· Private foundation
Tran Mission Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k6 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UC DAVIS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| VIETNAMES STUDENT ASSOC UNIV OF MIN | $3,590 |
| ST MARKS UNIVERSITY PARISH | $3,000 |
| MUSEUM OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM | $2,000 |
| THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH | $2,000 |
| ORANGE COAST MEMORIAL MED CENTER | $1,000 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ORANGE | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% 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.
14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION4× · 2018–2021 · $82k · revenue +148%
- USUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +78%
- MOMUSEUM OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- TSTHAP SINH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
- SKSUSAN KOMEN BREAST CANCERone grant, 2019 · $100
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.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The uc merced foundation was formed for the purpose of encouraging voluntary private gifts, trusts, and bequests for the benefit of the university of california, merced.
To benefit the university of california santa cruz.
To use fiscal flexibility to provide resources and services not supported by the state, operational expertise to implement and manage commercial activities and entrepreneurial acumen to generate revenue in support of the university's…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The university of colorado foundation is the portal for philanthropic giving to the university of colorado and is responsible for receiving, managing, and investing the endowments and other gift funds the foundation holds for the benefit…
To actively promote, pursue, and steward private support for the advancement of csu dominguez hills.
State funds alone cannot provide for all the costs associated with providing the finest education possible to our students. the csu channel islands foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), was established for the purpose of encouraging and…
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…
To support the scientific and educational purposes of the regents of the university of california (the "university"), in its specific capacity as manager and operator of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory and to carry on other…
The University of Santa Monica is dedicated to communicating the principles and practices of spiritual psychology worldwide through the process of soul-centered education.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 18 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.
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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tran Mission Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tran Mission Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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