The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 05-0613835 · since 2007hochiangfoundation.org·New York·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$3.5M

Annual giving, 2023 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$10,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$47,500

Typical grant (median)

58 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The foundation's mission is to improve quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness, and it takes a special interest in paediatric patients, so work in serious illness support, palliative care or paediatric care is the closest fit.
It is primarily interested in organisations in the New York City metropolitan area, and it does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation that has not been invited should not send one.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 116 grants fall between $10,000 and $100,000, and the median is $50,000, so a request in that band is typical, though it has made larger grants, the largest being $300,000 to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, an organisation that regrants to others.
In the most recent filing, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the filing before, so giving looks relationship-led, and a small charity without an existing connection should first look for a route to an invitation.

Overview

The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation is a US private foundation based in Harrison, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for patients and families facing serious illnesses. Its vision is for adults and children with serious illness to live as well as possible, with access to collaborative, supportive palliative care. It takes a special interest in paediatric patients and their families and is primarily interested in funding organisations in the New York City metropolitan area. Its grant record includes hospitals, universities and hospice and palliative-care organisations. Grant purposes include general support, palliative-care fellowships and training programmes, chaplaincy, research and bereavement services. Its stated focus is on patients and families, while its recipients include organisations delivering care and institutions supporting professional training and research.

Themes

Serious illness support
Palliative care
Paediatric care

Geographic Focus

Priority: New York City metropolitan area.

How to apply

Organisations apply by invitation; applications are completed online.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 116 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The foundation takes a special interest in paediatric patients and their families.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.

Grant dollars by state

New York52%

Massachusetts21%

New Jersey7%

Pennsylvania4%

California4%

Ohio2%

6 other states: 9%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%

The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2023, 87% of grant dollars went to organisations The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

58 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $47,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 58 grants in tax year 2023 by size

$2.5k–$5k3%

$5k–$10k5%

$10k–$25k12%

$25k–$50k29%

$50k–$100k26%

$100k–$250k22%

$250k–$500k2%

Median $47,500 (tax year 2023)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · General support for account 1011752
$300,0002023 tax year
Harvard University · General support
$200,0002023 tax year
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinaicenter To Advance Palliative Care · General support for the center to advance palliative care
$200,0002023 tax year
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Foundation · General support
$150,0002023 tax year
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Advanced practice provider fellowship in pain and palliative (supportive) care
$120,0002023 tax year
New York-Presbyterian Fund · Palliative care chaplain fellow and assistant faculty for geriatrics and palliative care fellowship programs
$100,0002023 tax year
New York-Presbyterian Fund · Pediatric palliative care chaplain
$100,0002023 tax year
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Dana-farber cancer institute nurse practitioner fellowship in palliative care
$100,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Carol Gallo — Executive Director, Assistant Secretary
Carol Chiang-Li — Director, Assistant Secretary
Helen Chiang — Director, Secretary
Bessie Chiang MD — Director, President / Treasurer

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

2 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$4,370,181	$3,926,950	$77,393,231	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$3,954,835	$3,458,939	$81,210,224	Filing for 2023 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.