New York · Private foundation
The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao 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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $318k 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 | 2 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $693k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $363k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $390k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuf United Fund Inc | $320,000 | 1 | 35% |
| International Leadership Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Serica Initiative Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Suny Maritime Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Afya Foundation of America Inc | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvardwood | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wilson College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuf United Fund Inc | $320,000 | 1 | 35% |
| International Leadership Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Serica Initiative Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Suny Maritime Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Afya Foundation of America Inc | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvardwood | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wilson College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation
- How much does The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation give?
- The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), International (18%), Science & Tech (16%).
- Who are The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stuf United Fund Inc ($320k), International Leadership Foundation ($90k), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ($50k).
- Does The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao 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 Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation based?
- The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Foundation is based in NY.
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