California · Private foundation
The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $902k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $5k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $118k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $43k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $63k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peach Foundation | $92,250 | 6 | 2% |
| The Harker School | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| English Language Institute in China | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Soar Foundation | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Be the Change Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Fessenden School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Groton Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Middlesex School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tech for Good Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $280,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peach Foundation | $92,250 | 6 | 2% |
| The Harker School | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| English Language Institute in China | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Soar Foundation | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Be the Change Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Fessenden School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Groton Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Middlesex School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tech for Good Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Overlake School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara County Peace Officers Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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
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About The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation
- How much does The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation give?
- The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $5,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Education (13%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stony Brook Foundation Inc ($280k), Peach Foundation ($92k), The Harker School ($35k).
- Does The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation based?
- The Hong Zhang & Liya Liang Foundation is based in CA.
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