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The Asia Foundation
THE ASIA FOUNDATION (taf) is an international nonprofit organization working to solve the toughest social and economic challenges in asia and the pacific. (continued on schedule o)
- $27M
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $37,446
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $706,721
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $97M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 60% of the organizations The Asia Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $412k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.2M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $678k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $222k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $1,338,109 | 3 | 1% |
| The Henry L Stimson Center | $362,092 | 1 | 4% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Center for State Courts | $98,216 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Social and Environmental Transition- International | $73,601 | 2 | 4% |
| Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc | $56,535 | 2 | 0% |
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $25,005 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Determined | $21,739 | 1 | 3% |
| Council on Foundations Inc | $20,200 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $1,338,109 | 3 | 1% |
| The Henry L Stimson Center | $362,092 | 1 | 4% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Center for State Courts | $98,216 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Social and Environmental Transition- International | $73,601 | 2 | 4% |
| Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc | $56,535 | 2 | 0% |
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $25,005 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Determined | $21,739 | 1 | 3% |
| Council on Foundations Inc | $20,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Actionaid USA | $17,783 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $17,561 | 2 | 0% |
| Bishop Museum | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Asia Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Asia Foundation
- How much does The Asia Foundation give?
- The Asia Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,156,264, out of $27,352,334 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Asia Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are International (82%), Social Science (7%), Crime & Legal (4%).
- Who are The Asia Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ($1.3M), The Henry L Stimson Center ($362k), The Aspen Institute Inc ($100k).
- Does The Asia Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Asia Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Asia Foundation based?
- The Asia Foundation is based in CA.
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