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The Brian Hamilton and Shu Hui Wu Founda Tion at a glance

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The Brian Hamilton and Shu Hui Wu Founda Tion

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.

$468
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$468
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$6kHuman Services$4kHealth$2kInternational$858Food & Nutrition$606Environment$300Youth Development$269Recreation & Sports$200
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$468
Median grant
1
States reached
$862k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$468
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.

US giving: 74% of grant dollars ($10k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 26% that went abroad ($4k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $405) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%IMPACT GURU INC: $205 → 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $200 → 11%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

WI
NY
OR
WY
CA
CO
MD
DE

Beyond the US: 26% of all-years giving ($4k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
France$4k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4k · 5 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$4k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+15%

Still filing today

60%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • FP
    FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k
  • CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $922 · revenue +29%
  • CI
    CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $858

Funded once

  • LA
    LES AMIS DE CHILDREN'S HOME
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • HS
    HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +28%
  • PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $950 · revenue +15%
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
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc

We enable countries to cure avoidable blindness by developing high quality, cost-effective eye care in underserved areas of the world.

International
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
3
Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience,…

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4
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
5
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
6
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
7
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
8
Glioblastoma Research Organization Inc

Glioblastoma research organization, inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds for new global, cutting-edge research to help find a cure for glioblastoma.

Philanthropy
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
11
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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12
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc

Founded in 1997, the hirshberg foundation for pancreatic cancer research is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing pancreatic cancer research, and providing information, resources, and support to pancreatic cancer…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Challenged Athletes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Girls on the Run of the Bay Area 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LES AMIS DE CHILDREN'S HOME: $3,771 · OtherLES AMIS DE CHILDREN'S HOMEFOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $2,220 · OtherFOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONCHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $858 · OtherCHILDREN INTERNATIONALBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $606 · OtherBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY+2 more: $100 · OtherHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,150 · EducationHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $922 · EducationCATLIN GABEL SCHOOLPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $950 · HealthPROVIDENCE PO…NO STOMACH FOR CANCER INC: $500 · HealthNO STOMACH FO…Meningioma Mommas Inc: $100 · HealthMeningioma Mo…THYCA THYROID CANCER SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 · HealthTHYCA THYROID…IMPACT GURU INC: $205 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $200 · Human ServicesNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $300 · EnvironmentGirls on the Run of the Bay Area Inc: $269 · Recreation & Sports
Other$7,555Education$4,072Health$1,650Human Services$405Environment$300Recreation & Sports$269

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $922 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $606 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO STOMACH FOR CANCER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of the Bay Area Inc: $269 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT GURU INC: $205 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeningioma Mommas Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHYCA THYROID CANCER SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 2y, 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Brian Hamilton and Shu Hui Wu Founda Tion funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brian Hamilton and Shu Hui Wu Founda Tion. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 16 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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