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Korean American Buddhist Foundation

Name: Korean American Buddhist Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

75
grants reported: $300,400
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

cause good temple buddhism scholarship student library school

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Won Kak Sa4 grants · $130,000
Center for Food Action4 grants · $25,000
Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen4 grants · $22,800
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $15,000
Disabled American Veterans4 grants · $11,000
Feeding America4 grants · $10,000
Miran Chung4 grants · $9,000
Friends of Ai Kwang Won3 grants · $6,000
Providence Zen Center2 grants · $6,000
Paralyzed Veterans4 grants · $5,400

Giving over time

$62,200

2022

$63,100

2023

$98,600

2024

$76,500

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$62,000
Won Kak Sa · Salisbury Mills, NY · 2024
Contribution to temple
$33,000
Won Kak Sa · Salisbury Mills, NY · 2022
Contribution to temple
$19,000
Won Kak Sa · Salisbury Mills, NY · 2025
Contribution to temple
$16,000
Won Kak Sa · Salisbury Mills, NY · 2023
Contribution to temple
$8,000
Center for Food Action · Englewood, NJ · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$7,000
Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen · Toms River, NJ · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$6,000
Center for Food Action · Englewood, NJ · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$6,000
Center for Food Action · Englewood, NJ · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$6,000
Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen · Toms River, NJ · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$5,800
Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen · Toms River, NJ · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$5,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution to community school
$5,000
Rutgers University · Piscataw, NJ · 2025
Contribution to community school
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$5,000
Providence Zen Center · Cumberland, RI · 2023
Contribution to temple
$5,000
Center for Food Action · Englewood, NJ · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$4,000
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnatti, OH · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$4,000
Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen · Toms River, NJ · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$4,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$3,000
Bud Zen Center · Flushing, NY · 2025
Contribution to temple
$3,000
Ike Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2025
Contribution to library
$3,000
Miran Chung · Bronx, NY · 2025
Scholarship for buddhism student
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$3,000
Miran Chung · Bronx, NY · 2023
Scholarship for buddhism student
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$3,000
Friends of Ai Kwang Won · Midlothian, VA · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$2,500
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$2,500
Friends of Ai Kwang Won · Midlothian, VA · 2025
Contribution to cause
$2,500
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$2,500
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnatti, OH · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$2,500
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnatti, OH · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$2,300
Paralyzed Veterans · Topeka, KS · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$2,000
International Zen Center · Pinon Hills, CA · 2025
Contribution to temple
$2,000
Bud Zen Center · Flushing, NY · 2024
Contribution to temple
$2,000
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnatti, OH · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$2,000
International Zen Center · Pinon Hills, CA · 2024
Contribution to temple
$2,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospit · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$2,000
Bodhi Mind Zen Center · Englewood, NJ · 2023
Contribution to temple
$2,000
Jong Suh Rhee · Pinon Hills, CA · 2023
Scholarship for buddhism student
$2,000
Borisa Zen Center · Englewood, NJ · 2022
Contribution to temple
$2,000
Jong Suh Rhee · Pinon Hills, CA · 2022
Scholarship for buddhism student
$2,000
Miran Chung · Bronx, NY · 2022
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,800
Harry Truman Library · Independence, MO · 2023
Contribution to library
$1,500
Harry Truman Library · Independence, MO · 2025
Contribution to library
$1,500
Living Water Baptist Church · Sherwood, AR · 2024
Contribution to church
$1,500
Kabjae Cho · Flushing, NY · 2023
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,500
Korean School of New York · Woodside, NY · 2023
Contribution to community school
$1,300
Harry Truman Library · Independence, MO · 2024
Contribution to library
$1,200
St Jude Children'S Research Hospit · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$1,100
Paralyzed Veterans · Topeka, KS · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$1,000
Hean Meditation Center · Closter, NJ · 2025
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Hyon a Lee · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Korean School Ny · Woodside, NY · 2025
Contribution to community school
$1,000
Living Water Baptist Church · Sherwood, AR · 2025
Contribution to church
$1,000
Modern Buddhism · Glen Spey, NY · 2025
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Paralyzed Veterans · Topeka, KS · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$1,000
Yong Hui Quach · Adndover, MN · 2025
Contribution to good cause
$1,000
Bulkwang Zen Center · Tappan, NY · 2024
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Hean Meditation Center · Closter, NJ · 2024
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Hyon a Lee · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Jung Myung Sa Temple · Flushing, NY · 2024
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Miran Chung · Bronx, NY · 2024
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Paralyzed Veterans · Topeka, KS · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$1,000
Providence Zen Center · Cumberland, RI · 2024
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Rev Gyeong Soon Lee · Salisbury Mills, NY · 2024
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Rev Herry Grevemberg · Cumberland, RI · 2024
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Hyon a Lee · New York, NY · 2023
Scholarship for buddhism student
$1,000
Mount Washington Elementary School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Contribution to elementary school
$1,000
Bo Kwang Sah · Portland, OR · 2022
Contribution to temple
$1,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution to good cause
$800
Ike Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2024
Contribution to library
$800
Ike Eisenhower Foundation · Abilene, KS · 2023
Contribution to good cause
$800
Harry Truman Library · Independence, MO · 2022
Contribution to library
$500
Heifer International · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution to good cause
$500
Friends of Ai Kwang Won · Midlothian, VA · 2023
Contribution to good cause

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