California · Nonprofit
BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION
BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 204 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,460,856 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($10,398,000). 127 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 234 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 234 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2023
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Rose Hills Foundationshared funderslocal
- Universal Sunlight Foundationportfolio match
- Give Lively Foundation Incshared funders
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 39 funders to 90 funders, grant income rose $424k → $6.5M.
27 of 204 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 204 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 18% · 2019 26% · 2020 48% · 2021 18% · 2022 47% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
48% of BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9.9M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 statesis excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 204 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Rose Hills Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 53 organizations that share your funders · funds 508 organizations near you
- Universal Sunlight Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Give Lively Foundation Incshared fundersNY · backs 181 organizations that share your funders
- Tan Teo Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Khyentse Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhismportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Yuelu Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tisbest Philanthropyshared fundersWA · backs 94 organizations that share your funders
- The Ralph M Parsons Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 71 organizations that share your funders · funds 759 organizations near you
- The Ahmanson Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 63 organizations that share your funders · funds 701 organizations near you
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New Yorkshared fundersNY · backs 66 organizations that share your funders
- United Way of Bergen Countyshared fundersNJ · backs 108 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.7M on record — $8.7M federal, $500 state.
- Department of State$8.3M
- Department of the Treasury$348k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$500
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATIOn · exempt
- Buddhist Tzu Chi Education Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION?
- BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 204 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,460,856 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($10,398,000). 127 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 204 organizations giving $36,460,856 in grants to BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION, 127 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,398,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 204funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing