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Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2026
14
Organizations funded FY2025
43%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$2,560
Largest grant, FY2026
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 20
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
1
Total assets, FY2026
$599k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 43% of the organizations Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementEmploymentHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving13$62k46%
FY202514$64k43%
FY202417$63k41%
FY202320$88k50%
FY202215$49k40%
FY202111$47k45%
FY20209$49k22%
FY201912$36k42%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$154kCivil Rights$65kHealth$55kRecreation & Sports$40kHuman Services$36kCommunity Improvement$33kPhilanthropy$31kYouth Development$25kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chinese Historical Society of America$57,30052%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$56,00020%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$26,05090%
San Francisco Senior Center$23,0001n/a
San Francisco First Tee$16,50030%
Asian Inc$10,20020%
Naiop San Francisco Bay Area Chapte$7,5001n/a
Chinatown Community Childrens Center$5,59030%
San Francisco Food Bank$5,50050%
Juma Ventures Inc$5,1602n/a
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All grantees of Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chinese Historical Society of America$57,30052%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$56,00020%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$26,05090%
San Francisco Senior Center$23,0001n/a
San Francisco First Tee$16,50030%
Asian Inc$10,20020%
Naiop San Francisco Bay Area Chapte$7,5001n/a
Chinatown Community Childrens Center$5,59030%
San Francisco Food Bank$5,50050%
Juma Ventures Inc$5,1602n/a
She's the First Inc$5,00010%
College Track$5,00010%
Friends of Roots$5,00015%
Hakone Foundation$5,00010%
California School of Mechanical Arts$3,00020%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$3,00010%
US - China Railroad Friendship Association$2,5001n/a
Rose Pak Community Fund$2,50010%
Intersection for the Arts$2,50010%
Olympic Club Foundation$2,0001n/a
Bayorg$1,39620%
Katie Nues Foundation$1,2001n/a
National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,10010%
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$1,00010%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
Asia Society Northern California$1,0001n/a
St Anthonys$8501n/a
Golden State Salmon Association Inc$80030%
The Pinkney Foundation$60520%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$60010%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$50010%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$50010%
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association$45010%
San Francisco Public Golf Alliance$30012%
Chinese Hospital Association$10010%
California Academy of Sciences$10010%
Giants Community Fund$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($262k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChinese Historical Society of America: $57,300 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $56,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGolden Gate National Parks Conservancy: $26,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco First Tee: $16,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAsian Inc: $10,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChinatown Community Childrens Center: $5,590 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetShe's the First Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCollege Track: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Roots: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetHakone Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia School of Mechanical Arts: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Conservatory Theatre Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose Pak Community Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBayorg: $1,396 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden State Salmon Association Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pinkney Foundation: $605 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco AIDS Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTelegraph Hill Neighborhood Association: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Public Golf Alliance: $300 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetChinese Hospital Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiants Community Fund: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…San Francisco Associa…The James Irvine Foun…Marin Community Found…Asian Pacific FundUnited Way of the Bay…McNabb FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…
The San Francisco FoundationCA30.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Asian Pacific Fund · United Way of the Bay Area · McNabb Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation

How much does Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation give?
Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $62,480 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Civil Rights (14%), Health (12%).
Who are Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Chinese Historical Society of America ($57k), Chinese for Affirmative Action ($56k), Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy ($26k).
Does Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation.
Where is Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation based?
Thomas & Eva Fong Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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