THE D KIM FOUNDATION FOR THE HISTORY OF

WORCESTER, MA 01608 EIN 800297127

https://DKIMFOUNDATION.ORG
$4.6M Total Assets (2020)
$230K Total Giving (2020)
50 Grants on File (2019–2025)
$16K Avg Grant Size

Focus Areas

Science & Research

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals Unknown
Contact Person THE D KIM FOUNDATION
Phone 7817294179
Deadlines DECEMBER 15TH ANNUALLY
How to Apply APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ONLINE WITH THE REQUESTED BACKUP INFORMATION WHILE ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ADDRESS NOTED ABOVE.
Restrictions FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS ARE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENTS AND YOUNG SCHOLARS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN EAST ASIA FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITY, ORIGINS OR GENDER. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF EAST ASIA AND THE WEST AS WELL AS STUDIES IN RELATED FIELDS (MATHEMATICS, MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH).ONE POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IS AWARDED ANNUALLY AND THAT IS LIMITED TO $55,000. ONE OR TWO DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS ARE AWARDED ANNUALLY AND THEY ARE LIMITED TO $25,000 EACH. THE FOUNDATION ALSO AWARDS SEVERAL GROUP GRANTS AND TRAVELLING/RESERACH GRANTS EACH YEAR. THOSE LIMITS ARE $5,000 AND $2,500 EACH, RESPECTIVELY.

Financial Trends 2022 data appears limited (dashed line) because the IRS transitioned its e-filing system that year and only published 2 months of XML archives.

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2019 $285K $4.7M $189K 15
2020 $230K $4.6M $217K 14
2021 $218K $5.7M $185K 7
2024 $168K $5.4M $193K 8
2025 $225K $5.5M $138K 6

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 50 grants on record

Minimum
$301
25th Pctl
$2K
Median
$25K
Average
$23K
75th Pctl
$25K
Maximum
$60K

Geographic Distribution

US Grant Distribution Map

Key Personnel

NameTitleCompensation
DONG-WON KIM PRES/TREAS/DIR
SEAN HSIANG-LIN LEI Trustee
ANGELA N CREAGER Trustee
TAKEHIKO HASHIMOTO Trustee
SHIGEHISA KURIYAMA Trustee
CATHERINE JAMI Trustee
IAN JARED MILLER Trustee
SEAN LEI Trustee
CHRISTOPHER CULLEN Trustee
STUART W LESLIE Trustee
ANGELA KC LEUNG Trustee
SUZANNE MARIE MOON Trustee
DAGMAR SCHFER Trustee

Grants Awarded (50 total)

RecipientLocationAmountPurposeYear
Yize Hu LEXINGTON, MA $60,000 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2025
YIYUN PENG LEXINGTON, MA $60,000 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2024
LUIS FERNANDO BERNARDI JUNQUEIRA LEXINGTON, MA $60,000 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2025
YEONSIL KANG LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2021
YOUJUNG SHIN CAMBRIDGE, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2020
WILLIAM EVAN YOUNG CARLISLE, PA $55,000 RESEARCH 2020
HYEOK HWEON KANG LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2021
SHOAN YIN CHEUNG LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2021
YING JIA TAN LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2019
YA-WEN LEI LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2019
STACEY VAN VLEET LEXINGTON, MA $55,000 RESEARCH 2019
Sungeun Kim LEXINGTON, MA $30,000 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2025
CELINE ZURETTI LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2020
COLEMAN RUBIN MAHLER LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP 2025
PO-HSUN CHEN LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP 2024
PETER BRADEN LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2019
KELLY MIDORI MCCORMICK LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2019
MELANY SUN-MIN PARK LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2021
NOA NAHMIAS LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2021
YANG LI LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP 2024
SUMIN MYUNG LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2024
YOUJUNG SHIN LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2019
Pang Yen Chang LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP 2025
Lillian Tsay LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP 2025
NISSANKA S MEGAVARNA WIJEYERATNE LEXINGTON, MA $25,000 RESEARCH 2019