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Wu and Chen Family Foundation at a glance

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Wu and Chen Family 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$700
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$9kInternational$7kAnimals$4kHealth$2kArts & Culture$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$325Environment$300Philanthropy$275Other$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$215
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Child Fund$700
Save the Children$468
Aggieland Humane Society$300
National Taiwan University$300
Gateway for Cancer Research$250
Community Foundation of the Texas H$250
Friends of Children with Special Ne$250
San Diego Humane Society$250
Doggie Protective Services$215
Metavivor$210
Austin Pets Alive$200
Hope For Paws Rescue$200
El Camino Hospital Cancer Center$200
California Fire Foundation$200
Humane Society Silicon Valley$180
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $145) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $20 → 9%American Red Cross: $125 → 8%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
WI
NY
NV
IN
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 18 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
42

Total granted

$18k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+24%

Still filing today

56%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • SM
    SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +105%
  • AH
    Aggieland Humane Society
    4× · 2021–2025 · $602 · revenue +56%
  • AP
    AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $530 · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • SU
    SARATOGA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • SE
    SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -51%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $308
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
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
2
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

Our mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet…

Unclassified
3
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
4
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
5
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
6
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
7
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
8
Juneau Animal Rescue

To serve our community by promoting animal welfare and strengthening the animal-human bond. to improve the lives of pets through education and protection. to shelter stray, abandoned, and surrendered pets and find them loving homes.

Animals
9
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
10
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
11
Ark-Valley Humane Society Inc

Ark-Valley Humane Society's (AVHS) Mission is ensuring the welfare of companion animals through compassion and care. AVHS operated an open-admission animal shelter for Chaffee County, Colorado.

Animals
12
Saving Saluda Strays
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Austin Pets Alive Inc; the most unlike its peers is Japan 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

32 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. 32 of the 67 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
18/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Child Fund: $5,442 · OtherChild FundSaratoga High School: $4,261 · OtherSaratoga High SchoolSARATOGA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,052 · OtherSARATOGA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTNational Taiwan University: $880 · OtherEl Camino Hospital Cancer Center: $600 · Other+36 more: $4,381 · Other+36 moreAggieland Humane Society: $602 · AnimalsAggieland Hum…AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $530 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS A…HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $452 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIET…Austin Wildlife Rescue: $363 · AnimalsAustin Wildli…DOGGIE PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS TAILS: $265 · AnimalsDOGGIE PROTEC…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $250 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUM…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $230 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN …+8 more: $290 · Animals+8 moreSARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $1,700 · EducationSARATOGA MUS…SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSARATOGA EDU…Save The Children Federation Inc: $1,089 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 · InternationalFriends of Children with Special Needs: $450 · HealthGATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $250 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $60 · Health+1 more: $25 · HealthREDWOOD SPORT BOOSTERS INC: $190 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125 · Human ServicesBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $20 · Human Services
Other$16,616Animals$2,982Education$2,700International$1,189Health$785Youth Development$190Human Services$145

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 budgetSARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS: $1,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,089 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAggieland Humane Society: $602 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $530 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $452 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Children with Special Needs: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Wildlife Rescue: $363 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOGGIE PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS TAILS: $265 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $230 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR PAWS: $85 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home Humane Society Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPAIGN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND ANIMAL SHELTER NFP: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOLO COUNTY SPCA: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN VALLEY BANK COMMUNITY: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAPAN SOCIETY INC: $20 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.

  • Who funds SARATOGA MUSIC BOOSTERS ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SARATOGA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Aggieland Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Children with Special Needs ↗
  • Who funds Austin Wildlife Rescue ↗
  • Who funds DOGGIE PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS TAILS ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD SPORT BOOSTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR PAWS ↗

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.

United Way WorldwidePetsmart Charities IncAetna Foundation IncBest Friends Animal S…The Duffield Family F…Greater Good CharitiesAbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Mightycause Charitabl…
United Way WorldwideVA14.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · Petsmart Charities Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Best Friends Animal Society · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable 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 Wu and Chen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wu and Chen Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 67 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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