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Sino American Amity Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$658k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$520k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.0MArts & Culture$39kEmployment$31kFood & Nutrition$14kHuman Services$3k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $84k
  • $250k+1 grant · $520k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FU JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$520,000
MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY$30,147
CENC$15,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$14,049
CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION$13,500
ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY$11,430
ADLER UNIVERSITY$6,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY$6,000
AVILA UNIVERSITY$6,000
NEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL$5,000
MING YUAN CHINESE SCHOOL$5,000
UA3 INC$3,500
CHINESE PEOPLE'S FOUNDATION FOR WORLD$3,500
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL$3,000
NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN HERALD CRUSADES: $3k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
NJ
CT
CA
MO
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 22 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
10

Total granted

$2.0M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+10%

Still filing today

59%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEmploymentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FU
    FU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +63%
  • FU
    Fordham University
    4× · 2019–2024 · $33k · revenue +31%
  • CM
    CHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • PI
    PEARL INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • SH
    SETON HALL UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue +47%
  • HH
    HAMILON-MADISON HOUSE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

To offer postsecondary education in acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine

Education
2
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foundation of America (Sjtufa)
Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
5
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
6
California University - Silicon Valley

Providing professional training of Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, Chinese herbology, acupressure, Qigong and so on, granting the students Masters degree. Its a three to four years teaching program.

Education
7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
University of Mount Saint Vincent

Founded by the sisters of charity of new york, the university of mount saint vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, catholic and ecumenical liberal arts university. (cont. in sch.o)

Education
9
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
10
Canisius University

Canisius university is a private, independent roman catholic university, governed by an independent self perpetuating board of trustees under a charter granted by the board of trustees of the university of the state of new york.…

Education
11
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
12
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Juilliard School; the most unlike its peers is Meals for Unity Inc. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 38 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,389,000 · PhilanthropyFU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONMOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY: $112,691 · OtherMOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE AND S…CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $66,250 · OtherCHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMER…CENC: $45,000 · OtherCENCRC CONGREGATION OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST: $38,000 · OtherRC CONGREGATION OF ST JOH…CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION-PCL: $38,000 · OtherCONGREGATION OF THE MISSI…PEARL INSTITUTE: $30,000 · OtherPEARL INSTITUTECONGREGATION OF THE MISSION: $22,500 · OtherNEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherMING YUAN CHINESE SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherUA3 INC: $17,000 · Other+11 more: $45,700 · Other+11 moreFordham University: $32,500 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $25,479 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $21,430 · EducationNEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationAdler University: $12,000 · EducationAVILA UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · EducationHOLY APOSTLES COLLEGE AND SEMINARY INC: $8,900 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationCHINESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & ART ASSOCIATION INC: $26,500 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCHINESE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $30,000 · Employment+1 more: $1,000 · EmploymentMEALS FOR UNITY INC: $9,000 · Food & NutritionSNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentCHINESE CHRISTIAN HERALD CRUSADES INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Philanthropy$1,389,000Other$455,141Education$129,809Arts & Culture$36,500Employment$31,000Food & Nutrition$9,000Environment$2,500Human Services$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,389,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetFordham University: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHINESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & ART ASSOCIATION INC: $26,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $25,479 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $21,430 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL: $20,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdler University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVILA UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS FOR UNITY INC: $9,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetHOLY APOSTLES COLLEGE AND SEMINARY INC: $8,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE CHRISTIAN HERALD CRUSADES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICA HOTEL OWNERS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

  • Who funds FU-JEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE AMERICAN CULTURAL & ART ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Adler University ↗
  • Who funds AVILA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MEALS FOR UNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY APOSTLES COLLEGE AND SEMINARY INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE CHRISTIAN HERALD CRUSADES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA HOTEL OWNERS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

Lam Family Charitable FoundationDE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lam Family Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Sino American Amity Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sino American Amity Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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
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 38 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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