Delaware · Private foundation
Lei and Chen Family 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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $262k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Lei and Chen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 6 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $25k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $19k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $20k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $10k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Chinese Alliance Church | $82,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Eclat Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Open Workshops | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Hope | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fox Run Village Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainforest Alliance Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Chinese Alliance Church | $82,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Eclat Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Open Workshops | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakland Hope | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fox Run Village Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainforest Alliance Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One New Humanity | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cerebral Palsy Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan United Cerebral Palsy | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lei and Chen Family 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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lei and Chen Family Foundation
- How much does Lei and Chen Family Foundation give?
- Lei and Chen Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $22,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lei and Chen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Lei and Chen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Detroit Chinese Alliance Church ($83k), Eclat Foundation ($20k), Open Workshops ($11k).
- Does Lei and Chen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lei and Chen Family 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 Lei and Chen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lei and Chen Family Foundation based?
- Lei and Chen Family Foundation is based in DE.
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