Washington · Nonprofit
SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION
SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,376 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($14,980). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation does
Mission
Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation combines compassion and philanthropy with strategic grant-making to advance quality health and education for all. The foundation also awards scholarships and makes grants for disaster relief and recovery.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation made 32 healthcare and education grants in 2024 as part of our health and education access funding stream. These grants support organizations working to provide equitable access to healthcare and education to immigrant and refugee communities. They provide funding for organizations that remove barriers to access, offer culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare services, work to increase diversity in healthcare, and that support students and their families in early education, secondary education completion, and the transition to college.
$1,104,160 spentof which $1,050,000 as grants45% of program spendingSheng-Yen Lu Foundation made 23 justice fund grants in 2024. The justice fund makes grants to immigrant and refugee serving organizations that are: 1) building an inclusive economy in which immigrants and refugees can thrive 2) conducting narrative change work to create a more welcoming, inclusive, anti-racist, and compassionate vision for our nation 3) engaging in advocacy and systems-change work to promote civic participation and immigrant justice including access to healthcare, education, housing, safety, and other basic human needs and 4) providing legal representation to immigrants and refugees.
$773,604 spentof which $715,000 as grants32% of program spendingOther grantmaking activity: Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation sponsored community events held by 40 partner organizations in 2024. One set of special projects is our disaster relief efforts. 100% of funds raised for disaster relief efforts go toward rebuilding the lives of those affected by disasters. In 2024, one organization received funds to help victims of the earthquake in taiwan, and another organization received funding for emergency response services in gaza. Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation also made 13 rapid response grants in 2024. These grants are made to grantee partners who are facing an unanticipated need for funds to address an emergency situation. Sheng-Yen Lu Foundation also made 10 community-led grants in 2024 to nonprofits that were nominated by our existing grantees. The goal of this funding stream is to broaden the scope of our philanthropic efforts and support newer and/or smaller organizations in their development. Finally, one additional special projects grant was made in 2024 to support a sabbatical fund for bipoc nonprofit leaders in washington state, and an additional special projects grant was made as a capital campaign gift to a healthcare organization.
$453,721 spentof which $404,346 as grants19% of program spendingSheng-Yen Lu Foundation operates the lotus scholarship program to benefit immigrant and refugee students who are graduating high school and wish to pursue a college degree. The scholarship helps these students who are often the first in their families to attend college and who face tremendous language, cultural, and financial barriers. A total of 33 individual scholarships were awarded in 2024 to assist with the cost of post-secondary education.
$98,674 spentof which $91,195 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,430,159.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $11M (−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.
34% of SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Rachel Allen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $14k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 SHENG-YEN LU 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
SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 95% · 2021 57% · 2022 85% · 2023 55% — 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
94% of SHENG-YEN LU 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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k 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
SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SHENG-YEN LU 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHENG-YEN LU 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 SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION?
- SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,376 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($14,980). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $40,376 in grants to SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $14,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHENG-YEN LU FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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