Sam H T Chen Foundation
Private foundation · Sunnyvale, CA · EIN 20-1906015 · reported 2023–2025
37grants reported
$315median award
$200lower quartile
$100smallest grant
$70Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 37 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $47K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1220 Pome Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-2317
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Life Witness Ministry Religious Outreach | San Jose, CA | $12,000 |
| Good Shepherd Christian Church Religious Outreach | Cupertino, CA | $11,461 |
| Good Shepherd Christian Church Religious Outreach | Cupertino, CA | $8,000 |
| Bay Area Life Witness Ministry Religious Outreach | San Jose, CA | $8,000 |
| International Rescue Committee Responding to the world's worst humanitarian crises helping people to survive recover and reclaim co | New York, NY | $8,000 |
| Bay Area Life Witness Ministry Religious Outreach | San Jose, CA | $5,000 |
| Good Shepherd Christian Church Religious Outreach | Cupertino, CA | $3,000 |
| Tower Foundation of Sjsu Through alumni engagement fundraising communications and advocacy the University Advancement team wo | San Jose, CA | $2,000 |
| City Team To provide outreach to the homeless | San Jose, CA | $1,101 |
| Mdecins Sans Frontires Provide independent impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it most | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Family Giving Tree Provide assistance to needy families in the California Bay Area | Milpitas, CA | $1,000 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Childhood cancer research | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 |
| Sunday Friends Poverty alleviation | San Jose, CA | $1,000 |
| Smile Train Cleft Lip Surgery | New York, NY | $829 |
| World Wild Life Fund For more than 50 years WWF has been at work to protect our living planet so it remains a source of j | Washington, DC | $810 |
| Arbor Day Foundation Planting Trees | Lincoln, NE | $700 |
| Arbor Day Foundation Planting Trees | Lincoln, NE | $400 |
| Pacific Rowing Club Pacific Rowing Club is dedicated to providing the finest rowing experience possible in an inclusive | San Francisco, CA | $345 |
| Make A Wish Create better health outcomes for kids fighting critical illnesses | Oakland, CA | $315 |
| Family Giving Tree Poverty alleviation | Milpitas, CA | $306 |
| National Parks Conservation Environmental educaiton | Washington, DC | $300 |
| Feeding America Hunger Alleviation | Chicago, IL | $300 |
| National Park Foundation Environmental Preservation | Washington, DC | $300 |
| American Diabetic Association Diabetes Education | Arlington, VA | $300 |
| Nrdc Environmental Education | San Francisco, CA | $300 |
| World Food Program USA Hunger Alleviation | Washington, DC | $300 |
| Lead Drug and violence education | Allentown, NJ | $200 |
| World Wild Life Fund For more than 50 years WWF has been at work to protect our living planet so it remains a source of j | Washington, DC | $200 |
| St Labre Indian School To proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Catholic Tradition by providing quality educatio | Ashland, MT | $200 |
| National Wildlife Federation Common Agenda for Wildlife to increase Americas fish and wildlife populations and enhance their capa | Merrifield, VA | $150 |
| Defenders of Wildlife Protection and restoration of imperiled species and their habitats in North America. | Washington, DC | $125 |
| Women for Women International Provides practical and moral support to female survivors of | Central Islip, NY | $100 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Global Warming | Washington, DC | $100 |
| Defenders of Wildlife Protection and restoration of imperiled species and their habitats in North America. | Washington, DC | $100 |
| National Wildlife Federation Common Agenda for Wildlife to increase America's fish and wildlife populations and enhance their cap | Merrifield, VA | $100 |
| The Wilderness Society Environmental Work | Washington, DC | $100 |
| The Wilderness Society Environmental Work | Washington, DC | $100 |
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