California · Public charity
Transparent Fish Fund Inc
Transparent fish fund is a 501(c)(3) us non-profit organization founded in 2011 in palo alto, california, established exclusively for charitable purposes to connect credible chinese and east asian grassroots ngos with individuals from the west. The greater mission behind this work is to foster a sustainable long-term ngo culture in east…
- $247k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $8k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $355k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Transparent Fish Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
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 Francisco City Impact | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope Horizon East Palo Alto | $66,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Innovation Works Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Heartlink | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| One Heart World-Wide | $12,505 | 1 | 1% |
| Design That Matters Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoe International | $7,030 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Transparent Fish Fund Inc 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: Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Transparent Fish Fund Inc
- How much does Transparent Fish Fund Inc give?
- Transparent Fish Fund Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $8,000, out of $247,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Transparent Fish Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (28%), Religion (21%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Transparent Fish Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Francisco City Impact ($75k), Hope Horizon East Palo Alto ($66k), Innovation Works Inc ($35k).
- Does Transparent Fish Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Transparent Fish Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Transparent Fish Fund Inc based?
- Transparent Fish Fund Inc is based in CA.
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