Skip to content
Li Jen Wang Charity Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Li Jen Wang Charity Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$145kPhilanthropy$61kReligion$36kHuman Services$28kHealth$18kFood & Nutrition$500Animals$100Public Benefit$23Other$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Renewal Foundation Inc$16,896
SOAR Foundation$15,738
Judson University$13,000
Judson University$10,000
Renewal Foundation Inc$9,229
Tempe Church$8,000
Children's Corner$7,500
Renewal Foundation$7,183
United Moms Charity Association Inc$4,532
Kingdom Causes Inc dba City Net$3,500
Victor Helping Others Soar Foundati$3,000
Children's Corner$1,000
JW House$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Wounded Warrior Project: $25 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
GA
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 6 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$241k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

67%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’22’23’24
HealthEducationReligionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • JU
    JUDSON UNIVERSITY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $101k · revenue +12%
  • TS
    THE SOAR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +147%
  • JH
    JW HOUSE
    3× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • HO
    Helping Others Soar Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +48%
  • IC
    InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +9%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

—
5
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Emanate Health Hospice

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Human Services
8
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joint Commission evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs across the United States to ensure compliance with rigorous standards of quality and safety, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Health
9
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
10
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

—
11
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
12
Emanate Health

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Soar Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUDSON UNIVERSITY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION: $101,010 · EducationJUDSON UNIVERSITY A BAPTIST INSTITUTIONTHE SOAR FOUNDATION: $44,422 · EducationTHE SOAR FOUNDATIONRenewal Foundation Inc: $61,485 · OtherRenewal Foundation IncTempe Church of Christ: $16,000 · OtherTempe Church of ChristChildren's Corner: $8,500 · OtherChildren's CornerTempe Church: $8,000 · OtherTempe ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,640 · Other+6 more: $4,553 · OtherHelping Others Soar Foundation: $15,387 · HealthJW HOUSE: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $700 · HealthUNITED MOMS CHARITY ASSOCIATION INC: $15,608 · PhilanthropyInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $8,698 · ReligionKINGDOM CAUSES INC CITY NET BEDROCK CREEK: $3,500 · ReligionPALO ALTO HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 · AnimalsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25 · Human Services
Education$145,432Other$108,178Health$18,087Philanthropy$15,608Religion$12,198Animals$100Human Services$25

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUDSON UNIVERSITY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION: $101,010 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOAR FOUNDATION: $44,422 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED MOMS CHARITY ASSOCIATION INC: $15,608 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHelping Others Soar Foundation: $15,387 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKINGDOM CAUSES INC CITY NET BEDROCK CREEK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJW HOUSE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALO ALTO HUMANE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $23 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $20 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…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Li Jen Wang Charity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Li Jen Wang Charity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Li Jen Wang Charity Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Li Jen Wang Charity 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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Li Jen Wang Charity’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home