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The Asia Group Foundation at a glance

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The Asia Group 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.

$148k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$584kInternational$353kPublic Benefit$291kAnimals$65kHuman Services$63kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kCommunity Improvement$58kHousing & Shelter$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $134k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$74k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE$30,000
RUNNING START$30,000
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$27,500
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCES INC$16,000
MIRIAM'S KITCHEN$10,500
RHINO 911$10,000
STREET WISE PARTNERS$10,000
CITY BLOSSOMS$7,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICAN SOCIETIES$5,000
GLOBAL GIVING$1,000
SEJONG SOCIETY$1,000
02The need
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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, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $11k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of The Asia Group Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 35% of the giving stays in DC; by stated purpose, 32%.

The Asia Group Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 18% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 22 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
35

Total granted

$1.4M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+5%

Still filing today

64%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsFood & 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

  • RS
    Running Start
    8× · 2017–2024 · $286k · revenue +29%
  • COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $160k · revenue +36%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $123k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • CD
    CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATI
    one grant, 2020 · $21k
  • KB
    KIIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +19%
  • RC
    RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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 National Bureau of Asian Research

Nbr conducts advanced independent research on strategic, political, economic, energy, globalization, and health issues affecting u.s. relations with asia. drawing upon an extensive network of the world's leading specialists and leveraging…

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2
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
3
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
4
Cna Corporation

Cna is a non-profit research organization that operates the center for naval analyses, a federally funded research center that has supported the navy and marine corps for nearly seventy years, and the institute for public research that…

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5
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
6
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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7
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
8
Us - China Policy Foundation
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9
University Studies Abroad Consortium

The mission of universities studies abroad consortium ("usac") is to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to succeed in the global society of the 21st century. we strive to provide an…

Education
10
Japan Center for International Exchange Inc

To promote international cooperation and understanding between japan, the united states, and other countries through leadership exchanges, policy dialogues and research, and the facilitation of person-to-person interactions.

International
11
Global Ties Us

Global ties u.s. (global ties) powers individuals, communities, and nations to build trust and advance peace and prosperity through international exchange.

International
12
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Running Start. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 60 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAUDL: $257,000 · OtherNAUDLIndividual grant recipient: $56,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientK'IIN BEH AC FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherK'IIN BEH AC FOUNDATIONN STREET VILLAGE INC: $35,000 · OtherUS-CHINA STRONG FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Other+34 more: $287,065 · Other+34 moreRunning Start: $285,500 · Youth DevelopmentRunning StartCITY BLOSSOMS INC: $16,500 · Youth DevelopmentCITY BLOSSOMS INCUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $122,500 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDA…CHINA FOLK HOUSE RETREAT INC: $65,000 · EducationCHINA FOLK HOUSE RE…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES: $60,000 · EducationNATIONAL ASSOCIATIO…KIIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationKIIN BEH EDUCATION …THE LANGLEY SCHOOL INC: $14,700 · Education+2 more: $10,000 · EducationCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $160,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR AS…INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCES INC: $46,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL STUD…International Rescue Committee INC: $34,000 · InternationalInternational Resc…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETIES INC: $15,000 · InternationalNATIONAL ASSOCIATI…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITC…+2 more: $1,525 · InternationalRhino 911: $65,000 · AnimalsBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $31,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionAsian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional: $10,000 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Other$710,065Youth Development$302,000Education$292,200International$271,525Animals$65,000Food & Nutrition$36,000Civil Rights$20,000

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 budgetRunning Start: $285,500 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $122,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRhino 911: $65,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetCHINA FOLK HOUSE RETREAT INC: $65,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES: $60,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCES INC: $46,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $34,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUS-CHINA STRONG FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetKIIN BEH EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCITY BLOSSOMS INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUS-ASEAN Business Council Institute Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LANGLEY SCHOOL INC: $14,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsian Pacific Amer InstitCongressional: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETWISE PARTNERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsian Pacific American Legal: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARBOR SCHOOL CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION ENDURING WARRIOR: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $1,955 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY11.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

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    How do I get to The Asia Group Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Asia Group 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 60 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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