Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation
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About Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation
The Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation concentrates nearly all of its giving on disaster relief and emergency response, channeling the bulk of its funds through a faith-based humanitarian organization and the American Red Cross. Their support favors rapid humanitarian aid in crises and is delivered to large, established relief providers rather than small local programs.
Focus Areas
Disaster relief and emergency response fundingHumanitarian aid through Buddhist faith-based organizations (Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation)Support for national emergency response agencies (American Red Cross)Rapid-response/crisis relief grants
Who They Fund
disaster-affected populationsstudents/need-based scholarship recipientslearners in technology educationpatients/recipients of medical and educational servicesanimals/animal welfare beneficiaries
About Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation
Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation’s recent giving is dominated by disaster relief, with the largest grants directed to Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation for emergency response and humanitarian aid. That pattern is reinforced by repeated support for the American Red Cross, showing a preference for established national and faith-based relief organizations rather than a wide spread of local operating grants. The foundation also makes smaller awards in education, scholarship support, and technology learning, but these appear alongside a much larger relief-oriented core. Across the recent grants list, the foundation’s biggest award was $101,760 in 2025 to Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation for Disaster Relief. It followed with $100,000 in 2024 to the same organization for the same purpose, and $67,500 in 2023 for General Charity and Disaster Relief. The American Red Cross also received multiple grants, including $32,200 in 2025 and $20,000 in 2024 for Disaster Relief, plus a $15,000 grant in 2023 for General Charity Support. This mix points to a funder that uses sizeable, repeated grants to support crisis response through large intermediaries.
What Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation Funds
Disaster relief is the clearest focus. In 2025, the foundation gave $101,760 to Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation for Disaster Relief, and it also supported American Red Cross with $32,200 for the same purpose. The repeated use of those two organizations suggests a strong preference for established relief channels. Education appears in a separate cluster of smaller grants. The foundation gave $15,000 to International Leadership Foundation for Education and $4,000 to Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools for Education. It also supported Second Story with $520 for Education. Technology education is another recurring theme. Black Girls Code received $2,370 for Education on Technology in 2023, $2,210 for STEM in 2024, and $585 for STEM in 2025. Code2040 and All Star Code also appear in the technology-learning group, with grants labeled Education on Technology or STEM. A final smaller line of giving includes need-based scholarship support, such as a $4,000 grant to Rho Psi Foundation.
How Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is small relative to the largest awards: p25 is $500, median is $544, and p75 is $2,330. That distribution shows a split pattern, with a few much larger relief grants and many smaller awards clustered near the low hundreds. The foundation is a private family foundation by name and structure, and it also funds individuals. Recent entries show repeat recipients across multiple years, especially in disaster relief and technology education, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. The grant list also includes both general charity support and program-specific awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$468K
Total Assets
$1.4M
Total Revenue
$542K
Total Expenses
$579K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500 and $2K, with a median of $544.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$544
75th Percentile
$2K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 26% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
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Headquarters
Funding intensity
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Where Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Jeff & Sherry Hwang Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 43 | $648K | 95.6% |
| 2 | Taiwan |
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