Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation
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About Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation
The Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation is a small, education-focused family foundation that concentrates most of its giving on scholarship and educational-support organizations. Nearly all grants go to two repeat recipients: a China‑linked education foundation (American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation) and Indiana University’s School of Education, indicating a preference for scholarship support and institutions with ties to higher education and Sino‑American educational exchange. Grants are programmatic and unrestricted in tone (labeled general charitable purpose or scholarships), suggesting flexible support rather than project‑restricted funding.
Focus Areas
Scholarships for School of Education students at Indiana UniversitySupport for American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation (Chinese/US educational exchange and scholarships)Higher-education scholarship funding broadlyDiaspora-linked educational philanthropy (US donors supporting China-related education causes)
Who They Fund
students (education scholarship recipients)general public/communitiespopulations affected by COVID-19
About Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation
The Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a long-running relationship with the American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation, which received the largest grants in the file: $50,000 in 2023, $50,000 in 2024, and $23,186 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder with concentrated support for education-related philanthropy rather than a broad, one-off grantmaking profile. The foundation also backs higher-education scholarships through Indiana University Foundation’s School of Education, reinforcing a clear interest in student support and educational opportunity. Across the record, the foundation uses flexible grant descriptions such as general charitable purpose and scholarships, alongside a smaller set of grants tied to culture, health, and community support. Its recent recipients include university-linked institutions, education nonprofits, and Bay Area cultural organizations, showing a mix of institutional education funding and community-based philanthropy. The foundation’s giving appears programmatic in intent but not narrowly restricted by a single project type, with support flowing to repeat grantees over multiple years and to organizations connected to education, cultural exchange, and community service.
What Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation Funds
Education is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $10,000 to Indiana University Foundation for School of Education scholarship support, continuing earlier scholarship grants of $5,000 in both 2023 and 2024. The foundation also makes larger general charitable purpose grants to the American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation, including $50,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $23,186 in 2025, indicating durable support for education-linked work. Culture is another visible area. The International Performing Arts Academy received $2,000 in 2024, while Chinese Performing Arts of America received $1,000 in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation also supported San Francisco International Qipao Culture Month with $1,388 in 2024. In health-related giving, it made a $1,500 COVID-19 support grant to Vmc Foundation in 2023, showing that emergency support appears in the record alongside education and arts funding.
How Jiajun Lin & Jianping Chen Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small to midsize: p25 is $1,388, the median is $2,000, and p75 is $5,000. The file also includes a few much larger education grants, which makes the distribution look concentrated at the low end with select larger awards. Several recipients repeat across years, especially American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation and Indiana University Foundation, which suggests ongoing support rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, but the grant record shown here is dominated by organizational grants. Unsolicited applications are not indicated in the program descriptions provided.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$49K
Total Assets
$1.5M
Total Revenue
$48K
Total Expenses
$57K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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