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Lienonefung Foundation at a glance

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Lienonefung 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.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$332kEducation$46kFood & Nutrition$11kScience & Tech$5kArts & Culture$4kEnvironment$4kHuman Services$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $51k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$560k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC DAVIS$40,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$11,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,600
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$5,500
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$2,100
MANDARIN LANGUAGE & CULTURAL CENTER$2,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$1,100
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
KQED$1,000
DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION$900
PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST$700
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$500
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$500
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$450
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CIUDAD DE ANGELES: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 15 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$185k
$208k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-9%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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

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HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2019–2025 · $43k · revenue +43%
  • KI
    KQED INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • DV
    DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue -9%
  • RI
    ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • CD
    Ciudad De Angeles Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
5
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
6
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
7
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California State Parks Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mandarin Language and Cultural Center. 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

25 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. 25 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
11/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,500 · EducationUC DAVIS: $60,000 · OtherUC DAVISUC SAN DIEGO: $50,750 · OtherUC SAN DIEGOROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5,100 · Other+15 more: $9,744 · Other+15 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $43,200 · HealthAmerican Heart A…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,350 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER …ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,600 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISE…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,100 · Health+1 more: $50 · HealthSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $11,265 · Food & NutritionMANDARIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CENTER: $2,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $210 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,150 · EnvironmentPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $1,100 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 · EnvironmentCiudad De Angeles Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $100 · Human Services
Education$205,500Other$125,594Health$59,300Food & Nutrition$11,265Arts & Culture$4,210Environment$2,350Human Services$2,100

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $43,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $11,265 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCiudad De Angeles Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANDARIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKQED INC: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $50 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lienonefung Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lienonefung Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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