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Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee Foundation at a glance

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Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee 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.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$465kCivil Rights$362kEducation$191kCrime & Legal$142kCommunity Improvement$65kHealth$35kYouth Development$25kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$65k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
APIA VOTE$50,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER$20,000
CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION$10,000
AZ AANHPI ONE ARIZONA$10,000
JACL OF HAWAII HONOLULU CHAPTER$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN PACIFIC LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCEMENT: $10k → 14%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

WA
MI
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
AZ
DC
HI
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 16 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$1.0M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+51%

Still filing today

94%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • CC
    COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
    3× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue +112%
  • AL
    Asian Law Caucus
    4× · 2017–2022 · $95k · revenue +180%
  • WA
    WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
    2× · 2018–2020 · $90k · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -83%
  • AV
    APIA VOTE - NATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • ONE ARIZONAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +57%
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
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
2
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services,…

Human Services
3
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California

Ajsocal is a social justice organization that protects and strengthens the rights and dignity of asian american and pacific islander (aapi) communities, especially those that are most disadvantaged.

Crime & Legal
4
Asian Pacific American Legal

To advance the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans through direct services, education and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
5
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
6
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc

AAPIP expands and mobilizes resources for AAPI communities to build a more just and equitable society.

Philanthropy
7
Asians for Collective Action

Asians for Collective Action (ACA) harnesses the strenghts of Asians and Asian Americans to drive systemic change to create a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

Public Benefit
8
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area

The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) has been the voice of the San Francisco Bay Areas Asian Pacific American (APA) legal community since 1976. AABA fosters professional development, community, and service. We…

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9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
11
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
12
Association for Asian Studies Inc

A non-profit dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publication, research support and career development.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jonathan Logan Family Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 38 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $120,000 · Civil RightsAsian & Pacific Islander A…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES U…Chinese for Affirmative Action: $35,000 · Civil RightsChinese for Affirmative Ac…Equal Justice Society: $30,000 · Civil RightsEqual Justice SocietyONE ARIZONA: $25,000 · Civil RightsONE ARIZONA+2 more: $15,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $60,000 · OtherAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUN…APIA VOTE - NATIONAL: $50,000 · OtherAPIA VOTE - NATIONALASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 · OtherASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFE…SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $23,128 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $21,500 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONAZ AANHPI ONE ARIZONA: $10,000 · OtherSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR GENDER AND REFUGEE STUDIES UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER: $25,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTERIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCEMENT: $10,000 · OtherJONATHAN LOGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherORANGE COUNTY ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER: $15,000 · Other+2 more: $5,200 · OtherAsian Law Caucus: $95,000 · Crime & LegalAsian Law CaucusAABA Law Foundation: $70,000 · Crime & LegalAABA Law Foundati…Legal Aid at Work: $22,000 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid at WorkCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH: $10,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $200,000 · Public BenefitCOMMON CAUSE EDUC…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 · EducationWORKING AMERIC…FRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $55,000 · EducationFRED T KOREMAT…UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $13,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …North American South Asian Bar Assc Fnd: $10,000 · EducationNorth American…Coalition for Good Governance: $50,000 · Arts & CultureKUNHARDT FILM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDENSHO: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Civil Rights$305,000Other$299,828Crime & Legal$207,000Public Benefit$200,000Education$168,000Arts & Culture$92,500Community Improvement$50,000

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 budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $200,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAsian & Pacific Islander American Vote: $120,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $95,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $90,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAABA Law Foundation: $70,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $55,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCoalition for Good Governance: $50,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Society: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetONE ARIZONA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $23,128 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $22,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKUNHARDT FILM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNIHONMACHI LEGAL OUTREACH DBA ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEGAL OUTREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth American South Asian Bar Assc Fnd: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCEMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDENSHO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VOTE - MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKOVNO COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO JAPANTOWN FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Wallace H Coulter Tru…Asian Pacific FundGofundmeorgThe San Francisco Fou…Wallace H Coulter Fou…Asian & Pacific Islan…The California Wellne…Tides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Asian & Pacific Islan…NEO Philanthropy Inc
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Wallace H Coulter Trust · Asian Pacific Fund · Gofundmeorg · The San Francisco Foundation · Wallace H Coulter Foundation · Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum · The California Wellness Foundation · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote · NEO Philanthropy Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee 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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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