Jatain Charitable Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Jatain Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Irvine, CA, and its filing describes its grants chiefly as support for exempt activities, alongside scholarships and ministry, with recipients including educational organisations, hospitals and other health-related bodies, and youth and community organisations, so a small charity should check whether its work falls in those areas.
- No geographic focus is stated, so a charity should not rule itself out on location alone, though the filings show grants mainly in California and Florida.
- Half of its 111 grants to organisations across the three filings were $15,000 or less, and the median grant was $15,000, so a request around that amount is the most typical; about 8 in 10 grants fall between $2,500 and $245,000, a typical band rather than a limit, since its largest grant was about $405,000.
- Expect a relationship-led route: 96% of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in the filings for the two earlier years, so a first approach is open, but returning grantees receive most of the money.
- The foundation accepts applications with no deadlines given, and any form of letter or written request may be sent, so timing is flexible while funding is available.
Overview
Jatain Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Irvine, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's filings describe its grants chiefly as support for exempt activities, alongside scholarships and ministry. Its grants go to educational organisations, including schools and universities, and to hospitals and other health-related organisations. Recipients also include youth and community organisations, food assistance, arts and cultural bodies, conservation, religious and international organisations. The application information places no restrictions on awards while funding is available. Grants have gone mainly to California organisations, with recipients also recorded in other states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California and Florida.
How to apply
Applicants may submit any form of letter or written request.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 96% 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 111 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations Jatain Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 10% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 39 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $22,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Hoag Hospital · Exempt activities support$407,0002024 tax year
- Sage Hill School · Exempt activities support$367,2002024 tax year
- Syracuse University · Scholarship$358,0002024 tax year
- Pegasus School · Exempt activities support$260,0002024 tax year
- Princeton University · Exempt activities support$258,5982024 tax year
- University of Pennsylvania · Exempt activities support$252,0042024 tax year
- Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana · Exempt activities support$250,0002024 tax year
- Children's Hospital of Orange County · Exempt activities support$180,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jean Cheng — Treasurer
- Clifford Cheng — Vice President
- George Cheng — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,741,016 | $1,707,098 | $21,867,331 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,185,935 | $2,039,588 | $46,028,292 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,237,562 | $3,160,802 | $75,283,283 | 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
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- Irvine, CA
Applying to Jatain Charitable Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (949) 294-6041
- Irvine, CA