Funding search · EIN 300005201 · Houston, TX
Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 657
- grants reported
- $106.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Wellesley College7 grants · $9.8M
- Texas Childrens Hospital6 grants · $9.3M
- International Buddhist Progress Society3 grants · $6.2M
- Asia Society Texas Center10 grants · $4.8M
- Foundation for Chinese Cultural Heritage2 grants · $4.2M
- Houston Museum of Natural Science11 grants · $4.1M
- William Marsh Rice University11 grants · $3.2M
- Texas Children'S Hospital3 grants · $3.0M
- University of California San Francisco Foundation16 grants · $2.6M
- Direct Relief4 grants · $2.2M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 657 grants.
- $3.0M
International Buddhist Progress Society · Hacienda Heights, CA · 2024
Program/project support
- $3.0M
Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $3.0M
International Buddhist Progress Society · Hacienda Heights, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $3.0M
Texas Childrens Hospital · Houston, TX · 2023
Study of neurodegeneration diseases
- $3.0M
Texas Childrens Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
Jan and dan duncan neurological research institute chao innovation network for neurodegenerative disease
- $3.0M
Texas Childrens Hospital · Houston, TX · 2022
Jan and dan duncan neurological research institute chao innovation network for neurodegenerative disease
- $2.1M
Foundation for Chinese Cultural Heritage · Houston, TX · 2022
Fcch programs
- $2.1M
Foundation for Chinese Cultural Heritage · Houston, TX · 2022
Fcch programs
- $2.0M
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
Program/project support
- $2.0M
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
Science center and math wing
- $2.0M
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
Science center & math wing support
- $2.0M
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
Science center & math wing support
- $1.0M
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $1.0M
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $1.0M
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $1.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $1.0M
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $1.0M
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Endowment fund
- $1.0M
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $1.0M
Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023
The food for better lives expansion campaign
- $1.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
Matter and motion: quantum chemistry to astrophysics hall
- $1.0M
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $1.0M
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Endowment fund
- $1.0M
Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Endowment fund
- $1.0M
Harris County Hospital District Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Ben taub hospital trauma center renovation
- $1.0M
Harris County Hospital District Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Ben taub hospital trauma center renovation
- $1.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Matter & motion quantum chemistry to astrophysics hall
- $1.0M
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Matter & motion quantum chemistry to astrophysics hall
- $893,919
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $660,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Rice360 newborn essential solutions and technologies (nest360)
- $660,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Rice360 newborn essential solutions and technologies (nest360) initiative
- $660,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Rice360 newborn essential solutions and technologies (nest360) initiative
- $600,000
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
- $600,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
- $600,000
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
John & mable ringling museum of art - center for asian art and endowment
- $600,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
Chair for inclusive excellence
- $600,000
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
John & mable ringling museum of art support for the center for asian art and the asian art endowment
- $600,000
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
John & mable ringling museum of art support for the center for asian art and the asian art endowment
- $600,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
Chair for inclusive excellence
- $600,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022
Chair for inclusive excellence
- $500,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024
Program/project support
- $500,000
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program/project support
- $500,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Program/project support
- $500,000
Miller Theatre Advisory Board · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $500,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
- $500,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023
Chair professorship in neuroscience funds
- $500,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
- $500,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
- $500,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022
Chair professorships in neuroscience
- $500,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022
Chair professorships in neuroscience
- $500,000
Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2022
Relief response efforts
- $500,000
Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2022
Relief response efforts
- $500,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Duke law school immigrant rights clinic
- $500,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Duke law school immigrant rights clinic
- $500,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Pp federation of america & pp gulf coast
- $500,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Pp federation of america & pp gulf coast
- $405,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $400,000
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Dba Hope Clinic · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $400,000
Florida Southern College · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Program/project support
- $400,000
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area Dba Hope Clinic · Houston, TX · 2023
Capital campaign
- $400,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Dba Stanford · Stanford, CA · 2023
School of humanities & sciences fellowships and assistantships for grad students
- $400,000
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area Dba Hope Clinic · Houston, TX · 2022
Hope clinic capital campaign & campus expansion
- $400,000
Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area Dba Hope Clinic · Houston, TX · 2022
Hope clinic capital campaign & campus expansion
- $400,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc Dba Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
- $400,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc Dba Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
- $400,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
School of humanities and sciences fellowships & assistantships for graduate students specializing in the field of buddhism
- $400,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
School of humanities and sciences fellowships & assistantships for graduate students specializing in the field of buddhism
- $350,000
Kids Meals · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $350,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program/project support
- $350,000
Kids Meals · Houston, TX · 2023
Building hope campaign
- $350,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
School of nursing fellowship in taiwan and china
- $350,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Ucsf school of nursing international evidence-based practice training fellowship & nurse executive fellowship
- $350,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Ucsf school of nursing international evidence-based practice training fellowship & nurse executive fellowship
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $300,000
National Archives Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Pandemic threat technology center
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023
Chao scholars initiative
- $300,000
Florida Southern College · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Polk museum of art expansion
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Pandemic threat technology center
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Chao scholars initiative
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Pandemic threat technology center
- $300,000
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022
Chao scholars initiative
- $300,000
Florida Southern College · Lakeland, FL · 2022
Polk museum of art support for museum expansion & gallery development
- $300,000
Florida Southern College · Lakeland, FL · 2022
Polk museum of art support for museum expansion & gallery development
- $300,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Shepherd school of music rumpac project
- $300,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Shepherd school of music rumpac project
- $283,585
American Hospital of Paris Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
- $283,585
American Hospital of Paris Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Le nouvel americain capital campaign
- $283,585
American Hospital of Paris Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Le nouvel americain capital campaign
- $283,585
American Hospital of Paris Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Le nouvel americain capital campaign
- $270,000
Fountain Project Foundation · El Cerrito, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $270,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Program/project support
- $270,000
Fountain Project Foundation · El Cerrito, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $270,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
School of medicine scholarship fund
- $250,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $250,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $250,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
- $250,000
Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024
Program/project support
- $250,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
- $250,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
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