California · Nonprofit
TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC
TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,083,107 to it, the largest being THE STARR FOUNDATION ($20,000,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $51M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Tsinghua Education Foundation Na Inc does
Mission
Established in 1997, TEFNA has established, fostered and maintained educational exchanges and collaboration between Tsinghua University in China and other universities, colleges, companies and industries in the US and other countries outside of China. In addition, TEFNA is dedicated to promoting educational programs on US-China relations, joint ventures, business and trade. Furthermore, TEFNA supports programs advancing undergraduate and graduate education, scientific research and training in all branches of knowledge.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants to Tsinghua University Education Foundation
$15,453,200 spentof which $15,343,127 as grants100% of program spendingGrants to North Aerican Tsinghua Dance Team
$24,210 spentof which $24,000 as grants0% of program spendingGrants to North America Federation of Tsinghua Alumni Associations
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,477,410.
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 2023 to 2024, from $128M to $27M (−79%).
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.
89% of TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Wei Yuan
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $2.8M → $7.0M.
14 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 39% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
30% 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 TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 47% · 2019 59% · 2020 60% · 2021 72% · 2022 42% · 2023 36% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC is better cushioned than half of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA 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 TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC?
- TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,083,107 to it, the largest being THE STARR FOUNDATION ($20,000,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $51,083,107 in grants to TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC?
- THE STARR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 37 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing