California · Private foundation
Lijiang 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Lijiang Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k 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 | $29k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $410k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $88k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $97k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $76k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $53k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $50k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $253,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shin Shin Educational Foundation | $113,300 | 5 | 4% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wizchinese | $6,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Cupertino Rotary Endowment Foundation | $3,710 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Community Services Inc | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Empower in Need | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Palo Alto History Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environment California Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | $253,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shin Shin Educational Foundation | $113,300 | 5 | 4% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wizchinese | $6,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Cupertino Rotary Endowment Foundation | $3,710 | 5 | 0% |
| Youth Community Services Inc | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Empower in Need | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Palo Alto History Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environment California Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Children with Special Needs | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Am | $308 | 1 | n/a |
| Toishan Benevolent Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($507k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lijiang 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lijiang Foundation
- How much does Lijiang Foundation give?
- Lijiang Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $28,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lijiang Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (38%), Education (15%), Religion (1%).
- Who are Lijiang Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Institute of Technology ($253k), Shin Shin Educational Foundation ($113k), Palo Alto Partners in Education ($14k).
- Does Lijiang Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lijiang 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 Lijiang Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Lijiang Foundation based?
- Lijiang Foundation is based in CA.
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