Chia Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Education and healthcare are the foundation's stated focus, with housing a smaller part of its organisation grants, so work in those areas is the closest fit.
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a small charity should not send a cold proposal.
- Most of its grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $365,000, and half of its 23 grants were $100,000 or less, so a modest request is more realistic for a small nonprofit.
- In the filing, 61% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so existing relationships carry real weight.
- Its filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania, but no geographic focus is stated, so organisations elsewhere should not assume they are excluded.
Overview
Chia Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (scholarshipamerica.org, sccca.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation says it supports organisations and individuals to improve outcomes through education and healthcare. Its organisation grants have chiefly supported education, with additional grants for health and a smaller number for housing programmes. Recipients include colleges and universities, scholarship and other education organisations, health charities and housing organisations. The foundation describes medical and education-related projects as benefiting US and Chinese societies. It also founded and continues to support a fellowship for public health nursing professionals from China. These examples sit alongside its wider stated interest in education and healthcare.
Themes
- Education
- Healthcare
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 61% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 23 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: 11%
- The largest single recipient received 28% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 61% of grant dollars went to organisations Chia Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 8 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $94,840 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Fund for Penn Medicine · Health$503,0002024 tax year
- Amherst College · Education$300,0002024 tax year
- Yale China Association · Education$182,2322024 tax year
- Dartmouth College · Education$100,0002024 tax year
- Scholarship America · Education$89,6802024 tax year
- Hoag Hospital Foundation · Health$58,0002024 tax year
- Apex for Youth · Education$50,0002024 tax year
- Families Forward · Housing program$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Pei-Loh Lo — Chief Operating Officer
- Katherine Shen — Trustee
- Candice Kai-Dee Chia — Treasurer
- Douglas K Chia — Trustee
- Katherine Chia — Chairperson
- Pei-Yuan Chia — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,421,612 | $1,275,450 | $15,138,322 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,125,831 | $993,150 | $16,396,818 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,442,708 | $1,292,912 | $15,658,892 | Filing for 2024 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.
Sources
Registers and filings
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- New York, NY