· Private foundation
The Chu Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $430k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| USO | $120,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GR ATL | $110,000 |
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| THE KOREAN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FDN | $25,000 |
| AMERICA KOREA UNITED SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH | $10,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| THE KOREAN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ATLANTA | $10,000 |
| WALDEN SCHOOL | $7,500 |
| HEALTH ONE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC | $5,000 |
| GEORGIA VETERANS DAY ASSOCIATION INC | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN KOREAN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| KOREAN COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
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 ($2.2M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 26% that went abroad ($780k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 26% of all-years giving ($780k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +27%- KAKOREAN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ATLANTA INC3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +55%
- ISInternational Society for Antiviral Research2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +168%
Funded once
- KAKOREAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GR Aone grant, 2023 · $202k
- TKTHE KOREAN ASSOC OF THE GREATER ATLone grant, 2022 · $201k
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINone grant, 2019 · $100k
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.
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.
Comparative studies and research concerning the political, economic, social, and cultural barriers and ties among the usa,south korea and north korea.
To enhance the mutual relationship & corporation between korean schools in america to help improve quality of korean language and culture education & expand the base thereof. to help promte pride of descendants of koreans & establish…
We advocate for the rights of Korean-american and promote the well-being and prosperity of the Korean-American community. We conduct activities to promote unity and fellowship, community participation, provide educational and social…
Our mission is to provide an encouraging environment to learn, discover and experience the korean language and its rich culture.
Teaching korean language and korean culture
Education of student with korean language, history, and culture to promote cultural understanding and diversity
Social and cultual barriers and ties among the u.s., the republic of south korea and north korea,for the purpose of educating, promoting, understanding and disseminating information to academic institutions and the general public…
Kfs serves to build a community to promote the development of global korean finance professionals through networking, education and mentorship - to empower members to give back to the community
Contribute to the social welfare and the industrial development in the usa and korea through the promotion of science and engineering. promote cooperation between the usa and korea in science and engineering.
Educating korean language, history and culture
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 51 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Chu Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chu Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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