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FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION

FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,000 to it, the largest being J Yang & Family Foundation ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$1.1M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$508k
Net assets
$112k
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Friends of Taiwan Foundation does

Mission

The Friends of Taiwan Foundation is a secular, apolitical, and non-profit organization that aims to promote a friendly relationship between the respective people of the United States and Taiwan.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

Due to the covid-19 Friends of Taiwan Foundation donated millions of medical face masks imported from taipei city taiwan and donate to the community in need in il, ca and md. For example, stepping stones shelter , baltimore police department, ywca center,and muslim community in md received 10,000 masks each and youth for tomorrow center in va received 10,000 as well.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($117k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($393k)2019 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 145 ($44k) Net assets 0 ($0)2020 Revenue 929 ($1.1M) Expenses 3212 ($983k) Net assets 29 ($112k)
201820192020
Revenue (929)Expenses (3212)Net assets (29)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $393k to $0 (−100%).

$393k
$0
$112k
201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$86k
’18
−$44k
’19
$104k
’20
1.4
months of
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.

201820192020
Listed557
Joined·+0+5
No longer listed·03
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $501k → $8k.

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION’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

FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.

“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.

Where its funders are

FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.

CA
NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION

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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF TAIWAN 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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION?
FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $508,000 to it, the largest being J Yang & Family Foundation ($500,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $508,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION?
J Yang & Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF TAIWAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), and the filings of 4 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