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Yang Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$81k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
74
Grants FY2025
69
Organizations funded FY2024
1%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500
Organizations funded a year
59 to 86
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$866k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 1% of the organizations Yang Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving73$79k11%
FY202469$65k1%
FY202374$70k19%
FY202286$74k22%
FY202180$63k34%
FY202059$41k0%
FY201967$45kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$122kEnvironment$73kAnimals$67kHuman Services$54kHealth$35kHousing & Shelter$21kFood & Nutrition$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 100 grantees
All grantees of Yang Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Wildlife Federation$9,50070%
Americares Foundation Inc$9,50070%
Ocean Conservancy$9,50070%
Friends of the Earth$9,50070%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$9,25070%
The Rescue Mission of Utica Inc$9,00070%
Mercy Ships International$9,00070%
Earthjustice$8,50070%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$8,00070%
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$7,75070%
Catholic Relief Services$7,0006n/a
Sierra Club$7,00060%
Oxfam-America Inc$6,95070%
Food for the Poor Inc$6,80070%
Mercy Corps$6,75060%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$6,50060%
Operation Homefront Inc$6,50070%
The Zakat Foundation of America$6,00060%
National Parks Conservation Association$5,75060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$5,2507n/a
Autism Speaks Inc$5,00050%
Keepers of the Wild$5,00040%
The Wilderness Society$5,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00060%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$5,00050%
Feeding America$5,00050%
Compassion & Choices$4,75050%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$4,75040%
American Friends Service Committee$4,7505n/a
Learning Ally Inc$4,50050%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$4,30050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$4,25040%
Defenders of Wildlife$4,25040%
Central Association for the Blind Inc$4,25050%
Feed the Children Inc$4,25040%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$4,00040%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$4,00040%
Project H O P E Inc$3,8005n/a
United States Association for UNHCR$3,75060%
Abraham House$3,60070%
MAP International Inc$3,50040%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$3,50040%
House of the Good Shepherd$3,40070%
Technoserve Inc$3,40060%
Good News Foundation of Central New York Inc$3,30050%
March of Dimes Inc$3,30050%
Covenant House$3,25060%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,00030%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$2,80040%
Doorae Community Movement$2,78070%
Meals on Wheels America$2,50040%
Bread and Water for Africa Inc$2,50030%
International Animal Rescue US Inc$2,50030%
American Humane Association$2,30030%
Anita's Stevens Swan Humane Society$2,25030%
Food Bank of Central New York$2,00040%
Humane World for Animals International$2,00030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,00030%
Medical Teams International$2,00030%
American Rivers Inc$2,00030%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$2,00030%
Last Chance for Animals$2,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00040%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,50030%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$1,50030%
Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc$1,50020%
Fountain House Inc$1,50030%
American Leprosy Missions Inc$1,50020%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$1,35020%
New York State Sheriffs' Institute$1,30070%
The Trust for Public Land$1,30020%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$1,25020%
Helen Keller International$1,25020%
World Animal Protection$1,15020%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,00020%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$1,0001n/a
Children's Cancer Research Fund$1,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,00010%
Seva Foundation$1,00020%
Operation Smile Inc$80020%
National Park Foundation$75010%
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc$75010%
Rainforest Action Network$60010%
American Indian College Fund$50010%
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh$50010%
Epworth Children's Home$50010%
American Lung Association$50010%
Appalachia Service Project Inc$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Plan International USA Inc$50010%
Operation Sunshine Inc$5001n/a
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$50010%
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption$50010%
Yosemite Foundation$50010%
Heartbeat International Inc$50010%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$30010%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$30010%
New Castle Patrolmans Benevolent Association Inc$20010%
USA Dance Inc$9010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Yang Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $9,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rescue Mission of Utica Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Medical Mission Board Inc: $7,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $6,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $6,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $6,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Homefront Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Zakat Foundation of America: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $5,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKeepers of the Wild: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $4,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Association for the Blind Inc: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Conservancy Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAbraham House: $3,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMAP International Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of the Good Shepherd: $3,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTechnoserve Inc: $3,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGood News Foundation of Central New York Inc: $3,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $3,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDoorae Community Movement: $2,780 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBread and Water for Africa Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 94.

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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.

Joseph and Inez E Carbone FoundationNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation · Bank of Utica Foundation Inc · Utica National Group Foundation Inc · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · The James H Wurz Jr and Edward T Wurz Sr Foundation · The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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.

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About Yang Foundation

How much does Yang Foundation give?
Yang Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $80,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 86 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Yang Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (27%), Environment (16%), Animals (15%).
Who are Yang Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: National Wildlife Federation ($10k), Americares Foundation Inc ($10k), Ocean Conservancy ($10k).
Does Yang Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 1% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Yang Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Yang Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joseph and Inez E Carbone Foundation, Bank of Utica Foundation Inc, Utica National Group Foundation Inc.
Where is Yang Foundation based?
Yang Foundation is based in NY.

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 138 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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