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Shi Zhang Family Foundation at a glance

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Shi Zhang 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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$74kArts & Culture$49kCivil Rights$20kInternational$11kEnvironment$1kPhilanthropy$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $84k
$16,635
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Crystal Springs Uplands School$42,376
Asian Art Museum Foundation$25,000
Montalvo Arts Center$16,635
Asian American Scholar Forum$850
China Institute of America$500
Yue-Sai Kan One World$150
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%Crystal Springs Uplands School: $42k → 7%Stanford: $20k → 8%Asian Pacific Fund: $1k → 10%China Institute of America: $500 → 17%The Asian American Foundation: $20k → 14%Yue-Sai Kan One World: $150 → 9%Crystal Springs Uplands School: $10k → 7%Asian Art Museum Foundation: $25k → 10%Asian American Scholar Forum: $850 → 17%Asian Art Museum Foundation: $5k → 10%Asia Society Northern California: $10k → 10%SF Botanical Garden: $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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$102k · 3 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
3

Total granted

$102k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • CS
    CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $52k · revenue +25%
  • AA
    ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO
    2× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +2%
  • MA
    MONTALVO ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $19k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • AS
    ASIA SOCIETY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -75%
  • SB
    SF Botanical Garden
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Association for Asian Studies Inc

A non-profit dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publication, research support and career development.

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2
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
3
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
4
American Friends of the Shanghai Museum Inc

Founded in 1995, the american friends of the shanghai museum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and financial support for the shanghai museum, continuing a distinguished history of patron support for…

Arts & Culture
5
Asian Hall of Fame

To educate the public about asian contributions to the united states and the rest of the world, promote asian artistic excellence and cross-cultural narratives, and enhance career opportunities for asians by raising public awareness of…

Arts & Culture
6
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
7
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
8
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
9
Asianetwork Inc

Educational asian studies development; to promote the study of asia on member campuses; send faculty and students to asia; annual conference; publish journal; asianetwork exchange; send consultants to member campuses.

Education
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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11
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian American Scholar Forum Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. 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

9 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. 9 of the 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL: $52,376 · EducationCRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOLTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,360 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR U…+1 more: $850 · EducationASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $30,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN …MONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $19,135 · Arts & CultureMONTALVO ASSOCIATIONTHE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Civil RightsTHE ASIAN AMER…ASIA SOCIETY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · InternationalCHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA INCORPORATED: $500 · InternationalSF Botanical Garden: $1,000 · OtherYue-Sai Kan One World: $150 · OtherASIAN PACIFIC FUND: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Education$73,586Arts & Culture$49,135Civil Rights$20,000International$10,500Other$1,150Philanthropy$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRYSTAL SPRINGS UPLANDS SCHOOL: $52,376 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $19,135 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN SCHOLAR FORUM INC: $850 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHINA INSTITUTE IN AMERICA INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Shi Zhang Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shi Zhang Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 11 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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