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Yee 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.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Human Services$18kHealth$16kArts & Culture$14kEducation$4kPublic Benefit$4kPhilanthropy$2kYouth Development$2kScience & Tech$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$402k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
East Bay Musical Society$5,000
Blankets for Kids$1,000
The Kidney Project$1,000
Shoes That Fit$1,000
Lymphoma Research Fdn$1,000
Puppies Behind Bars$1,000
Paws for Purple Hearts$1,000
Charity Cars Inc$1,000
Early Alert Canines$1,000
Charity Navigator$500
Depression & Bipolar Alliance$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHOES THAT FIT: $1k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%CHARITY CARS: $1k → 11%Charity Navigator: $500 → 7%SHOES THAT FIT: $1k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%Charity Cars Inc: $1k → 11%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%Shoes That Fit: $1k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%CHARITY CARS: $1k → 11%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%BLANKETS FOR KIDS: $1k → 10%SHOES THAT FIT: $1k → 14%Puppies Behind Bars: $1k → 17%CHARITY CARS: $1k → 11%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%BLANKETS FOR KIDS: $1k → 10%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $500 → 17%Blankets for Kids: $1k → 10%BLANKETS FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 10%BLANKETS FOR KIDS: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$58k · 14 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$58k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+81%

Still filing today

64%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitAnimalsEducationScience & TechOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BF
    BLANKETS FOR KIDS
    5× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +34% · 33% of their budget
  • EA
    Early Alert Canines
    6× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +41%
  • PB
    PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • MF
    MOZILLA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +81%
  • SL
    SAN LEANDRO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +681%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
3
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

5
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
6
Leader Dogs for the Blind

Empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel.

Human Services
7
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
9
Dogs Playing for Life Inc

Dogs playing for life is redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for all sheltered dogs by improving their experience through playgroups and individualized training, resulting in urgent and responsible livesaving.

Animals
10
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
11
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
12
Birchbark Foundation Inc

By providing financial resources for those in need and educational resources to our community, birchbark foundation empowers people to make informed decisions in times of crisis and to be better advocates for their pets

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Blankets for Kids. 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EAST BAY MUSICAL SOCIETY — $14,000 · OtherEAST BAY MUSICAL SOCIETYTHE KIDNEY PROJECT — $4,000 · OtherTHE KIDNEY PROJECTIndividual grant recipient — $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDEPRESSION BIPOLAR ALLIANCE — $1,500 · OtherDEPRESSION BIPOLAR ALLIANCESAN LEANDRO BOYS GIRLS CLUB — $1,000 · OtherDepression & Bipolar Alliance — $1,000 · Other+1 more — $500 · OtherBLANKETS FOR KIDS — $5,000 · Human ServicesBLANKETS FOR KIDSPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $4,500 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INCSHOES THAT FIT — $4,000 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FITCHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS — $4,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY …Charity Navigator — $2,000 · Human ServicesCharity NavigatorEarly Alert Canines — $4,500 · AnimalsLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $4,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $500 · HealthWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 · EducationPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS — $4,000 · Public BenefitMOZILLA FOUNDATION — $1,000 · Science & Tech
Other$24,000Human Services$19,500Animals$4,500Health$4,500Education$4,000Public Benefit$4,000Science & Tech$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBLANKETS FOR KIDS — $5,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetEarly Alert Canines — $4,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOZILLA FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN LEANDRO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BLANKETS FOR KIDS
  • Who funds Early Alert Canines
  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT
  • Who funds CHARITY CARS INC AKA 1-800-CHARITY CARS FREE CHARITY CARS
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS
  • Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Charity Navigator
  • Who funds MOZILLA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SAN LEANDRO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Yee Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
202122232425
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Yee Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Yee Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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