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US - China Cultural Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$477k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$305k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.6MEducation$1.3MEnvironment$182kEmployment$42kReligion$30kInternational$15kCivil Rights$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $119k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $305k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE$305,013
US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE$50,362
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER$32,950
CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGR$30,000
LANG LANG INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FOUND$26,500
KingsPorch$20,000
New York Foundation for the Arts$10,000
America's Charities$1,682
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WELLESLEY COLLEGE: $61k → 7%PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER: $346k → 10%MUSIC MENLO: $50k → 7%ASIAN ART MUSEUM: $20k → 10%New York Foundation for the Arts: $10k → 17%KingsPorch: $20k → 10%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60k → 7%DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $10k → 10%WELLESLEY COLLEGE: $61k → 7%PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $300k → 10%MENLO SCHOOL: $35k → 7%COMMITTEE OF 100: $10k → 17%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $51k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 7%DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $10k → 10%WELLESLEY COLLEGE: $60k → 7%PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $251k → 10%MENLO SCHOOL: $10k → 7%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $305k → 17%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $50k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 7%WELLESLEY COLLEGE: $60k → 7%PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER: $104k → 10%MUSIC MENLO: $10k → 7%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $240k → 17%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10k → 7%PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $10k → 10%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $190k → 17%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $150k → 17%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $145k → 17%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $130k → 17%US CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%ASIA SOCIETY: $15k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $150k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $76k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $75k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $75k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $50k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $50k → 17%CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGR: $30k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $15k → 17%CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGR: $12k → 17%NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $50k → 17%NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $30k → 17%NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $25k → 17%NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $20k → 17%NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MI
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 12 repeat orgs$561k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$3.6M
$530k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentEmploymentInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UC
    US-CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +73% · 100% of their budget
  • TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $570k · revenue +23%
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $491k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PA
    PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER
    one grant, 2023 · $450k
  • AA
    ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -32%
  • TA
    THE ASIA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -5%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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3
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
4
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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11
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
12
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Dance Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

US-CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $1,210,375 · EducationUS-CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE INCTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $570,200 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMYWellesley College: $241,595 · EducationWellesley College+2 more: $25,000 · EducationPHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER: $449,800 · OtherPHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVERLANG LANG INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FOUND: $423,474 · OtherLANG LANG INTERNATIONAL MUSIC F…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $182,291 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMENLO SCHOOL: $55,000 · Other+6 more: $41,682 · OtherTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $491,345 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY …INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $200,786 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE…NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $140,300 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTEMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $128,700 · Arts & CultureMONTALVO ASSOCIATION+6 more: $51,500 · Arts & CultureCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $42,000 · EmploymentTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $15,000 · InternationalYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$2,047,170Other$1,222,247Arts & Culture$1,012,631Employment$42,000International$15,000Youth Development$5,000Recreation & Sports$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUS-CHINA CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $1,210,375 over 6y, 100% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $570,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $491,345 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWellesley College: $241,595 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $200,786 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $182,291 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $140,300 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $128,700 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMENLO SCHOOL: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM DBA CULINARY CAREERS PROGRAM: $42,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE OF 100 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $1,682 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESERVE-KUNHARDT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization US - China Cultural Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from US - China Cultural Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to US - China Cultural Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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