· Private foundation
The Mei Hu Chu Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $73k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $141k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC | $141,190 |
| Colburn School | $30,000 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO | $25,000 |
| Museique | $18,000 |
| THE MUSIC CENTER | $6,000 |
| PASADENA HUMANE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION7× · 2019–2025 · $592k · revenue +31%
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO8× · 2017–2025 · $370k · revenue +20%
ASIAN AMERICAN FUTURES2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue -36%
Funded once
- LALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -1%
- KSKURANDA SHELTER BEDSone grant, 2023 · $7k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…
The san francisco symphony exists to inspire and serve audiences and communities throughout the bay area and the world through the power of musical performance.
We use the power of media for public good. we strengthen the civic fabric of southern california, share our distinctive perspective with the rest of the nation, and provide our community with an essential connection to a wider world. we…
To provide financial services to our core membership. our core membership is the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the university of southern california.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
Kcrw is driven by the spirit of los angeles and delivers npr and local information on news, music and culture to curious communities.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
To provide orchestral music performances, educational services, and arts advocacy programs to the greater silicon valley region.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 23 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.
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds ASIAN AMERICAN FUTURES ↗
- Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MuseIque ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY KEEPERS INC ↗
- Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mei Hu Chu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mei Hu Chu Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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