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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “chinese”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE — for the centre for contemporary chinese studies to conduct collaborative research on local voices in indonesia with chinese investment projects and to organize a network of scholar…
Center for Bridging CulturesMcLean, VACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $757,473 · through 2025Largest: $84,785 to Learn Yu Wen Inc — cross-cultural chinese language education grants aim to support k-12 schools to establish or enhance preexisting chinese language teaching programs. the grants can be used for teac…
Largest: $15,000 to CATHOLIC EVANGLISM TO CHINESE — to furhter education for chinese students
Largest: $45,032 to CINDY XUE — language study with international chinese language program at national taiwan university, taipei, taiwan
Largest: $25,000 to MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE COMMUNITIES — general operating support: to support an organization that raises awareness and changes attitudes of mental illness and mental health in the chinese community in throughout califor…
Largest: $2.0M to INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — discovery and translational sciences; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION — program - for general operating support of efforts to build a community where generations of immigrants and working class families are able to live and thrive, contributing to and …
Largest: $100,236 to CHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC — general operating support
Largest: $5,000 to ASSO OF NO CA CHINESE SCHOOLS — chinese school students scholarship fund
Asian American FederationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $942,442 to BROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC TOTAL — program expenses
Asian American Coalition for ChildrenNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $804,790 to CHINESE-AMER PLANNING COUNCIL — funding for holistic programs
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND — to support the chinese narrative hub, a project of the grantee, to provide training and leadership development of chinese immigrant and chinese american narrative and communication…
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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 →