Connecticut · Nonprofit
CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC
CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $368,723 to it, the largest being MAK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($309,040). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $309k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $369k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Cardinal Kung Foundation Inc does
Mission
To promote the Roman Catholic Church in China now under persecution through increased prayers financial support and other appropriate projects.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Information Dissemination and Newsletters
$51,715 spent27% of program spendingTheology and Advanced Education for Roman Catholic Priests and Religious in China Europe and USA
$54,938 spentof which $52,226 as grants29% of program spendingMass Stipends and Prayer Services for Roman Catholic Priests and Nuns in China Europe and USA
$68,788 spentof which $66,076 as grants36% of program spendingFinancial Support to Orphanage and Other Catholic Organizations in China
$17,212 spentof which $14,500 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $192,653.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $844k to $1.0M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
95% of CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $48k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 85% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is 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.
Against its field
CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC?
- CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $368,723 to it, the largest being MAK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($309,040). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $368,723 in grants to CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC?
- MAK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $309,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARDINAL KUNG FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 8 funders 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing