California · Private foundation
The Margaret Liu 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,333,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $784k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Margaret Liu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 5 | $1.5M | 80% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $68k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $80k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,333,333 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Symphony | $122,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 1990 Institute | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River of Life Christian Church | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| U Channel Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory International Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Authors Festival | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,333,333 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Symphony | $122,000 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 1990 Institute | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River of Life Christian Church | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| U Channel Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory International Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma Valley Authors Festival | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese Hospital Association | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Operations - Finding Kids | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epic Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Margaret Liu Foundation
- How much does The Margaret Liu Foundation give?
- The Margaret Liu Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,473,333 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Margaret Liu Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (76%), Arts & Culture (15%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Margaret Liu Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($1.3M), San Francisco Symphony ($122k), San Francisco Opera Association ($100k).
- Does The Margaret Liu Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Margaret Liu 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 Margaret Liu Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Margaret Liu Foundation based?
- The Margaret Liu Foundation is based in CA.
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