The Transparent Fish Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in Palo Alto, California in 2011, aims to alleviate poverty in East Asia. It focuses on empowering small but impactful NGOs to enhance their sustainability and transparency. This is achieved by providing financial aid, capacity building resources, and enforcing reporting standards. The organization fosters connections between donors in the West and credible NGOs in East Asia, promoting a global spirit of philanthropy.
The grant program offered by the Transparent Fish Fund is aimed at empowering NGOs in East Asia that focus on poverty alleviation. The grant facilitates the development of these NGOs by providing them with capacity building resources, fundraising support, and promoting financial accountability and transparency. It prioritizes NGOs that serve the Asian American community or focus their efforts on rural China and Southeast Asia in areas such as basic needs, poverty relief, medical intervention, health, and education. The program aims to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in East Asia by promoting philanthropy and addressing social issues in a region where the nonprofit sector is newly developing and often lacks transparency.