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Rm Liu Family Foundation at a glance

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Rm Liu Family 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$448k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$22MEducation$1.3MCivil Rights$1.1MHealth$650kInternational$254kHousing & Shelter$100kArts & Culture$52kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $69k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $330k
  • $250k+2 grants · $698k
$49,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FU JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$448,307
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$250,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$200,000
GIVE2ASIA$130,000
PACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY$49,200
CHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA$10,000
THE REPRESENTATION PROJECT$10,000
USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM$5,000
COLISEUM OF ART ANTIQUES & AMERICANA$2,000
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 (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%MARY'S SHELTER: $1k → 15%MARY'S PATH: $1k → 10%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 7 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$3.2M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+56%

Still filing today

57%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
PhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • FU
    FU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +63%
  • PC
    PACIFIC COUNCIL
    4× · 2017–2021 · $1.1M
  • TM
    TORRANCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    4× · 2017–2024 · $650k

Funded once

  • BM
    BOWER MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $45k
  • LA
    LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BO
    BANK OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foundation of America (Sjtufa)
Education
2
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
5
California University - Silicon Valley

Providing professional training of Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, Chinese herbology, acupressure, Qigong and so on, granting the students Masters degree. Its a three to four years teaching program.

Education
6
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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7
Uc Berkeley Chicano Latino Alumni Association

Uc berkeley chicanx latinx alumni association (claa) engages current and prospective alumni with uc berkeley communities and each other to elevate the tradition of academic and professional excellence.

Education
8
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
9
Friends of Catholic University in Chile Inc

Promoting and furthering educational opportunities of higher education in chile. provide scholarships for students of the catholic university in chile and to facilitate the transfer of resources, knowledge and experience from the u.s. to…

—
10
Town and Gown of the University of Southern California

To support usc through scholarships for students, building and campus enhancement, and cultural programs.

Education
11
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
12
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Mary's Shelter Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 25 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $21,735,180 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac+2 more: $45,000 · EducationPACIFIC COUNCIL: $1,050,000 · OtherTORRANCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $650,000 · Other+12 more: $112,000 · OtherFU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,260,307 · PhilanthropyTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGIVE2ASIA: $130,000 · InternationalPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $99,200 · InternationalThe Representation Project: $20,000 · Civil RightsPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGETTY HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$21,780,180Other$1,812,000Philanthropy$1,360,307International$229,200Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$10,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $21,735,180 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,260,307 over 7y, 14% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $130,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $99,200 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Representation Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGETTY HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARY'S SHELTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMary's Shelter Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Rm Liu Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rm Liu Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rm Liu Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rm Liu Family 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 25 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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