Seoul Medical Charity Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 81-3037065. Reported 57 grants totalling $181,627 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Seoul Medical Charity Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $19,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul National University Alumni Association USA | Los Angeles, CA | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Medical Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Korean American Medical Association | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kyungnam High School Alumni Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Korean Cbmc of North America | Elkins Park, PA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seoul National Univ College of Medicine Alumni As | Flushing, NY | $6,125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hwarang Youth Foundation | Los Ahgeles, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Koreantown Senior Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ksa in USA | Houston, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean Academy of Supportive Care in Cancer | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna Mission | Lakewood, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mirae Vision Forum | Laguna Hills, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $4,302 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Happy Village | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Asso Seal Beach | Seal Beach, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Leaders Council | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Koreatown Senior Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Korean American Federation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oba Foundation | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oba Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save Our Society | Simi Valley, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somang Society | Cypress, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Central Lions Club | Los Angeles, CA | $2,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Life Mission Foundation | La Crescenta, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Photographers Society of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Nak Church La | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of Daehan Seniors Association in U S a | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Foundation for Street Children | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Asso of Senior Citizens | Lakewood, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern California Choral Artists | Temecula, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of the Republic of Korea Army US West Chapter | Rolling Hills Estates, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Korean Community Christian Singers | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Mom & Dad Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seoul National University Alumni Associationusa | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Bay Korean American Senior Center | Gardena, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Well Mission Community Service Office | San Nernardino, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beatus Vocal Ensemble | Los Angeles, CA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beverly Hills Police Office | Beverly Hills, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ewha Wonans University Alumnae Association of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Children's Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Council on Korean Studies | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Youth Fellowship | Temple City, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Federation of Orange County | Garden Grove, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Korean American Insurance & Financial Professional Association | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Koreatown Lions Club | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pacific American Volunteer Association | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prajna Gate Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shalom Life Line for Korean | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Silicon Valley Korean American Federation | San Jose, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Six Counties Kidney Patients' Association | San Diego, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Syngman Rhee Memorial Foundation L a | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Korean American Ob Soccer Club | La Mirada, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 2022 Gmma National Mission Conference | Irvine, CA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Korean American Muse | Buena Park, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
2 of 55 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 7%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $43,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $134,325 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $4,302 | $4,302 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 76% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Seoul Medical Charity Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 520 S Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90020. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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