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The Chan 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.

$262k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$726kHealth$130kPhilanthropy$85kArts & Culture$27kFood & Nutrition$15kHuman Services$6kInternational$4kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Castelleja School Foundation$50,000
CUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATION$50,000
SACRED HEART SCHOOL$40,000
SACRED HEART SCHOOL$25,000
Castelleja School Foundation$15,000
ALOHA INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL$10,000
HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$10,000
CASTELLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION$10,000
STANFORD HEALTH CARE$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION$3,500
PENINSULA BRIDGE$3,500
The Stanford Fund$2,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STANFORD HEALTH CARE: $10k → 7%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $5k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5k → 14%ALOHA INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL: $10k → 9%KAMUELA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $5k → 15%THERE WITH CARE: $4k → 7%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - MARSHAL FUND: $3k → 14%HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 9%THERE WITH CARE: $3k → 7%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $60k → 8%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%PENINSULA BRIDGE: $4k → 7%Castelleja School Foundation: $50k → 8%UCLA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $35k → 7%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $31k → 8%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $30k → 7%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $30k → 7%LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $23k → 8%UCLA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $25k → 7%LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $21k → 8%PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $10k → 7%Castelleja School Foundation: $15k → 8%CASTELLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $40k → 7%LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5k → 8%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $26k → 7%LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION: $4k → 8%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $25k → 7%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $15k → 7%SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $13k → 7%CUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $8k → 7%WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 8%CUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SAINT ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $16k → 8%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70k → 8%STANFORD HEALTH CARE: $20k → 8%STANFORD HEALTH CARE: $20k → 8%STANFORD HEALTH CARE: $20k → 8%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$801k · 12 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$801k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+46%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CS
    CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $341k · revenue +90%
  • TP
    THE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +19%
  • SH
    STANFORD HEALTH CARE
    4× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • SA
    SAINT ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
  • WV
    WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -1%
  • KP
    KAMUELA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +36%
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 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
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
4
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

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
San Francisco Girls' School

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

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8
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
9
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
10
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
11
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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12
Silicon Valley International School

Silicon valley international school's focus on inquiry and bilingualism empowers young minds to embrace complexity, think critically from multiple perspectives, and demonstrate integrity and sensitivity across cultures.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cupertino Rotary Endowment 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $341,000 · EducationCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONTHE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $129,500 · EducationTHE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOLTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · Education+3 more: $22,500 · EducationSACRED HEART SCHOOL: $105,500 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLCUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherCUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATIO…SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $20,400 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERT…SAINT ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $15,600 · OtherSAINT ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SC…LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION: $13,500 · OtherLUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONALOHA INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $18,000 · Other+6 moreSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $70,000 · HealthSTANFORD HEALT…LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $54,450 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD…ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $5,000 · HealthSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $70,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKAMUELA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureISING SILICON VALLEY: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $3,000 · Youth Development
Education$518,000Other$243,000Health$129,450Philanthropy$71,000Arts & Culture$17,000Housing & Shelter$15,000Youth Development$3,000

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 budgetCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $341,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS BROOKS SCHOOL: $129,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCUPERTINO LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $54,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetKAMUELA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISING SILICON VALLEY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCupertino Rotary Endowment Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Bright Funds Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The David and Lucile …Jewish Community Fede…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · 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 The Chan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chan 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Chan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Chan 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 28 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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