENTER FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DRAGON KIM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds El Pozo de Vida ↗
  • Who funds CITY TO CITY SOCAL ↗
  • Who funds TAIWANESE-AMERICAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STUF UNITED FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds X UNDERGRND INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds Moving Families Forward ↗
  • Who funds One Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders ↗
  • Who funds TAIWANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Kmcf FoundationSean and Christine Yu…California Community …Sempra FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…
Orange County Community FoundationCA22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Kmcf Foundation · Sean and Christine Yu Private Foundation · California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–25%
    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 Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kenjohn and Jacqueline Wang 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 48 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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