· Private foundation
Michael and Amber Chang 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $45,000 |
| YOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS | $1,011 |
| SCHOOL CONNECT WA | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +292% since the first grant, against +121% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMST MARYS6× · 2017–2023 · $97k
- FOFOUNTAIN OF LIFE2× · 2019–2020 · $43k
- HHHELPING HANDS INC2× · 2021–2022 · $31k
Funded once
- VSVALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +32%
- OHORANGE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $1k
- EECCTAone grant, 2022 · $1k
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.
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.
In an atmosphere of mutual respect and responsibility, the oaks school prepares students to meet the world with the combined wisdom of an intelligent mind, a skilled hand, and a compassionate heart.
A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.
The charter school mission is to provide a rigorous, well-rounded education, with a focus on science and sustainability, that helps students acquire the academic and personal skills they need to excel in higher education, think creatively,…
Taipei american school's mission is to cultivate an enduring commitment to learning, personal well-being, and service. tas provides a broad american-based education with a global perspective that develops students of character who are…
Seattle christian schools is committed to providing a premier, christ-centered education for k-12 students. blessed with a legacy of over 70 years of god's provision and leading, students benefit from an unparalleled educational…
The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…
To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The mission of trinity academy of portland is to educate middle and high school students within a joyful christian school culture marked by the discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty, and the development of…
Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.
Georgetown day school seeks to enroll students who have the potential to take advantage of its challenging academic program. georgetown day school does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation,…
Provide a world-class athletics and academic experience for student-athletes that fosters lifelong well-being.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds Harper For Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ↗
- Who funds VALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL CONNECT WA ↗
- Who funds Rotary Camp Pendleton Foundation fka Pendleton Community Service Fund ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michael and Amber Chang Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael and Amber Chang Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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