California · Private foundation
Walter and Fannie Wang 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2019
- 14
- Grants FY2019
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to University Of Southern California, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $15k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $2,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Total assets, FY2019
- $387k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 38% of the organizations Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 13 | $14k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $25k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hands of Love Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ex-Students' Association of Ut | $6,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $5,131 | 5 | 0% |
| San Jose Chinese School | $4,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Bret Harte Educational Association | $4,562 | 4 | 4% |
| Almaden Neighborhood Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Quicksilver Swimming | $2,920 | 3 | 0% |
| Leland High School Parent Club | $2,542 | 2 | 3% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hands of Love Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ex-Students' Association of Ut | $6,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $5,131 | 5 | 0% |
| San Jose Chinese School | $4,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Bret Harte Educational Association | $4,562 | 4 | 4% |
| Almaden Neighborhood Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Quicksilver Swimming | $2,920 | 3 | 0% |
| Leland High School Parent Club | $2,542 | 2 | 3% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Family | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tech Interactive | $1,545 | 3 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Don Callejon School Community Organization | $570 | 1 | 1% |
| Conservation Society of California | $461 | 2 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $329 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley of the Sun United Way | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | $72 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara Schools Foundation | $52 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Kla Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation
- How much does Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation give?
- Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $15,050 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Religion (12%), International (5%).
- Who are Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ($10k), Hands of Love Foundation ($8k), Ex-Students' Association of Ut ($6k).
- Does Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter and Fannie Wang 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 Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kla Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation based?
- Walter and Fannie Wang Foundation is based in CA.
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