Yang Foundation
New Hartford, NY · EIN 16-1318142. Reported 392 grants totalling $357,626 to 136 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Yang Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $90 and the largest $5,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Red Rover | Sacramento, CA | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Utica, NY | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heifer International | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Human Rights Watch | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| International Medical Corps | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rescue Mission of Utica | Utica, NY | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Save the Children | New York, NY | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board | New York, NY | $5,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yahnundasis Capital Campaign | New Hartford, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $5,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food for the Poor Inc | Coconut Creek, FL | $5,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $5,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Autism Speaks | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Homefront | Souderton, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YWCA | Utica, NY | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Compassion & Choices | Portland, OR | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Learning Ally | Princeton, NJ | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine | Washington, DC | $4,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of America | Utica, NY | $4,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Feed the Children | Oklahoma City, OK | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Top Stone Church | New Milford, NJ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zakat Foundation of America | Worth, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Hope | Hagerstown, MD | $3,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cabvi | Utica, NY | $3,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $3,550 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Appalachian Trail Concervancy | Harpers Ferry, WV | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Harlan, IA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Map International | Brunswick, GA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes | Arlington, VA | $3,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Good News Foundation of Central New York Inc | Utica, NY | $3,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys Town | Providence, RI | $3,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $3,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Keepers of the Wild | Valentine, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The House of the Good Shepherd | Utica, NY | $2,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Abraham House | Utica, NY | $2,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prison Fellowship | Marrifield, VA | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bread and Water for Africa | Alexandria, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| International Animal Rescue | Shrewsbury, MA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels America | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Utica Zoo | Utica, NY | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Technoserve | Arlington, VA | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dooral Community Movement | Bakersfield, CA | $2,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First United Methodist Church | New Hartford, NY | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anita's Steven Swan Humane Society | Utica, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Child Fund | Merrifield, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Galapagos Conservancy | Faifax, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humane Society International | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Medical Teams International | Tigard, OR | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | New York, NY | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Humane Society | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Leprosy Missions | Greenville, SC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | New Hartford, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fountain House | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | Smithtown, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation Inc | Seminole, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rails-to-Trails Conservancy | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethel Press | Bethel, NY | $1,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Duranno America | Los Angeles, CA | $1,086 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Cancer Research Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Central New York | Syracuse, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kyung-Uhn Scholarship | Fort Lee, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Last Chance for Animals | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seva Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sos Children's Villages USA | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | Hohenwald, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York State Sheriffs Institute Inc | Albany, NY | $900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Humane | Washington, DC | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chappaqua Volunteer Fire Department Fund Drive | Chappaqua, NY | $800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilition Inc | Kendalia, TX | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Foundation for the Blind | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Lung Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Appalachia Service Project | Johnson City, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brenda Clark | Utica, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Utica, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption | Dublin, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Epworth Children's Home | Columbia, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fred and Joanne Ashforth | Waterville, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartbeat International | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Yarmouth Port, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lutheran World Relief | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make-a-Wish | Phoenix, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Home for Boys & Girls | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Geographic | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Trust for Historical Preservation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plan International USA | Providence, RI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reading Is Fundamental | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Is Fundamental | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Somers High School Engineering and Design for Community Club | Lincolndale, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sos Children's Villages | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The United Services Organizations | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Woodhaven Wildlife Center | Chadwicks, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yosemite Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Animal Protection | New York, NY | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | Boys Ranch, TX | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farm Sanctuary | Watkins Glen, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Center for Missing Exploited Children | Alexandria, VA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hartford Volunteer Fire Department | New Hartford, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Castle Police Benevolent Association | Chappaqua, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USA Dance Inc | Medford, OR | $90 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
91 of 136 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 80%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Friends of the Earth
DIRECT AID TO NEEDYDIRECT AID TO NEEDY - Fred and Joanne Ashforth
DIRECT AID TO NEEDY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 236 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 83 | $64,160 | $750 |
| 2022 | 89 | $75,510 | $750 |
| 2023 | 76 | $70,806 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 70 | $66,350 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 74 | $80,800 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
28% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Yang Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 141 Paris Road, New Hartford, NY, 13413. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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