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Chang Foundation

Accepts applications Wilmette, Illinois · EIN 382796315

Chang Foundation is a private foundation in Wilmette, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $26,550 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $42,600 the year before.

60% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$30,1002$650,224
2023$42,6006$784,942
2024$26,5505$844,363

How to apply

ContactCheng-Yang Chang MD
807 Asa Gray Drive 401, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone or email(810) 238-4617
What to submitStudents receiving recomendations from the dean or chairman of the arts departments from several colleges/universities, will be invited to apply for grants. Recomended students will be required to submit a transcript, a resume and a personal essay including their purposed use of the grants and two works of the student. In addition each recipient will be required to submit, within one year after receiving a grant, a letter from one of their instructors/professors in the field of art setting forth the student's progress in the field.
DeadlinesNo submission deadlines
RestrictionsRecipients will be entitled to use the funds in any manner that may directly or indirectly benefit his or her study and development in the field of traditional chinese art. The student will be required to submit a short statement as to how the grant/scholarship was used.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan2$22,000
Illinois2$3,550
Florida1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The University of Michigan the Regents of
Ann Arbor, MI
General$20,000
U Chicago Annual Fund
Chicago, IL
General$3,250
Football Amumni of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
General$2,000
Lyrics for Life
Newberry, FL
General$1,000
Midwest Asian Health Association
Chicago, IL
General$300

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Chang Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadlines.

How much does Chang Foundation give?

$26,550 in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Chang Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Hamilton Chang (Director).

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