· Private foundation
Youngbum Song 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KOREAN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDAT | $30,000 |
| UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION | $30,000 |
| UCI CENTER FOR CRITICAL KOREAN | $30,000 |
| USC KOREAN STUDIES INSTITUTE | $30,000 |
| UCLA CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES | $30,000 |
| FRIENDS OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN | $20,000 |
| KOREATOWN SENIOR & COMMUNITY | $20,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN SPECIAL EDUCATION | $20,000 |
| KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER | $20,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN WOMENS ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY | $20,000 |
| KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES | $20,000 |
| MISSION TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF KIDS | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $516k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KAKOREAN AMERICAN COALITION9× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +147%
- KAKOREAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +600% · 67% of their budget
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC7× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +128%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +46%
- KCKARIS CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $10k
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.
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.
Comparative studies and research concerning the political, economic, social, and cultural barriers and ties among the usa,south korea and north korea.
The mission of the korean american community center of san francisco and bay area (kaccsf) is to build community and enhance the quality of life for the korean american residents in the san francisco and bay area. we are a place-based…
Teaching and introducing Korean language, history, and culture to Houston community.
The korean american community foundation of san francisco uplifts and connects the korean-american community through philanthropy.
KACS' missions are improving the quality of life, increasing community involvement and opportunities for persons of Korean heritage. In pursuit of these missions, KACS acts as a bridge to the greater community, providing social,…
Dedicated to building connections between intergenerational korean-americans and the greater community by promoting opportunities for appreciation of korea's rich cultural heritage. we aim to integrate others of various backgrounds that…
To spread the gospel to the underserved countries
To enhance the mutual relationship & corporation between korean schools in america to help improve quality of korean language and culture education & expand the base thereof. to help promte pride of descendants of koreans & establish…
The mission of KCCEB is to empower the Korean American and other communities of the Bay Area through education, advocacy, service and the development of community-based resources.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KOREAN AMERICAN COALITION ↗
- Who funds KOREAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Korean Resource Center Inc ↗
- Who funds KOREAN AMERICAN WOMENS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds YOUSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KOREAN AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KOREAN INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CA ↗
- Who funds HOME ON THE GREEN PASTURES ↗
- Who funds CRESTVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds LA CANADA ELEMENTARY PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
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: Open Stewardship Foundation · Kang Dream Foundation · California Community Foundation · Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California · Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Youngbum Song Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Youngbum Song Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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