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Yang Family Foundation at a glance

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Yang 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.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$16kArts & Culture$8kEducation$7kScience & Tech$4kInternational$2kCrime & Legal$1kEnvironment$700Animals$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lummis Elementary School Parent Teacher Association$6,500
Kidspace Children's Museum$600
The Discovery$500
People for Guatemala Inc$500
Cayton Children's Museum$500
The International Friends of The London Library$500
National Park Foundation$500
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust$500
Friends of Venice Italy Inc$200
Slonevian Cultural Garden Association$200
Hungary Foundation Inc$200
Penguin Foundation$200
02The need
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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: 88% of grant dollars ($35k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 12% that went abroad ($5k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%People for Guatemala Inc: $500 → 10%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

NY
MA
NV
OH
CA
DC
HI
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 12% of all-years giving ($5k)

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

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$4k · 2 grants
New Zealand$500 · 1 grant
Australia$200 · 1 grant
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 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 Nevada Discovery Museum

Educating children and adults through interactive hands-on exhibits and educational programming.

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2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
National Children Museum

To inspire children to care about and change the world. National Children's Museum (NCM) is a next generation institution that sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under 12 by fostering critical competencies in S.T.E.A.M.…

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4
Chico Children's Museum

None

Education
5
Chicago Children's Museum

Chicago childrens museum is a place where families and caregivers with infants and children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. the museum features three vibrant floors of exhibits and activities that…

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Collections
Arts & Culture
7
The New Childrens Museum

The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…

Arts & Culture
8
Discovery Museum Inc

To spark delight in learning by igniting curiosity and creativity in children and adults, as they discover together the joys of science, nature, and play.

Arts & Culture
9
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc

A catalyst for change through recognizing inventors and inventions, promoting creativity, and advancing the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
American Friends of the Shanghai Museum Inc

Founded in 1995, the american friends of the shanghai museum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and financial support for the shanghai museum, continuing a distinguished history of patron support for…

Arts & Culture
12
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Discovery Children's Museum; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Venice Italy 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
2/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE SINAI LAS VEGAS INC: $16,000 · OtherTEMPLE SINAI LAS VEGAS INCLummis Elementary School Parent Teacher Association: $6,500 · OtherLummis Elementary School Parent Teacher AssociationScience World British Columbia: $2,000 · OtherScience World British ColumbiaASTC Science World Society: $2,000 · OtherASTC Science World Society+9 more: $5,500 · Other+9 moreTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S …Childrens Discovery Center: $1,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Disco…DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILD…ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORI…LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $800 · Arts & CultureLAS VEGAS NATUR…SHAREWELL: $500 · Arts & CultureSHAREWELLHUNGARY FOUNDATION: $200 · Arts & CultureGIVE2ASIA: $1,000 · InternationalPEOPLE FOR GUATEMALA INC: $500 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $500 · EducationFRIENDS OF VENICE ITALY INC: $200 · Philanthropy
Other$32,000Arts & Culture$5,500International$1,000Human Services$500Education$500Philanthropy$200

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 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Discovery Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAREWELL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR GUATEMALA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF VENICE ITALY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Yang Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yang Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–10%
    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 24 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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