Delaware · Private foundation
The Kao 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $444k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Kao Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 14 | $36k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $17k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $17k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $13k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley | $48,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $39,610 | 8 | n/a |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $29,000 | 9 | 0% |
| International Students Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Will Music Ministry | $3,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Renewal Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cmaaa of Southern California | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley | $48,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $39,610 | 8 | n/a |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $29,000 | 9 | 0% |
| International Students Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Will Music Ministry | $3,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Renewal Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cmaaa of Southern California | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pamc Health Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cure Sanfilippo Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $1,813 | 2 | n/a |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Peach Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Pastor Care Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Christian Mission Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Evangelical Church Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinatown Service Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gets Theological Seminary Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro World Child Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Service Fellowship | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kao Family 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.
Open a dossier: MY Charitable Foundation · California Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kao Family Foundation
- How much does The Kao Family Foundation give?
- The Kao Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $36,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kao Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (81%), Education (6%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Kao Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley ($48k), Faith Lutheran Church ($40k), Bible Study Fellowship ($29k).
- Does The Kao Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kao Family 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 Kao Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include MY Charitable Foundation, California Community Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kao Family Foundation based?
- The Kao Family Foundation is based in DE.
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