California · Private foundation
The Shens 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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $646k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The Shens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 15 | $84k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $30k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $39k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $52k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $52k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $40k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Korean Presbyterian Church | $155,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $106,260 | 7 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $21,160 | 3 | 0% |
| US Sichuan Chongqing General Associ | $17,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Elk Grove Chinese Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guidepost Gospel Church | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,137 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian American for Better Community | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saratoga High School Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Society for Children With Cancer | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Korean Presbyterian Church | $155,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $106,260 | 7 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $21,160 | 3 | 0% |
| US Sichuan Chongqing General Associ | $17,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Elk Grove Chinese Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guidepost Gospel Church | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,137 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian American for Better Community | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saratoga High School Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Society for Children With Cancer | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joel Fund | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elan Foundation | $2,187 | 2 | 3% |
| Burnrunning Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gates Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shens 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shens Foundation
- How much does The Shens Foundation give?
- The Shens Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $83,567 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Health (28%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Shens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Jose Korean Presbyterian Church ($156k), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc ($106k), Montalvo Association ($21k).
- Does The Shens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shens 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 Shens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Shens Foundation based?
- The Shens Foundation is based in CA.
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