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Susie and Gideon Yu Foundation at a glance

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Susie and Gideon Yu 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$4.4MEducation$1.4MHealth$1.2MFood & Nutrition$820kArts & Culture$600kInternational$600kReligion$455kScience & Tech$295kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $850k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.8M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION$1,500,000
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$1,250,000
BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$200,000
OAKWOOD SCHOOL$200,000
BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$100,000
COUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS$100,000
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO$100,000
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$100,000
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE$50,000
SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $270k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $100k → 8%CHARITYWATER: $60k → 17%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 11 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
24

Total granted

$11M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+12%

Still filing today

91%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $5.9M · revenue +105%
  • OS
    OAKWOOD SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +48%
  • SH
    STANFORD HEALTH CARE
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $450k · revenue +45%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -1%
  • DD
    DISCIPLES DIVINITY HOUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2019 · $125k
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
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
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
5
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
11
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
12
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heal the Bay; the most unlike its peers is Harrington Family Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $5,900,000 · AnimalsMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION+1 more: $25,000 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,250,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF …OAKWOOD SCHOOL: $1,037,000 · EducationOAKWOOD SCHOOLUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $400,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NAS…THE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $194,750 · EducationTHE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHO…+4 more: $205,300 · Education+4 moreBEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $525,000 · OtherBEL AIR PRESBYTER…LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $200,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIO…DISCIPLES DIVINITY HOUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $125,000 · OtherDISCIPLES DIVINIT…MENLO CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC: $320,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR SCIEN…KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 · OtherKOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $100,000 · OtherEat Real Certified Inc: $170,000 · OtherEat Real Certifie…LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherLINK GLOBAL: $100,000 · Other+9 more: $204,950 · Other+9 moreSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $1,000,000 · HealthKOREAN HEALTH EDUCATION INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTER: $100,000 · HealthCOUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $500,000 · PhilanthropyJUSTIN TURNER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropySECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $450,000 · Food & Nutrition
Animals$5,925,000Education$3,087,050Other$2,144,950Health$1,100,000Arts & Culture$900,000Philanthropy$560,000Food & Nutrition$450,000

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 budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $5,900,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKWOOD SCHOOL: $1,037,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF KOREAN AMERICANS INC: $600,000 over 7y, 45% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $450,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE: $400,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC: $320,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $194,750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetEat Real Certified Inc: $170,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLINK GLOBAL: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKOREAN HEALTH EDUCATION INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL HOUSE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJUSTIN TURNER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PLAY EQUITY FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHarrington Family Foundation: $20,300 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $4,650 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…Silicon Valley Commun…The Ahmanson Foundati…Jewish Community Fede…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…ImpactassetsincJpmorgan Chase Founda…
California Community FoundationCA15× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Susie and Gideon Yu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susie and Gideon Yu Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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