California · Private foundation
Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $53k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $600 | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $11k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amazon Conservation Association | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lange Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fii - National | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amazon Conservation Association | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lange Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fii - National | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bettertogether Forever | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
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About Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation
- How much does Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation give?
- Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $52,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (36%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($15k), Palestine Children's Relief Fund ($12k), Direct Relief ($10k).
- Does Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee 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 Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation based?
- Kim Seong Choo & Myung Hee Foundation is based in CA.
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