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12 funders with a record of paying for “chen”

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The San Francisco Foundation → Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco: $226K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Biling Chen: $189K across 3 grants, latest 2023Good Ventures Foundation → Xin Chen: $128K across 3 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of California-Davis: $127K across 4 grants, latest 2024Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Princeton University: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of Washington: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2023Math for America → Chen Kai Xin: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024Hillview Charitable Foundation → Donor Advised Charitable Giving: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Ford Family Foundation → Chen W: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc → B Chen: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025Schwab-Rosenhouse Memorial Foundation → Chi Chen: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2023Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Willie Chen: $4K across 4 grants, latest 2025Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Oregon State University: $108K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Maelee Chen: $102K across 3 grants, latest 2024Alfred P Sloan Foundation → Duke University: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → New York University: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2023The San Francisco Foundation → Chinese American Physicians' Society: $65K across 3 grants, latest 2023Hillview Charitable Foundation → Schwab Charitable Fund: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ford Family Foundation → Chen J: $24K across 3 grants, latest 2024Math for America → Chen Huo: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2021Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc → B Chen: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2024Schwab-Rosenhouse Memorial Foundation → Feiyan Chen: $8K across 4 grants, latest 2024Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Elizabeth C Chen: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2025Good Ventures Foundation → Jizhou Chen: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Samantha Chen: $87K across 2 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of California-Berkeley: $78K across 2 grants, latest 2024Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of Maryland College Park: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → Stanford University: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2022Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Vella Chen: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Alfred P Sloan Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of Texas at Austin: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2022Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Yale University: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → San Francisco State University: $49K across 4 grants, latest 2023The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → University of Washington: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2022Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of Pennsylvania: $47K across 2 grants, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Shimin Chen: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2023Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Vanessa Chen: $37K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → The Rockefeller University: $36K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for → New York University: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Jason Chen: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Drexel University: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Yiyang Chen: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Qing Yu Chen: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2022Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Xiao Yan Chen: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Alina Rose Chen: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Rochester Institute of Technology: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Wentworth Institute of Technology: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2022Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Tina Chen: $14K across 2 grants, latest 2024Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → Western Governors University: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2023Michael & Susan Dell Foundation → University of Nevada-Las Vegas: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021Jack Kent Cooke Foundation → Jamie Chen: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Gloria Chen: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Zifu Zeng Chen: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2025Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Zi Fu Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Aaron Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Tian Lang Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Wilson Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Anna Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Goo Shan Foundation Inc → Dennis Chen: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Michael & Susan Dell Foundation: $601K on this topic. Open the funder.Michael & Susan Dell Foundati…$601KJack Kent Cooke Foundation: $583K on this topic. Open the funder.Jack Kent Cooke Foundation$583KThe Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for: $318K on this topic. Open the funder.The Jane Coffin Childs Memori…$318KAlfred P Sloan Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Alfred P Sloan Foundation$300KThe San Francisco Foundation: $291K on this topic. Open the funder.The San Francisco Foundation$291KGood Ventures Foundation: $131K on this topic. Open the funder.Good Ventures Foundation$131KHillview Charitable Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.Hillview Charitable Foundation$80KMath for America: $75K on this topic. Open the funder.Math for America$75KThe Ford Family Foundation: $63K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Family Foundation$63KRoy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundati…$27KGoo Shan Foundation Inc: $21K on this topic. Open the funder.Goo Shan Foundation Inc$21KSchwab-Rosenhouse Memorial Foundation: $19K on this topic. Open the funder.Schwab-Rosenhouse Memorial Fo…$19KAsian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco: received $226K on this topicAsian Art Museum Foundation of…$226KBiling Chen: received $189K on this topicBiling Chen$189KXin Chen: received $128K on this topicXin Chen$128KUniversity of California-Davis: received $127K on this topicUniversity of California-Davis$127KOregon State University: received $108K on this topicOregon State University$108KMaelee Chen: received $102K on this topicMaelee Chen$102KSamantha Chen: received $87K on this topicSamantha Chen$87KUniversity of California-Berkeley: received $78K on this topicUniversity of California-Berkel…$78KPrinceton University: received $75K on this topicPrinceton University$75KDuke University: received $75K on this topicDuke University$75KUniversity of Maryland College Park: received $75K on this topicUniversity of Maryland College…$75KUniversity of Pennsylvania: received $75K on this topicUniversity of Pennsylvania$75KUniversity of Washington: received $73K on this topicUniversity of Washington$73KNew York University: received $66K on this topicNew York University$66KChinese American Physicians' Society: received $65K on this topicChinese American Physicians' So…$65KUniversity of Texas at Austin: received $64K on this topicUniversity of Texas at Austin$64KStanford University: received $64K on this topicStanford University$64KChen Kai Xin: received $60K on this topicChen Kai Xin$60KYale University: received $50K on this topicYale University$50KDonor Advised Charitable Giving: received $50K on this topicDonor Advised Charitable Giving$50KSan Francisco State University: received $49K on this topicSan Francisco State University$49KUniversity of Washington: received $49K on this topicUniversity of Washington$49KUniversity of Pennsylvania: received $47K on this topicUniversity of Pennsylvania$47KShimin Chen: received $42K on this topicShimin Chen$42KChen W: received $39K on this topicChen W$39KVanessa Chen: received $37K on this topicVanessa Chen$37KThe Rockefeller University: received $36K on this topicThe Rockefeller University$36KSchwab Charitable Fund: received $30K on this topicSchwab Charitable Fund$30KNew York University: received $30K on this topicNew York University$30KJason Chen: received $27K on this topicJason Chen$27KDrexel University: received $24K on this topicDrexel University$24KChen J: received $24K on this topicChen J$24KYiyang Chen: received $23K on this topicYiyang Chen$23KQing Yu Chen: received $20K on this topicQing Yu Chen$20KXiao Yan Chen: received $20K on this topicXiao Yan Chen$20KAlina Rose Chen: received $17K on this topicAlina Rose Chen$17KRochester Institute of Technology: received $16K on this topicRochester Institute of Technolo…$16KB Chen: received $15K on this topicB Chen$15KChen Huo: received $15K on this topicChen Huo$15KWentworth Institute of Technology: received $15K on this topicWentworth Institute of Technolo…$15KTina Chen: received $14K on this topicTina Chen$14KWestern Governors University: received $13K on this topicWestern Governors University$13KB Chen: received $11K on this topicB Chen$11KChi Chen: received $11K on this topicChi Chen$11KUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas: received $10K on this topicUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas$10KFeiyan Chen: received $8K on this topicFeiyan Chen$8KJamie Chen: received $5K on this topicJamie Chen$5KWillie Chen: received $4K on this topicWillie Chen$4KElizabeth C Chen: received $3K on this topicElizabeth C Chen$3KVella Chen: received $3K on this topicVella Chen$3KGloria Chen: received $3K on this topicGloria Chen$3KJizhou Chen: received $3K on this topicJizhou Chen$3KZifu Zeng Chen: received $2K on this topicZifu Zeng Chen$2KZi Fu Chen: received $1K on this topicZi Fu Chen$1KAaron Chen: received $1K on this topicAaron Chen$1KTian Lang Chen: received $1K on this topicTian Lang Chen$1KWilson Chen: received $1K on this topicWilson Chen$1KAnna Chen: received $1K on this topicAnna Chen$1KDennis Chen: received $1K on this topicDennis Chen$1K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →