New York · Private foundation
Lin & Susie Chen 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.
- $311k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Lin & Susie Chen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 13 | $311k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $320k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $310k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $351k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $278k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $260k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $215k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $137k | 7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Support Team Inc | $200,000 | 8 | 3% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | $156,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chinatown Manpower Project Inc | $155,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Garden of Hope Inc | $125,500 | 9 | 1% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $54,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chinese Free Mason Athletic Club Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hochi Institute | $41,000 | 5 | 17% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Support Team Inc | $200,000 | 8 | 3% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | $156,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chinatown Manpower Project Inc | $155,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Garden of Hope Inc | $125,500 | 9 | 1% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $54,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chinese Free Mason Athletic Club Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hochi Institute | $41,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cheng Chio Buddhist Temple Inc | $20,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carter Burden Network Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cool Culture Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals for Unity Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lin & Susie Chen 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.
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How this is measured
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About Lin & Susie Chen Foundation
- How much does Lin & Susie Chen Foundation give?
- Lin & Susie Chen Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $310,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lin & Susie Chen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), International (15%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Lin & Susie Chen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cancer Support Team Inc ($200k), International Rescue Committee INC ($185k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($175k).
- Does Lin & Susie Chen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lin & Susie Chen 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 Lin & Susie Chen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Lin & Susie Chen Foundation based?
- Lin & Susie Chen Foundation is based in NY.
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