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Liu Shiming Art Foundation at a glance

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Liu Shiming Art Foundation

The LIU SHIMING ART FOUNDATION honors the life and spirit of chinese artist liu shiming (1926-2010) by supporting future generations of artists and art historians, and by preserving and promoting the artistic legacy of liu shiming through exhibitions, research, and publications.

$624k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$118k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$1.2M
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $160,560, the rows itemized in this filing. The $623,764 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $463,204 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $118k
$21,885
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$117,675
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$21,885
THE CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC$15,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$6,000
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 59% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPEN DREAMS: $9k → 11%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%MARIST COLLEGE: $63k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $6k → 17%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $75k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $108k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $52k → 27%UCINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $156k → 8%MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART: $66k → 19%BOWDOIN COLLEGE: $6k → 7%THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $6k → 17%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $22k → 8%THE CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 17%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 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

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NY
OR
OH
NJ
CA
NE
MD
AZ
GA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $430k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$215k · 50% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR ART STUDENTS

Middle East and North Africa$103k · 24% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR ART STUDENTS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$88k · 20% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR ART STUDENTS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$15k · 3% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR ART STUDENTS

Sub-Saharan Africa$9k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR ART STUDENTS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
2
Indiana University Foundation

The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) maximizes private philanthropic support for Indiana University by fostering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for (Continued…

Education
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
5
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc

The mission of the university of massachusetts foundation, inc. is to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the university of massachusetts as stated in the original 1950 articles of organization. the foundation…

Education
6
University of Colorado Foundation

The university of colorado foundation is the portal for philanthropic giving to the university of colorado and is responsible for receiving, managing, and investing the endowments and other gift funds the foundation holds for the benefit…

Education
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
10
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
11
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
12
Jefferson Scholars Foundation

The jefferson scholars foundation (foundation) provides academic merit-based scholarship, fellowship and professorship support to students and faculty at the university of virginia (uva).

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Chapel & York Us Foundation Inc. 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

15 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $199,781 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITYRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $192,925 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONUCLA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $108,150 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $74,120 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONMaryland Institute: $66,000 · EducationMaryland InstituteMARIST UNIVERSITY: $63,000 · EducationMARIST UNIVERSITYGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $55,000 · EducationGeorgia State University Foundation IncTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $51,500 · Education+2 more: $18,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · OtherOPEN DREAMS ORGANIZATION INC: $9,000 · International
Education$978,476Philanthropy$90,000Other$75,000International$9,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $199,781 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $192,925 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $108,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $74,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Institute: $66,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARIST UNIVERSITY: $63,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $51,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DREAMS ORGANIZATION INC: $9,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetBowdoin College: $6,000 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 Liu Shiming Art Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Liu Shiming Art Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 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 · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Liu Shiming Art Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Liu Shiming Art 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 15 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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