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· Public charity

Kwon's Foundation Inc

Making distributions to qualified exempt organizations, support of community senior citizens and disabled people, and award of scholarships to students.

$159k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$85kYouth Development$75kHuman Services$55kHealth$54kFood & Nutrition$33kCivil Rights$26kPhilanthropy$20kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $51,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $159,485 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $108,485 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$8,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KJ CHOI FOUNDATION INC$11,000
ALLEN STEVENSON SCHOOL$10,000
WOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER$8,000
CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION$8,000
AMERICA WHEAT MISSION$8,000
THE SALVATION ARMY ENGLEWOOD CORPS$6,000
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 (FY17–25, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MILAL MISSION IN NY: $7k → 13%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE: $6k → 13%AMERICA WHEAT ASSOCIATION: $8k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $8k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $8k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $8k → 7%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$262k · 8 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$262k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+38%

Still filing today

88%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • AW
    AMERICA WHEAT MISSION INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $63k · revenue +43%
  • TS
    THE SPENCE SCHOOL
    3× · 2019–2024 · $55k · revenue +28%
  • KC
    KJ CHOI FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $41k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • BC
    BERGEN COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +179%
  • DC
    DISABLED COMBAT VETERANS YOUTH PROGRAM
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • IL
    IDEAL LODGE 470 ELKS
    one grant, 2019 · $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.

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
Korean School of Federal Way

Our mission is to provide an encouraging environment to learn, discover and experience the korean language and its rich culture.

Education
2
K J Choi Foundation
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3
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc

To support and assist members of the korean community to be healthy and productive individuals.

Human Services
4
Korean American Civic Empowerment for Community Inc

Kace's mission is to empower the korean american community by promoting civic participation.

Civil Rights
5
Kellman Brown Academy

To empower each child to succeed through academic excellence, jewish values and personal growth

Education
6
The Korean School of New Jersey Inc

Education of korean language & culture

—
7
Korean-American Association of New Jersey

To enhance korean-american rights and to do charitable & fraternal activities in the state of new jersey.

Arts & Culture
8
West Nottingham Academy

To inspire and educate students to become socially aware leaders and innovators who positively impact their communities around the world

Education
9
Bronx Community Charter School

Bronx community charter school is a small learning community founded on the principles that children learn best when they are active participants in their own learning. our students raise questions about the world around them, engage with…

Education
10
King Center Charter School

The king center charter school partners with parents and the community to emphasize post-secondary preparation and planning for all of its students beginning at the earliest ages. the school seeks to create a caring, student-centered…

Education
11
Classical Charter Schools

Classical charter schools prepares k-8th grade students in the south bronx to excel in college-preparatory high schools. through a classical curriculum and highly structured setting, students become liberated scholars and citizens of…

Education
12
The Storm King School

The storm king school, a global community, prepares students by inspiring them toward academic success and confidence in an inclusive and diverse learning environment that embraces character, balance, and trust.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Allen-Stevenson School; the most unlike its peers is The Charitable Foundation for Ft Lee 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICA WHEAT MISSION INC: $63,313 · OtherAMERICA WHEAT MISSION INCWOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER: $25,500 · OtherWOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTERWEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherWEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOLTHE SALVATION ARMY: $18,016 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBERGEN COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED: $12,000 · OtherBERGEN COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATEDDISABLED COMBAT VETERANS YOUTH PROGRAM: $12,000 · OtherDISABLED COMBAT VETERANS YOUTH PROGRAMIDEAL LODGE 470 ELKS: $10,000 · OtherTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE OF TENAFLY AND ENGLEWOOD: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST SENIOR CENTER: $8,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST SENIOR CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $7,031 · OtherTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $55,000 · EducationTHE SPENCE SCHOOLThe Browning School: $10,000 · EducationThe Browning SchoolCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $24,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR FO…MIL AL MISSION IN NY INC: $15,606 · Human ServicesMIL AL MISSIO…The Korean American Family Service Center Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesThe Korean Am…KJ CHOI FOUNDATION: $41,000 · InternationalKJ CHOI FOUN…BERGEN COUNTY PBA LOCAL 134 CIVIC ASSOC INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitUN HERITAGE FOR KOREAN WAR: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR FT LEE INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$195,860Education$65,000Human Services$45,606International$41,000Public Benefit$20,000Community Improvement$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICA WHEAT MISSION INC: $63,313 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKJ CHOI FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetWOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER: $25,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIL AL MISSION IN NY INC: $15,606 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBERGEN COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetThe Browning School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERGEN COUNTY PBA LOCAL 134 CIVIC ASSOC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR FT LEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $10,000 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kwon's Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kwon's Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Women's Rights Information Center: 16% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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