California · Private foundation
Sam H T Chen 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $855k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sam H T Chen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $30k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $8k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Life Witness Ministry | $30,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Agape Asian Mission | $15,300 | 1 | 20% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $1,306 | 3 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $1,101 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,010 | 3 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $829 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Rowing Club | $345 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Life Witness Ministry | $30,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Agape Asian Mission | $15,300 | 1 | 20% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $1,306 | 3 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $1,101 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,010 | 3 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $829 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Rowing Club | $345 | 3 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $225 | 3 | 0% |
| Lead Inc | $200 | 3 | 0% |
| St Labre Indian School | $200 | 3 | n/a |
| The Wilderness Society | $200 | 3 | 0% |
| Women for Women International | $100 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $100 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam H T Chen Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Sam H T Chen Foundation
- How much does Sam H T Chen Foundation give?
- Sam H T Chen Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $14,101 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sam H T Chen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (74%), International (11%), Health (6%).
- Who are Sam H T Chen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bay Area Life Witness Ministry ($31k), Agape Asian Mission ($15k), International Rescue Committee INC ($8k).
- Does Sam H T Chen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam H T Chen 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.
- Where is Sam H T Chen Foundation based?
- Sam H T Chen Foundation is based in CA.
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