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The Franklin K & Sandra K Yee Foundation at a glance

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The Franklin K & Sandra K Yee 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.

$403
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$85kArts & Culture$29kEducation$6kPhilanthropy$3kYouth Development$2kHealth$1kReligion$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
1
States reached
$222k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACC SENIOR SERVICES$100
CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH$100
OUR LADY OF ANGELS CHURCH$100
URBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO$57
FOOD BANK$26
DEL PASO FOUNDATION$20
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%STANDFORD UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%URBAN SCHOOL: $200 → 10%CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO: $200 → 12%MUSEUM MODERN ART: $160 → 10%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%PARKS CONSERVANCY: $377 → 10%DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 12%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $32k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $5k → 12%SACRAMENTO REGIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%CROCKER ART MUSEUM: $3k → 12%STANFORD: $2k → 12%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $1k → 12%ASIAN COMMUNITY NURSING HOME: $1k → 12%ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY: $1k → 12%UC BERKELEY CLASS FUND: $1k → 12%SACRAMENTO REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%STANFORD: $799 → 12%SACRAMENTO MODERN: $500 → 12%DEL YASO CC FOUNDATION: $425 → 12%DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $400 → 12%CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO: $300 → 12%CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: $300 → 12%STANFORD UNIVERSITY FUND: $300 → 12%FRIENDS OF THE SACRAMENTO LIBRARY: $275 → 12%DE YOUNG MUSEUM: $275 → 12%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $269 → 12%GOLDEN GATE PARK CONSERVANCY: $230 → 12%FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $209 → 12%FIRST CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH: $200 → 12%STANFORD UNIVERSITY FUND: $200 → 12%ASIAN NURSING HOME: $200 → 12%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $200 → 12%SF FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $199 → 12%FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $199 → 12%MUSEUM MODERN ART: $180 → 12%SF FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $150 → 12%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $130 → 12%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $130 → 12%GOLDEN GATE PARK CONSERVANCY: $125 → 12%YEE FUNG TOY ASSOCIATION: $105 → 12%YEE FUNG TOY ASSOCIATION: $105 → 12%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 20 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -99% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
24

Total granted

$113k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-99%

Still filing today

45%
4%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226 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
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • YF
    YOSEMITE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $84k · revenue +50%
  • TD
    THE DEL PASO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $2k · revenue +4%
  • CP
    CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $835 · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • AI
    ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • UB
    UC BERKELEY CLASS FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • AC
    ASIAN COMMUNITY NURSING HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
2
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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4
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
5
Kearny Street Workshop Incorporated

Ksw makes artists out of community members and community members out of artists. since 1972, ksw has nurtured the creative spirit, and offered an important platform for new voices to be heard -full statement on schedule o

Arts & Culture
6
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
8
The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The contemporary jewish museum (the cjm) makes the diversity of the jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first-century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.

Arts & Culture
9
Museum Associates

To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…

Arts & Culture
10
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
11
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sacramento Modern. 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

13 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. 13 of the 49 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $84,232 · Recreation & SportsYOSEMITE FOUNDATIONCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $20,600 · Arts & CultureCROCKER ART MUSEUM AS…CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC: $835 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,564 · Arts & Culture+5 moreANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY CLASS FUND: $1,000 · OtherASIAN COMMUNITY NURSING HOME: $1,000 · OtherSACRAMENTO REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherCHINESE METHODIST CHURCH: $600 · OtherGOLDEN GATE PARK CONSERVANCY: $535 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSITY FUND: $500 · OtherPARKS CONSERVANCY: $437 · OtherDEL YASO CC FOUNDATION: $425 · OtherFINE ARTS MUSEUM: $408 · OtherSF FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $349 · OtherMUSEUM MODERN ART: $340 · Other+24 more: $2,481 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,799 · EducationTHE DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $1,540 · EducationURBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $257 · EducationSacramento Region Community Foundation: $3,000 · PhilanthropyASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES: $100 · Health
Recreation & Sports$84,232Arts & Culture$23,999Other$10,075Education$6,596Philanthropy$3,000Health$100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $84,232 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $20,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,799 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento Region Community Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $1,540 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC: $835 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $704 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKVIE INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO MODERN: $500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $460 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $257 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES: $100 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.

  • Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Sacramento Region Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE DEL PASO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds KVIE INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRAMENTO MODERN ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY INC DBA ACC SENIOR SERVICES ↗

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.

Wayne Thiebaud Founda…Taylor-Meyer Family F…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Wayne Thiebaud FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wayne Thiebaud Foundation · Taylor-Meyer Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Franklin K & Sandra K Yee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Franklin K & Sandra K Yee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    4report 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 Franklin K & Sandra K Yee Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Franklin K & Sandra K Yee 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 49 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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