Korean-American Community Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 16-1643114. Reported 146 grants totalling $11.3M to 65 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Korean-American Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 65 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 68% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $75,000. Half of what it reported fell between $40,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Resource Exchange | New York, NY | $821,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Korean-American Family Service Center Inc | Flushing, NY | $528,594 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian American Federation Inc | New York, NY | $526,094 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc | Bayside, NY | $448,594 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Economic Development Corporation | New York, NY | $430,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Inclusion & Development Alliance Inc | Flushing, NY | $410,094 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese American Planning Council Inc | New York, NY | $407,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocacy Institute Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asian Womens Christian Association Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $366,862 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc | Flushing, NY | $359,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Inc | Haskensack, NJ | $353,594 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans for Equality Inc | New York, NY | $310,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Queens | Flushing, NY | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Counseling Center of Greater Washington | Vienna, VA | $251,094 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Touch Inc | Little Ferry, NJ | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Asian Womens Center Inc | New York, NY | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Korean American Senior Citizens Association of Nj Inc | Leonia, NJ | $205,862 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Korean American Civic Empowerment for Community Inc | Flushing, NY | $201,094 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kan-Win | Park Ridge, IL | $200,944 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $187,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chinatown Manpower Project Inc | New York, NY | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Give Chances Inc | Palisades Pk, NJ | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum | Chicago, IL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Beginning for Special Needs Inc | Norwood, NJ | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gma America Inc | Flushing, NY | $149,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Somang Society | Cypress, CA | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Korean Community Service Center of | Annandale, VA | $126,094 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Hana Center | Chicago, IL | $116,425 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woori Center | Lansdale, PA | $115,862 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee Against Anti Asian Violen Ce | New York, NY | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hamkae Center | Centreville, VA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Koreatown Youth and Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago | Chicago, IL | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation Inc | North Wales, PA | $100,862 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Communities Resist | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Community Services Inc | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Korean Resource Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Korean Amer Special Edu Ctr 1661 | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ltsc Community Development Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Next Harm Reduction Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Penn Asian Senior Services Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Esther Ha Foundation Inc | Bayside, NY | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Korea Town Senior and Community Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc | Chicago, IL | $77,037 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Refugees International | Washington, DC | $75,712 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nakasec Action Fund | Centreville, VA | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church West Side | New York, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean Community Center | Tenafly, NJ | $51,094 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Korean American Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Korean American Family Services Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mustard Seed Generation Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mil Al Mission in Ny Inc | Flushing, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Immigrant History Initiative Incorporated | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Koreanamericanstoryorg Inc | Scarsdale, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Right to Be Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catalyst Coalition | Norcross, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean Medical Pracitioner Assoc of Greater New York Inc | Flushing, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
38 of 65 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Advocacy Institute
Federal advocacy training for nonprofits - Asian American Federation
Enhance Voter Education GSNC - Fccgw 1952 Gallows
Prof. Counseling Services GSNC - Korean Amer Family Service Center
Support for Dom. Viol. Victims GSNC - YWCA of Queens
Competent Case Management Svcs - Community Resource Exchange
Support Fellows CRE Supervision
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 53 of 65 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20 | $992,000 | $56,500 |
| 2021 | 26 | $1,778,000 | $60,500 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1,826,000 | $77,500 |
| 2023 | 35 | $2,027,000 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 43 | $4,634,912 | $88,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
60% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
26 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 44 grants totalling $1,140,924 to Korean-American Community Foundation Inc. That is 50% of the 52 funders we can see giving to it. Those 26 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
8 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citi Foundation | New York | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Sarah Min and Matt Pincus Foundation | Delaware | $195,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Joh Foundation Inc | New Jersey | $70,005 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dow Kim Family Foundation | Delaware | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Grace and Mercy Foundation Inc | New York | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis | Florida | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas JR Fund | California | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yt Hwang Family Foundation Inc | New Jersey | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York | $27,600 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ila & Dinesh Paliwal Foundation | New York | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 26.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $75,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Korean-American Community Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 43 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 135 East 64TH Street 2ND Floor, New York, NY, 10065.
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