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Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco

The KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO uplifts and connects the korean-american community through philanthropy.

$448k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
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.

Human Services$1.2MHealth$1.1MHousing & Shelter$189kCrime & Legal$188kArts & Culture$60kCommunity Improvement$30kYouth Development$20k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $420,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $447,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASIAN AMER COMM INVOLVEMENT$100,000
KOR AMERICAN COMM FOUNDATIO$100,000
KOR COMM CTR OF EAST BAY$30,000
ASIAN WOMENS SHELTER$30,000
KOREAN CENTER INC$30,000
KOREAN AMERICAN COMM SVCS$30,000
ASIAN PAC ISLANDER LEGAL$30,000
KOREATOWN YOUTH & COM KYCCLA$20,000
FULCRUM ARTS$15,000
TAKEROOT$15,000
KOR AMER SNR CITIZENS LG$10,000
EAST BAY KOREAN AM SNR SVCS$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $209k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Korean American Family Svcs: $21k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH & COM KYCCLA: $20k → 14%Korean American Family Svcs: $13k → 14%KOREAN CENTER INC: $30k → 10%Korean Center Inc: $30k → 10%Korean Center Inc: $20k → 10%Kor Amer Snr Citizens Lg: $17k → 8%Kor Amer Snr Citizens Lg: $10k → 8%Kor Amer Snr Citizens Lg: $10k → 8%Korean American Senior Citize: $10k → 8%Simple Steps Comm Connection: $10k → 10%KOR AMER SNR CITIZENS LG: $10k → 8%Kor Amer Snr Citizens Lg: $8k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 14 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$2.5M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+94%

Still filing today

93%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • KOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $630k · revenue +502%
  • TA
    THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $596k · revenue +139%
  • KA
    Korean American Community Services Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +213%

Funded once

  • V
    Various
    one grant, 2019 · $57k
  • RA
    RICHMOND AREA MULTI-SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +96%
  • G
    GYOPOgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +39%
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
San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center

The mission of the korean american community center of san francisco and bay area (kaccsf) is to build community and enhance the quality of life for the korean american residents in the san francisco and bay area. we are a place-based…

Human Services
2
Korean Senior Citizens Association of San Fernando Valley
Recreation & Sports
3
Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco

The korean american community foundation of san francisco uplifts and connects the korean-american community through philanthropy.

Human Services
4
The Asian-American Senior Citizen Association
Human Services
5
Korean Service Center

The Korean Service Center is dedicated to providing supportive resources and programs to Koreans and other immigrant-Americans while striving to promote their rich cultural heritage for all international people.

Human Services
6
Korean American Center

Dedicated to building connections between intergenerational korean-americans and the greater community by promoting opportunities for appreciation of korea's rich cultural heritage. we aim to integrate others of various backgrounds that…

Arts & Culture
7
Korean American Coalition

To promote the civic and civil rights interests of the Korean American community through 3 main pillars of focus: non-partisan civic engagement and community advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and leadership development. To build…

Civil Rights
8
Korean Community Development Services Center

Korean community development services centers (kcdsc) mission is to provide the members of our community with support services that they need to achieve personal growth and pursue community growth. kcdsc also provides services to…

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9
Asian American Center of Santa Clara

The mission of Asian American Community Center of Santa Clara County (AASC) is to provide health, human, and economic development services to low income families and individuals to enable them to become actively participating citizens in…

Human Services
10
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
11
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
12
Korean American Association of Greater

We advocate for the rights of Korean-american and promote the well-being and prosperity of the Korean-American community. We conduct activities to promote unity and fellowship, community participation, provide educational and social…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Korean American Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Simple Steps Community Connection. 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

19 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. 19 of the 21 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $630,403 · OtherKOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAYKorean American Community Services Inc: $310,000 · OtherKorean American Community Services IncMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $241,000 · OtherMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWSEAST BAY KOREAN AMERICAN SENIOR SERVICES CENTER: $80,500 · OtherEAST BAY KOREAN AMERICAN SENIOR SERVICES CENTERVarious: $56,507 · Other+4 more: $115,000 · Other+4 moreTHE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $596,445 · HealthTHE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNIT…ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $95,000 · HealthASIAN HEALTH SERVICESNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $50,000 · HealthNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTYRICHMOND AREA MULTI-SERVICES INC: $30,000 · HealthKOREAN CENTER INCORPORATED: $80,000 · Human ServicesKorean American Senior Citizens League of Santa Clara: $64,900 · Human ServicesKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $33,808 · Human ServicesKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesSIMPLE STEPS COMMUNITY CONNECTION: $10,000 · Human ServicesNIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH: $187,500 · Crime & LegalKOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGYOPO: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,433,410Health$771,445Human Services$208,708Crime & Legal$187,500Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$20,000

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 budgetKOREAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $630,403 over 7y, 15% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $596,445 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetKorean American Community Services Inc: $310,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $241,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH: $187,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY KOREAN AMERICAN SENIOR SERVICES CENTER: $80,500 over 6y, 34% of budgetKOREAN CENTER INCORPORATED: $80,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetKorean American Senior Citizens League of Santa Clara: $64,900 over 6y, 26% of budgetNAMI SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN SENIOR SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $33,808 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRICHMOND AREA MULTI-SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFULCRUM ARTS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGYOPO: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSIMPLE STEPS COMMUNITY CONNECTION: $10,000 over 1y, 16% 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.

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.

Asian Pacific FundSilicon Valley Commun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The San Francisco Fou…Open Stewardship Foun…Women's Foundation of…California Physicians…United Way of the Bay…Gordon E and Betty I …The David and Lucile …The William & Flora H…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Asian Pacific FundCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Asian Pacific Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · Open Stewardship Foundation · Women's Foundation of California · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · United Way of the Bay Area · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco?

    Find your warmest path to Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco 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 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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