California · Private foundation
S Ku Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $71,758
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $975k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations S Ku Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $136k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $146k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $153k | 94% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $150 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $303k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council | $350,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Heart of Hope | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Hope Chinese Cancer Care Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bliss & Wisdom Charitable Organization | $14,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Lung Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council | $350,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Heart of Hope | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Hope Chinese Cancer Care Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bliss & Wisdom Charitable Organization | $14,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Lung Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tze Zhan Monastery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Children with Special Needs | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lupus Foundation of America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dong Fang Chinese Performing Arts Association | $6,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Girls Who Code Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saratoga Theatre Arts | $4,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Hakone Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Womensv | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| Wreaths Across America | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($234k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
S Ku Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About S Ku Foundation
- How much does S Ku Foundation give?
- S Ku Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $135,708 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does S Ku Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (49%), Religion (24%), Health (14%).
- Who are S Ku Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council ($350k), Heart of Hope ($40k), National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation ($30k).
- Does S Ku Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does S Ku 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 S Ku Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is S Ku Foundation based?
- S Ku Foundation is based in CA.
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