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Tchang Family Foundation at a glance

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Tchang Family 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.

$370k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$220k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Education$1.7MCrime & Legal$110kPhilanthropy$50kInternational$44kSocial Science$40kHealth$17kHuman Services$15kPublic Benefit$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $320k
$7,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION$220,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$100,000
VEAHAVTA$12,500
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$10,000
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$7,500
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$5,000
LA JOLLA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
NAIOP SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$5,000
STAND WITH ME$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE FLAG FOUNDATION: $250 → 15%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

ME
MI
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
VA
HI
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$978k · 13 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$978k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+15%

Still filing today

62%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationPhilanthropyInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $460k · revenue +296%
  • FP
    FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +63%
  • VF
    VOICES FOR CHILDREN
    8× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • FP
    FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +56%
  • CC
    CENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -4%
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
2
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
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
6
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
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
9
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
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.

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11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Veahavta. 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $954,700 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $460,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATIONFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL: $119,667 · EducationFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOLPitzer College: $100,000 · EducationPitzer College+1 more: $5,000 · EducationNORTHMINSTER PRESCHOOL: $46,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $16,500 · OtherST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $12,000 · OtherLA JOLLA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSTAND WITH ME: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $8,250 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $109,564 · Civil RightsHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe Big Table: $5,000 · PhilanthropyVEAHAVTA: $49,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalNAIOP SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Public BenefitJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$1,639,367Other$137,750Civil Rights$109,564Philanthropy$55,000International$50,000Public Benefit$12,500Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $954,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $460,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL: $119,667 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $109,564 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPitzer College: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVEAHAVTA: $49,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAIOP SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTURY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Big Table: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAMMOTH LAKES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Flag Foundation: $250 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.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The San Diego FoundationCA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tchang Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tchang Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 29 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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