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Nae Il Foundation Ltd

Naeil foundation's mission is to advance social justice and democratic values in the korean-american community by advocating for policies and civic engagement that places educational access, preservation of cultural heritage, cross-cultural coalition building, and community prosperity at the forefront.

$370k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$175k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$750kCivil Rights$590kArts & Culture$137kEnvironment$50kPhilanthropy$50kPublic Benefit$30k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER$175,000
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC (KFAM)$100,000
KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION$50,000
THE HANA CENTER$45,000
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 (FY21–24, $770k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $300k → 13%THE HANA CENTER: $45k → 14%FAMILY TOUCH INC: $60k → 7%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $175k → 13%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $40k → 13%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC (KFAM): $100k → 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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 4 repeat orgs$442k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
6

Total granted

$1.1M
$297k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+66%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • TK
    The Korean American Family Service Center Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $515k · revenue -3%
  • TK
    THE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $290k · revenue +26%
  • KA
    KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +53% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • KW
    Korean War Memorial Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $81k · revenue -19%
  • FT
    FAMILY TOUCH INC
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue -47%
  • MS
    MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +76%
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
Korean American Association of Greater

We advocate for the rights of Korean-american and promote the well-being and prosperity of the Korean-American community. We conduct activities to promote unity and fellowship, community participation, provide educational and social…

Arts & Culture
2
Korean Senior Citizens Association of San Fernando Valley
Recreation & Sports
3
Korean American National Coordinating Council Inc

To exercise and protect the privileges and interest of the residents of Korean-American community in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Tri-State area to foster a healty interest in the civic affaires of the community.

Community Improvement
4
Korean Culture Center of New York

The mission of korean culture center of new york, inc. is to promote and organize korean cultural, arts, educational, and social activities. it aims to establish a venue where all korean americans and other groups can participate in…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center

The mission of the korean american community center of san francisco and bay area (kaccsf) is to build community and enhance the quality of life for the korean american residents in the san francisco and bay area. we are a place-based…

Human Services
6
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc

To support and assist members of the korean community to be healthy and productive individuals.

Human Services
7
Korean-American Association of New Jersey

To enhance korean-american rights and to do charitable & fraternal activities in the state of new jersey.

Arts & Culture
8
Unification of Korea Academic Resea

Comparative studies and research concerning the political, economic, social, and cultural barriers and ties among the usa,south korea and north korea.

Arts & Culture
9
Korean American Federation of La

To support and serve better for the furtherance of the rights and interests of the korean community at los angeles

Human Services
10
The United Korean Association of Hawaii

Korean community services

Human Services
11
Korean American United Foundation
—
12
The Korean Library Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Korean American Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees. 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

20 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Korean American Family Service Center Inc: $515,000 · Human ServicesThe Korean American Family Service Center IncKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INCFAMILY TOUCH INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY TOUCH INCGOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INCTHE HANA CENTER: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE HANA CENTERTHE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $290,000 · OtherTHE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCI…Korean War Memorial Foundation: $81,050 · OtherKorean War Memorial Founda…KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION: $190,000 · Civil RightsKOREAN AMERICAN COALITIONKOREAN AMERICAN COALITION: $120,000 · Civil RightsKOREAN AMERICAN COALITIONMULTICULTURAL MEDIA & CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Civil RightsMULTICULTURAL MEDIA & COR…MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentKOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyKOREANAMERICANSTORYORG INC: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$770,000Other$371,050Civil Rights$360,000Environment$50,000Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Korean American Family Service Center Inc: $515,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTHE KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $290,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN COALITION: $190,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY TOUCH INC: $60,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMULTICULTURAL MEDIA & CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetKOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGOLD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HANA CENTER: $45,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKOREANAMERICANSTORYORG INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Korean-American Commu…Csk Charitable Founda…The Grace and Mercy F…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
Korean-American Community Foundation IncNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Korean-American Community Foundation Inc · Csk Charitable Foundation · The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Nae Il Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nae Il Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Nae Il Foundation Ltd?

    Find your warmest path to Nae Il Foundation Ltd 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 13 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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