Yang Foundation
Yang Foundation is a private foundation based in New Hartford, New York. It made 74 grants totaling $80,800 in filing year 2025; the listed grant purposes and recipients show awards to organizations working in areas including direct aid, hunger relief, and environmental conservation.
Yang Foundation at a glance
In short: Yang Foundation gave $81K across 74 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), top state New York. 9% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $80,800
- +21.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 74
- +5.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,092
- +15.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,000
- Total assets
- $866,240
- +1.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 9% first-time grantees (7 of 74, 2025)
- Primary geography
- New York (29% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Yang Foundation
- How to Apply
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The filing instructs applicants to contact Chul Jo Yang with a request letter detailing the need. It lists no award restrictions and no deadline.
- Contact
Application contact: Chul Jo Yang
Mailing address: 141 Paris Road, New Hartford, NY 13413
Phone: (315) 724-5101
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Yang Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was American Friends Service Committee ($2K). Together the top 10 received $15K.
Grant Size Distribution
392 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 392 grants of 392 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, grant dollars were distributed among recipients in multiple states. The largest reported shares were to recipients in New York (29%), Washington, DC (20%), Virginia (11%), California (9%), and Massachusetts (5%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 74 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Yang Foundation open to new grantees?
9%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 74 grantees (9%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $643; repeat grants $1K. How we count
Medians: $500 first-time, $1K repeat.
- 78% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+7%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 89% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $42K (2020) to $81K (2025). In 2025 it made 74 grants totaling $81K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Friends Service Committee Philadelphia, PA | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Americares Stamford, CT | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Amnesty International New York, NY | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Cotati, CA | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board New York, NY | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Catholic Relief Services Harlan, IA | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Child Fund Merrifield, VA | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Compassion & Choices Portland, OR | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Earthjustice San Francisco, CA | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY | Direct Aid to Needy | $1,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $866,240 | $95,711 | $82,615 | $80,800 | 74 | $80,800 | $95,711 | $91,012 |
| 2024 | $853,144 | $40,775 | $67,767 | $66,350 | 70 | $65,350 | $40,636 | $79,911 |
| 2023 | $880,136 | $55,376 | $73,060 | $70,806 | 76 | $70,806 | $55,376 | $67,556 |
| 2022 | $897,820 | $53,879 | $78,007 | $75,510 | 89 | $75,510 | $53,879 | $71,469 |
| 2021 | $921,948 | $68,731 | $66,784 | $64,160 | 83 | $64,160 | $68,731 | $74,442 |
| 2020 | $920,001 | $50,782 | $43,966 | $42,240 | 61 | — | $50,782 | $63,571 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Yang Foundation reported a distributable amount of $91K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The filing identifies “direct aid to needy” as the purpose of the largest listed 2025 grants. Its 2025 grantees include organizations with varied missions. For example, Feed the Children describes its work as addressing child hunger by providing food, essentials, and opportunities; Environmental Defense Fund says it works to preserve natural systems; and Earthjustice describes its work as using law and partnerships to protect health, wildlife, and the environment.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 74 grants totaling $80,800. Grants ranged from $200 to $1,500, with a median of $1,000. Examples of $1,500 recipients include American Friends Service Committee, Americares, Amnesty International, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Catholic Medical Mission Board, Child Fund, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, Feed the Children, and Food for the Poor.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Chul Jo Yang as trustee and Jae Sook Yang and Michelle K Yang as committee members.
Yang Foundation's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Chul Jo Yang
Trustee
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jae Sook Yang
Committee
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Michelle K. Yang
Committee
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Yang Foundation
How much does Yang Foundation give each year?
Yang Foundation gave $81K across 74 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $66K across 70 grants.
What is Yang Foundation's typical grant size?
Yang Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,000, and its average grant was $1,092, across 74 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Yang Foundation that year got $643 on average.
Where does Yang Foundation give grants?
Yang Foundation's top state is New York, with 29% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were District of Columbia (20%) and Virginia (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (13 grants), New York, NY (10 grants), Utica, NY (10 grants) and Arlington, VA (5 grants).
Does Yang Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 74 grants with a stated purpose on Yang Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Direct Aid to Needy" (74 grants).
Who are Yang Foundation's largest grantees?
Yang Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include American Friends Service Committee ($1,500), Americares ($1,500) and Amnesty International ($1,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 6% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Yang Foundation?
Yang Foundation reported $866K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $81K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $91K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Yang Foundation fund?
The filing identifies “direct aid to needy” as the purpose of the largest listed 2025 grants. Its 2025 grantees include organizations with varied missions. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Yang Foundation?
The filing instructs applicants to contact Chul Jo Yang with a request letter detailing the need. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Yang Foundation's EIN?
Yang Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 16-1318142. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 5, 2026)
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Grantable. (2026). Yang Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/yang-foundation-morg_eaf54cdb4c8d434bbdf8549129ab9835
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