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Robert J Louie Memorial Fund

Charitable work in raising funds for scholarship and other nonprofit activities.

$306k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$656kHealth$539kArts & Culture$516kCommunity Improvement$250kYouth Development$213kFood & Nutrition$100kPhilanthropy$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $295,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $305,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$260k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY$50,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SF$50,000
CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTIO$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$35,000
APA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES$30,000
CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPME$20,000
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING$10,000
ON LOK$10,000
CHINATOWN YMCA$10,000
CHINESE HOSPITAL$10,000
CAAMKQED$10,000
GUM MOON$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $595k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%YMCA - BUCHANAN: $20k → 10%YMCA - BUCHANAN: $10k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%SELF HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $50k → 10%YMCA-CHINATOWN: $20k → 10%CHINATOWN YMCA: $10k → 10%CAMERON HOUSE: $10k → 10%GUM MOON: $10k → 10%CAMERON HOUSE: $10k → 10%CHINATOWN YMCA: $10k → 10%CAMERON HOUSE: $10k → 10%CHINATOWN YMCA: $10k → 10%YMCA-CHINATOWN: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 19 repeat orgs$251k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +96% since the first grant, against +32% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
13

Total granted

$2.3M
$231k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+32%

Still filing today

84%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SF
    SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +72%
  • CM
    CHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $250k · revenue +107%
  • AF
    APA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
    7× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • YC
    YOUTH COLLABORATIVE CHINATOWN
    one grant, 2021 · $48k
  • CY
    COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +234%
  • CT
    CULTURE TO COLOR
    one grant, 2020 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Arts & Culture
2
Japantown Cultural Society
Education
3
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

The center promotes the artistic and organizational growth of the San Francisco Bay Areas Asian Pacific arts community by organizing and presenting the annual United States of Asian America Festival

Arts & Culture
4
Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative

Own and operate a collaborative platform anchored in san francisco chinatown that celebrates, explores, and supports leading and pioneering creative experessions at the intersection of community, culture, art and media.

Human Services
5
San Francisco Guzheng Music Society
Arts & Culture
6
Api Cultural CenterInc Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Oakland Asian Cultural Center builds vibrant communities through Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) arts and cultural programs that foster intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue, cultural identity, collaborations, and social…

Recreation & Sports
7
Asian Art Foundation

To introduce classic chinese culture to the residents of san francisco bay area; to promote ancient asian arts to san francisco bay area.

Arts & Culture
8
Center for Advanced China Research
—
9
Asian American Center of Santa Clara

The mission of Asian American Community Center of Santa Clara County (AASC) is to provide health, human, and economic development services to low income families and individuals to enable them to become actively participating citizens in…

Human Services
10
Monterey Bay Chinese Association

Provide Chinese Culture and Help to Advance social, economic well-being of Chinese American at Monterey Bay, California.

Arts & Culture
11
Chinese American Womens Benevolent Association
Philanthropy
12
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Donaldina Cameron House and the most unlike its peers is Community Youth Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr19%31%20–35yr16%23%35–55yr13%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr19%31%20–35yr16%44%35–55yr13%22%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
11%
694/6,394

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTIO — $389,500 · OtherCHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTIOCHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION — $250,385 · OtherCHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES — $155,500 · OtherAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICESCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO — $135,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCOCSI LANDMARK INC — $75,000 · OtherCSI LANDMARK INCST ANTHONY FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherST ANTHONY FOUNDATIONYOUTH COLLABORATIVE CHINATOWN — $47,900 · Other+6 more — $105,200 · Other+6 moreSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY — $400,000 · Human ServicesSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLYYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $90,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $65,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cros…DONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE — $30,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — $125,000 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HISTORICA…Center for Asian American Media — $100,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Asian …FOR-SITE Foundation — $85,000 · Arts & CultureFOR-SITE Foundati…CHINESE CULTURE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHINESE CULTURE F…+5 more — $52,400 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $130,000 · Housing & ShelterCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $70,500 · Food & NutritionTHE ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE TEACHERS — $35,000 · EducationSprouts Chef Training — $15,000 · EducationON LOK INC — $39,250 · HealthCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER — $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,228,485Human Services$595,000Arts & Culture$387,400Housing & Shelter$130,000Food & Nutrition$70,500Education$50,000Health$49,250Youth Development$30,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY — $400,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION — $250,385 over 6y, 12% of budgetAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES — $155,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO — $135,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $130,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — $125,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCenter for Asian American Media — $100,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOR-SITE Foundation — $85,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $70,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetON LOK INC — $39,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE TEACHERS — $35,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetDONALDINA CAMERON HOUSE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER — $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHINESE CULTURE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAngel Island Immigration Station Foundation — $20,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSprouts Chef Training — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetEth-Noh-Tec Creations — $12,400 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWomens Division Christian Service Gum Moon Residence Hall — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Art Center Association — $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCLARION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jessie Cheng Charitab…The San Francisco Fou…San Francisco Associa…Asian Pacific FundMcNabb FoundationChinese Community Hea…Silicon Valley Commun…Raymond and Joanne Li…Cathay Bank FoundationThe Zellerbach Family…Stupski FoundationUnited Way of the Bay…
Jessie Cheng Charitable FoundationCA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jessie Cheng Charitable Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation · Asian Pacific Fund · McNabb Foundation · Chinese Community Health Care Association · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond and Joanne Lin Foundation · Cathay Bank Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Stupski Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert J Louie Memorial Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your 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
    12report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Robert J Louie Memorial Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Robert J Louie Memorial Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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