Funder directory → California → ESHERICK-YE FOUNDATION
Private foundation · BERKELEY, CA · EIN 811533848ESHERICK-YE FOUNDATION
✓ Accepts unsolicited applications
Typical grant
$1,520–$5,920
median $4,640
Giving (latest FY)
$51,275
13 grants · FY2025
Assets
$1,151,920
gives nationally
Application form & materials: in Word and PDF format files transcripts reference letters all uploaded to the Foundation website
Deadlines: end January
Restrictions: Grants restricted to graduate and post-doctoral level fieldwork and projects in the areas of modern Chinese history and China archaeology
Contact: Joseph Esherick · 1009 Miller Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94708 · 5103564736
| Grantee | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Chan · Cambridge, MA | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Permafrost Science and the Trans-polar History of the Qinghai-Tibet Ra | $6,000 |
| Junyi Han · New Haven, CT | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Collapse of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance in Cold War Yunnan 1964-1993 | $6,000 |
| Zhaorui Lu · Irvine, CA | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Gender Grassroots Politics and State Building in the PRC 1949-1990s | $5,600 |
| Yuwei Zhou · Chicago, IL | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Mortuary and Urban Landscapes of Late Shang 1250-1046 BC Anyang | $5,000 |
| Gaoziyan Cui · Santa Barbara, CA | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: The Superiority of Rights in the Tungsten Industry of China 1907-prese | $4,700 |
| Ashley Shults · Riverside, CA | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Bioarchaeological Study of Daily Life and Identity During the Tang-Son | $4,640 |
| Yiyi Tang · Hanover, NH | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Rice Consumption in the Late Neolithic Liangzhu Culture in Southern Ch | $4,640 |
| Chris-Alexander Hess | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Household Structure and the Standard of Living in pre-Industrial China | $1,300 |
| Shuhui Zhou · Seattle, WA | Grant for fieldwork research on thesis: Environmental Governmentality in the Qing Era Wuling Mountains | $2,980 |
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file disclosure, fiscal year 2025 (public record under 26 U.S.C. §6104). Filings lag by their nature — verify current priorities and procedures with the foundation before applying. Represent this foundation and see an error? Tell us with the correction and source filing.