California · Nonprofit
KAIST US FOUNDATION INC
KAIST US FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,400 to it, the largest being Tan Teo Charitable Foundation ($260,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $339k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $500k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Kaist US Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, to the benefit, to perform functions, or to carry out the charitable purposes of the korea advanced institute of science and technology (kaist) and any other euducational institutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation donated to foothill-de anza foundation to support the "let's play ai + tech" program, a community-based workshop in partnership with kaist.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants63% of program spendingThe foundation provided scholarships through donations to an individual recipient for the ksf scholarship program.
$3,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants38% of program spendingThe foundation donated to kaist development foundation for the purpose of workshop. No donation was made in 2024.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $2.1M to $1.8M (−13%).
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.
65% of KAIST US FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Youngsuk Chi
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $260k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 KAIST US 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
KAIST US FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
44% 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 KAIST US FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
KAIST US FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
KAIST US FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KAIST US 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
6% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAIST US FOUNDATION INC: 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 KAIST US FOUNDATION INC?
- KAIST US FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $500,400 to it, the largest being Tan Teo Charitable Foundation ($260,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAIST US FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $500,400 in grants to KAIST US FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of KAIST US FOUNDATION INC?
- Tan Teo Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAIST US FOUNDATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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