California · Private foundation
Yao Hsien Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,215
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 75% of the organizations Yao Hsien Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $3k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $6k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $2k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $2k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $548 | 75% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $762 | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $444 | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $260 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American College of Rheumatology Inc | $3,649 | 2 | 0% |
| Zen Martial Arts Foundation | $3,360 | 1 | 13% |
| Gofundmeorg | $773 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation for a Beautiful Life | $767 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $663 | 4 | 0% |
| Covenant | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Biopharmaceutical Society | $400 | 1 | 2% |
| Life Science Cares Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Fangcao Reading Circle | $200 | 1 | 1% |
| River of Life Christian Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American College of Rheumatology Inc | $3,649 | 2 | 0% |
| Zen Martial Arts Foundation | $3,360 | 1 | 13% |
| Gofundmeorg | $773 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation for a Beautiful Life | $767 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $663 | 4 | 0% |
| Covenant | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Biopharmaceutical Society | $400 | 1 | 2% |
| Life Science Cares Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Fangcao Reading Circle | $200 | 1 | 1% |
| River of Life Christian Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sound of Hope Radio Network Inc | $130 | 1 | 0% |
| Puente de la Costa Sur | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $70 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| National Tropical Botanical Garden | $10 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Yao Hsien Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Yao Hsien Family Foundation
- How much does Yao Hsien Family Foundation give?
- Yao Hsien Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,885 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Yao Hsien Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (30%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Yao Hsien Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: American College of Rheumatology Inc ($4k), Zen Martial Arts Foundation ($3k), Gofundmeorg ($773).
- Does Yao Hsien Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Yao Hsien Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Yao Hsien Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Yao Hsien Family Foundation based?
- Yao Hsien Family Foundation is based in CA.
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