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Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc at a glance

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Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc

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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$2.2MCivil Rights$1.6MReligion$505kHousing & Shelter$281kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kHealth$53kArts & Culture$29kEnvironment$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.8M
$24,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$88M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$500,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$500,000
ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$250,000
THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION$250,000
ST PAUL & ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$250,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (ANNUAL DINNER)$100,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$24,000
HOUSTON ARBORETUM NATURE CENTER$15,000
KEEP BEL-AIR BEAUTIFUL$10,000
ATLANTIC LEGAL FOUNDATION INC$7,500
LOS ANGELES POLICE MUSEUM$5,000
REFORMED UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP$5,000
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY$3,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ASIAN FACULTY ASSOCIATION$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 4 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$3.0M
$325k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+0%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationCrime & LegalCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +35%
  • HS
    HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.5M · revenue -5%
  • KB
    KEEP BEL AIR BEAUTIFUL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue -40%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +0%
  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -20%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +50%
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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3
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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6
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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7
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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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
American Intellectual Property Law Association

The association was formed to maintain a high standard of professional ethics among its members and to aid in the institution of improvements in legal education and to provide information to the public in laws relating to patents,…

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Addiction Education Society Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $1,500,000 · EducationHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOLTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $500,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY…+1 more: $50,000 · EducationASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500,000 · Crime & LegalASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE …ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $250,000 · OtherASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMU…THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherTHE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATIO…ST PAUL & ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $250,000 · OtherST PAUL & ST ANDREW UNIT…COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (ANNUAL DINNER): $100,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (ANN…Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…+10 more: $88,000 · Other+10 moreLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsCHINATOWN HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyKEEP BEL AIR BEAUTIFUL: $30,500 · Community Improvement
Education$2,050,000Crime & Legal$1,500,000Other$1,038,000Human Services$100,000Civil Rights$100,000Philanthropy$50,000Community Improvement$30,500

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 budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKEEP BEL AIR BEAUTIFUL: $30,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Arboretum & Nature Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTIC LEGAL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation Inc 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 23 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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