California · Private foundation
Zhang Initiative 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Zhang Initiative Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $107k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $105k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $407k | 91% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $117k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $23k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harker School | $602,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) | $71,114 | 1 | 1% |
| Zheda Alumni Foundation | $23,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $22,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Staten Island University Hospital | $16,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Dorris-Eaton Parents Association | $5,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Chinese American Heart Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Stanford Health Care | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harker School | $602,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) | $71,114 | 1 | 1% |
| Zheda Alumni Foundation | $23,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $22,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Staten Island University Hospital | $16,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Dorris-Eaton Parents Association | $5,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Chinese American Heart Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Stanford Health Care | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Gatos Ballet Foundation | $1,600 | 2 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zhang Initiative Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Zhang Initiative Foundation
- How much does Zhang Initiative Foundation give?
- Zhang Initiative Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $107,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Zhang Initiative Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (16%).
- Who are Zhang Initiative Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Harker School ($602k), Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) ($71k), Zheda Alumni Foundation ($23k).
- Does Zhang Initiative Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zhang Initiative 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 Zhang Initiative Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Zhang Initiative Foundation based?
- Zhang Initiative Foundation is based in CA.
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