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Nan Chul Shin Foundation at a glance

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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
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

9
’17
13
’18
8
’19
4
’20
1
’21
3
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2023.

Human Services$1.0MEducation$552kHealth$235kRecreation & Sports$178kPhilanthropy$139kArts & Culture$35kInternational$34kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2019 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $84k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$34k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOLANI SCHOOL$50,000
ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU (ROTARY DISTRICT 5000 FOUNDATION)$50,000
BROWN UNIVERSITY$20,000
WORLD ASSISTANCE FOR CAMBODIA$12,000
Individual grant recipient$11,750
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF THE PACIFIC$10,000
ALOHA ANIMAL SANCTUARY$10,000
IOLANI SCHOOL$10,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII$10,000
ADVANTAGE SPORTS ACADEMY LLC$8,500
IOLANI SCHOOL$5,000
HAWAII RUSH SOCCER CLUB$5,000
YMCA OF HONOLULU$5,000
MILILANI VOLLEYBALL CLUB$3,500
MILILANI VOLLEYBALL CLUB$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $5k → 9%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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$848k · 13 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2019, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
18

Total granted

$848k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+36%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • 'S
    'IOLANI SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $312k · revenue +53%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII
    2× · 2017–2018 · $70k · revenue +9%
  • HR
    HAWAII RUSH SOCCER CLUB
    3× · 2017–2022 · $38k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • Cornell Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +49%
  • KC
    KOREAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • HB
    HONOLULU BULLS SOCCER CLUB
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Hawaii Education Institute
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2
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
3
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
4
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
5
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
6
Hawaii Preparatory Academy

To provide exceptional learning opportunities in a diverse community honoring the traditions of hawaii. see schedule o.

Education
7
Mohala Pua School Dba Honolulu Waldorf School

See schedule o.at honolulu waldorf school, we educate each child to find meaning, passion, and purpose in life and to contribute to the creation of a better world for all. through a curriculum based on the developmental stages of the human…

Education
8
Straub Foundation

The mission of straub foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
9
Hawaii Pacific Model United Nations Incorporated
International
10
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
11
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

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12
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools

The hawai'i association of independent schools (hais) advocates on behalf of independent education in hawaii, provides services that strengthen individual schools and engages them to achieve educational quality and excellence for all…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is The Pathway International. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAIANAE COMPREHENSIVE CENTER: $1,000,000 · OtherWAIANAE COMPREHENSIVE CENTERROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU (ROTARY DISTRICT 5000 FOUNDATION): $157,540 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU (ROTARY DISTRICT 5000 FOUNDATION)BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherYMCA OF CEBU INC: $60,000 · Other+22 more: $281,730 · Other+22 more'IOLANI SCHOOL: $312,200 · Education'IOLANI SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII…Cornell University: $20,000 · EducationCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $70,000 · HealthRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $35,000 · HealthRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific: $15,000 · HealthBROWN UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · Community ImprovementHAWAII RUSH SOCCER CLUB: $38,000 · Recreation & SportsMILILANI VOLLEYBALL CLUB: $9,500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsHO'OLA NA PUA: $20,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $5,000 · Human ServicesHONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,574,270Education$412,200Health$120,000Community Improvement$55,000Recreation & Sports$52,500Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budget'IOLANI SCHOOL: $312,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $70,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII RUSH SOCCER CLUB: $38,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAloha Animal Sanctuary: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKUKUI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PATHWAY INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInternational Deaf Education Association: $1,480 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

J Watumull FundFirst Hawaiian Bank F…First Insurance Compa…Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Atherton Family Found…Aloha United Way IncMamoru & Aiko Takitan…Castiglione A Casauri…McInerny Foundation--Kosasa FoundationAtlas Insurance Agenc…
J Watumull FundHI28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Nan Chul Shin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nan Chul Shin 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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.

    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 42 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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