Mission
THE INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING HIGHER EDUCATION IN ASIA IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE STUDY OF ASIAN CULTURE.
Public Charity
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE is a Public Charity headquartered in CAMBRIDGE, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $8.2M revenue, $8.4M expenses, $402.8M total assets. IRS filings disclose 20 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $28.1M.
EIN: 042062394
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Promotion of International Understanding
NTEE: Q20
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$8.2M
Total Expenses$8.4M
Total Assets$402.8M
Grants Given20
Grant Total$28.1M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Harvard-Yenching Institute
How Harvard-Yenching Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$91
Programs
the work itself
$9
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $91 for programs
$44
Provides grants to support publications, conferences, training programs with the purpose of supporting higher education in asia
$36
Provides support to harvard university in the form of grants to support the harvard-yenching library, the harvard journal of asiatic studies, publications of scholarly works in the humanities…
$11
Grant to support harvard to support the united board's initiatives to support asian institutions through faculty and leadership development programs and program grants which support higher education in…
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Given
TO SUPPORT HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY, HARVARD GRADUATE PROGRAMS, ASIA CENTER MONOGRAPHS AND HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES.
$2,216,082
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GRANT PROGRAMS IN ASIA
$913,000
TO SUPPORT HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY, HARVARD GRADUATE PROGRAMS, ASIA CENTER MONOGRAPHS AND HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES.
$2,324,585
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S GRANT PROGRAMS IN ASIA
$835,000
TO SUPPORT HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY, HARVARD GRADUATE PROGRAMS, ASIA CENTER MONOGRAPHS AND HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES.
$2,370,982
Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
TRUSTEE
Chris Murck
DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTE - FORMER
Elizabeth J Perry
DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTE - CURRENT
James Robson
TRUSTEE
Jonathan Hecht
TRUSTEE
Joseph Zolner
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Lindsay Strogatz
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.2M | $8.4M | $402.8M |
| 2024 | $7.9M | $9.2M | $369.2M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.8M | $344.2M |
| 2022 | $5.6M | $7.5M | $343.1M |
| 2021 | $5.0M | $7.1M | $357.4M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $5.0M to $8.2M (+62%), with total assets most recently reported at $402.8M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.
Grant Geography
Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in MA, MI, NY.
MAMINY
Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.