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Wang & Wu Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$120
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$120
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$5kHealth$5kEducation$4kInternational$3kArts & Culture$2kReligion$1kScience & Tech$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$528Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$120
Median grant
1
States reached
$659k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Committee for the confucius mem$120
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.

US giving: 33% of grant dollars ($18k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 67% that went abroad ($37k) is mapped below.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cancer Research America: $1k → 22%NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $500 → 8%FREMONT CHINESE SCHOOL: $320 → 10%Conservatory of Flowers: $75 → 10%CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $300 → 12%CALTECH: $2k → 14%DIRECT RELIEF: $100 → 14%BUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF: $100 → 6%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80 → 13%DENVER ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $150 → 12%Alzheimers Association: $220 → 14%The National Wildlife Federation: $80 → 7%NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $2k → 8%New Hope Chinese Cancer Care Founda: $100 → 8%NFG San Francisco Park: $75 → 10%CALTECH: $1k → 14%DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDER: $250 → 17%GlobalGiving: $625 → 14%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $120 → 14%National Foundation for Cancer Research: $1k → 8%HOPKINS BAND AND ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS: $1k → 10%California Institute of Technology: $450 → 14%MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC: $250 → 17%GLOBAL GIVING: $500 → 14%NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $1k → 8%NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CEARE: $100 → 8%HOPKINS BAND AND ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS: $850 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300 → 10%CALTECH FUND: $250 → 14%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $180 → 14%GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION: $100 → 8%CHUNG TAI ZEN CENTER: $300 → 8%CHADBOURNE SCHOOL FAMILY AND FACULT: $200 → 10%THE EXPLORATORIUM: $149 → 10%CALTECH FUND: $100 → 14%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $85 → 14%TZU CHI: $240 → 8%HOPKIN ACADEMY: $190 → 10%CALIFORNIA STATE PARK FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $450 → 14%The Committee for the confucius mem: $120 → 8%MISSION SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $190 → 10%CALIFORNIA STATE PARK FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $240 → 14%MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES: $80 → 14%The Committee for the confucius mem: $120 → 8%HOPKINS BAND AND ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS: $77 → 10%Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
GA

Beyond the US: 67% of all-years giving ($37k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Taiwan$37k · 4 grants
OC$281 · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 16 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
34

Total granted

$14k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • NH
    NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $600 · revenue +47%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $390 · revenue +17%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $265 · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $31k
  • KM
    Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung senio
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
2
Ucla Foundation

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…

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
5
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

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…

Education
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
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
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
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
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 51 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $31,050 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung senio: $5,000 · OtherKaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung senioNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $3,570 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH+29 more: $5,685 · Other+29 moreTHE CALTECH Y: $3,000 · EducationTHE CALTECH …HOPKINS BAND AND ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS: $1,952 · EducationHOPKINS BAND…NEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $600 · EducationNEW HOPE CHI…CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $450 · EducationCALIFORNIA I…+1 more: $60 · EducationGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,125 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $295 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 · InternationalBUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $100 · InternationalFREMONT CHINESE SCHOOL: $320 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300 · Arts & CultureTHE DENVER ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $150 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $149 · Arts & CultureBUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $790 · ReligionALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $390 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $150 · Recreation & SportsCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $125 · Recreation & Sports
Other$45,305Education$6,062International$1,870Arts & Culture$919Religion$790Health$470Recreation & Sports$275

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 budgetTHE CALTECH Y: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPKINS BAND AND ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS: $1,952 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE CHINESE CANCER CARE FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $390 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREMONT CHINESE SCHOOL: $320 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $295 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $265 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $149 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION POSSIBLE-MISSION SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $25 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.

American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE9.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wang & Wu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wang & Wu Foundation. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.

    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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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