Hawaii · Private foundation
Nan Chul Shin 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.
- $214k
- Granted FY2019
- 15
- Grants FY2019
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Nan Chul Shin Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Nan Chul Shin Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $214k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Total assets, FY2019
- $34k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 45% of the organizations Nan Chul Shin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 11 | $194k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $258k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $287k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Iolani School | $312,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Rush Soccer Club | $38,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cornell University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aloha Animal Sanctuary | $20,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Ho'Ola Na Pua | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nan Chul Shin 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.
Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Atherton Family Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · Mamoru & Aiko Takitani Foundation Inc · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Kosasa Foundation · Atlas Insurance Agency Foundation
How this is measured
About Nan Chul Shin Foundation
- How much does Nan Chul Shin Foundation give?
- Nan Chul Shin Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $213,750 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Nan Chul Shin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (46%), Education (24%), Health (10%).
- Who are Nan Chul Shin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: 'Iolani School ($312k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii ($70k), University of Hawaii Foundation ($50k).
- Does Nan Chul Shin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nan Chul Shin 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 Nan Chul Shin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Watumull Fund, First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Nan Chul Shin Foundation based?
- Nan Chul Shin Foundation is based in HI.
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