How much does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation give?

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $2,122,286, out of $2,260,541 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Human Services (21%), Education (14%).

Who are Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Byrd Barr Place ($407k), Denise Louie Education center ($385k), Somali Health Board ($333k).

Does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation, United Way of King County.

Where is Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation based?

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation is based in WA.

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Washington · Public charity

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation

SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION combines compassion and philanthropy with strategic grant-making to advance quality health and education for all. The foundation also awards scholarships and makes grants for disaster relief and recovery.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 67
Itemized grants FY2024: 51
Organizations funded FY2023: 18%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $2.1M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $31,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $125,000
Organizations funded a year: 19 to 57; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $11M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsInternationalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	67	$2.1M	24%
FY2023	51	$1.7M	18%
FY2022	57	$2.2M	26%
FY2021	50	$1.8M	36%
FY2020	45	$1.9M	53%
FY2019	30	$843k	17%
FY2018	31	$472k	45%
FY2017	19	$263k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.2MHuman Services$2.4MEducation$1.6MCivil Rights$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.1MInternational$540kArts & Culture$378kPublic Safety & Disaster$137kOther$0

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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Byrd Barr Place	$407,000	4	1%
Denise Louie Education center	$385,000	8	1%
Somali Health Board	$333,000	7	5%
West African Community Council	$318,000	7	7%
International Community Health Services	$315,000	8	0%
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo	$283,000	6	3%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals	$281,900	6	0%
Healthpoint	$277,500	6	0%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest	$272,800	7	0%
Northwest Health Law Advocates	$272,768	7	8%

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All grantees of Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Byrd Barr Place	$407,000	4	1%
Denise Louie Education center	$385,000	8	1%
Somali Health Board	$333,000	7	5%
West African Community Council	$318,000	7	7%
International Community Health Services	$315,000	8	0%
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo	$283,000	6	3%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals	$281,900	6	0%
Healthpoint	$277,500	6	0%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest	$272,800	7	0%
Northwest Health Law Advocates	$272,768	7	8%
Refugee Womens Alliance	$256,500	8	1%
Aging in Pace Washington	$250,000	1	50%
Asian Counseling and Referral Service	$242,000	8	0%
Kin on Health Care Center	$241,500	8	0%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project	$234,400	8	0%
Kandelia	$224,000	8	3%
Oneamerica	$223,000	5	1%
Chinese Information and Service Center	$217,500	7	1%
Open Arms Perinatal Services	$203,000	7	1%
Living Well Kent Collaborative	$200,500	5	4%
Community Health Worker Coalition	$188,500	5	7%
Columbia Legal Services	$186,000	5	3%
El Centro de la Raza	$185,000	5	0%
Pacific Islander Community Association of WA	$182,000	5	3%
East African Community Services	$171,300	8	1%
Entre Hermanos	$154,500	5	3%
Neighborcare Health	$146,000	4	0%
Api Chaya	$144,000	5	1%
Neighborhood House INC	$141,500	4	0%
Afghan Health Initiative	$138,500	4	3%
Highline College Foundation	$134,000	5	1%
Project Access Northwest	$133,500	6	2%
Para Los Ninos de Highline	$131,000	4	4%
White Center Community Development Association	$130,000	4	2%
International Rescue Committee INC	$129,640	5	0%
College Possible Inc	$115,000	4	0%
Indian American Community Services	$112,000	4	1%
Eastside Legal Assistance Program	$104,000	4	3%
Washington Academy for International Medical Gradu	$103,500	4	14%
Together Center	$100,000	2	2%
African Community Housing & Development	$99,000	3	1%
Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network	$99,000	3	1%
Council On American-Islamic Relations	$97,000	3	4%
College Access Now	$95,500	4	1%
United Territories of Pacific Islanders Washington-Utopia Wa	$93,000	3	1%
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service	$90,000	3	0%
NAMI Seattle	$84,475	3	7%
Mother Africa	$82,500	2	3%
Global Perinatal Services	$78,896	3	3%
Global to Local Health Initiative	$74,000	2	2%
Casa Latina	$70,000	2	2%
Open Doors for Multicultural Families	$67,000	2	1%
Project Feast	$66,950	2	10%
United We Dream Network Inc	$65,000	2	0%
Literacy Source a Community Learning Center	$63,200	2	3%
Define American Inc	$62,000	2	1%
Partner in Employment	$62,000	2	1%
Center for Asian American Media	$62,000	2	1%
Communities of Rooted Brilliance	$60,000	2	2%
Medical Teams International	$60,000	4	0%
Asian American Journalists Association	$60,000	2	1%
Scholar Fund	$60,000	1	0%
Renton Area Youth & Family Services	$52,000	3	1%
Muslim Association of Puget Sound	$52,000	2	1%
El Comite	$50,000	1	n/a
Wapifasa	$45,000	1	n/a
Center for Multicutural Health	$40,000	1	2%
South Seattle Womens Health Foundat	$40,000	2	29%
Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Houston	$40,000	1	4%
Crisis Connections	$40,000	1	0%
Immigrant Womens Community Center	$36,000	2	11%
Latino Community Fund of Washington State	$35,500	1	0%
West Street Recovery	$35,000	1	3%
Young Women Empowered	$35,000	3	1%
College Success Foundation	$35,000	3	0%
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center	$35,000	1	2%
Latino Educational Training Institute	$33,000	1	1%
The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas	$32,500	2	3%
Brightspark Early Learning Services	$32,000	1	0%
Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest	$32,000	1	1%
Villa Comunitaria	$30,000	1	1%
Comprehensive Healthcare	$30,000	1	0%
Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Assoc	$30,000	1	2%
Korean Community Service Center	$30,000	1	2%
Rainier Scholars	$30,000	3	0%
Alliance for a Just Society	$29,000	1	1%
Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders	$28,000	1	12%
Interim Community Development Association	$28,000	1	1%
Volunteers of America Western Washington	$26,000	1	0%
Iraqi Community Center of Washington	$25,500	3	n/a
Tasveer	$25,000	1	2%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum	$25,000	1	0%
Organization of Chinese Americans Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Washington State Coalition for Language Access	$25,000	1	n/a
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom	$25,000	1	0%
Organization of Chinese-Americans Inc	$22,000	1	n/a
Sound Child Care Solutions	$20,000	2	0%
Somali Youth & Family Club	$18,000	1	n/a
Annunciation House Inc	$17,000	1	n/a
Seattle Roots Community Health	$15,000	1	0%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights	$15,000	1	0%
Africans on the Eastside	$10,000	1	10%
Muslim American Youth Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
First Tongan American Community of Washington	$10,000	1	n/a
Afghans of Puget Sound Alliance	$10,000	1	n/a
Youthroots	$10,000	1	1%
Save The Children Federation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Washington State Smile Partners	$10,000	1	n/a
Muslim Housing Services	$10,000	1	0%
Glover Empowermentoring	$10,000	1	1%
Alimentando Al Pueblo	$10,000	1	1%
Wakulima USA	$10,000	1	2%
Habitat for Humanity Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Undaunted Women	$10,000	1	5%
Our Hope	$10,000	1	1%
African Young Dreamers Empowerment Program Intl	$10,000	1	6%
Northwest Education Access	$7,394	1	0%
Muslimahs Against Abuse Center	$5,150	1	1%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc	$5,000	1	0%

Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 109 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 109.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA100.8× affinity80 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Inatai Foundation · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Gates Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Medina Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Renton Regional Community Fndn · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

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.

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About Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation

How much does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation give?: Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $2,122,286, out of $2,260,541 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Human Services (21%), Education (14%).
Who are Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Byrd Barr Place ($407k), Denise Louie Education center ($385k), Somali Health Board ($333k).
Does Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Inatai Foundation, United Way of King County.
Where is Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation based?: Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation is based in WA.