Honolulu, HI

MING CHEN FOUNDATION

EIN 81-4187976

Health & Wellness Medical Research & Training

Mission

To support modern eye‑care education by providing scholarships, clinical observation opportunities, hands‑on training, and research collaboration for ophthalmology residents, optometrists, and early‑career clinicians.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) private non-operating foundation Contributions are tax-deductible

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About MING CHEN FOUNDATION

The Ming Chen Foundation is a Honolulu‑based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates a scholarship and training program focused on modern ophthalmic care. The foundation provides $2,000 scholarships for ophthalmology residents (and training opportunities for licensed DOs) to travel to Honolulu to observe clinical practice and surgery with Ming Chen, MD. The foundation is run from Dr. Ming Chen’s practice in downtown Honolulu and emphasizes hands‑on clinical observation, exposure to advanced anterior segment surgical technologies, mentorship, and collaboration on clinical research. The organization maintains an active news feed documenting scholarship recipients, sponsorships, and recipient testimonials from 2022–2024, demonstrating ongoing operations and donor‑facing activity.

Notable achievements

Established Scholarship Program

Operates an ongoing scholarship program that awards $2,000 scholarships for ophthalmology residents to shadow Ming Chen, MD for one week and provides a one‑month hands‑on training option for licensed DOs; program includes clinical OR observation and encouragement of collaborative clinical research.

Sustained Recent Awarding of Scholarships

Active scholarship awards and recipient announcements in 2022–2024, including named 2024–25 recipient(s) and multiple recipients in 2022–2023, showing consistent program delivery in the past 2–3 years.

Professional Sponsorship & Visibility

Provided sponsorship support to professional meetings (for example a donation to the Taiwan Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons in 2022) and was featured in a peer professional publication (Millennial Eye, 2022), raising the foundation’s profile in ophthalmology education circles.

At a glance

Total assets: $186K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Private non-operating foundation
EIN: 81-4187976
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.mingchenfoundation.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Maintains public nonprofit profiles and filings (listed in nonprofit databases and files Form 990‑PF), indicating private foundation status and public financial filings.

Featured in Millennial Eye (March/April 2022) for its scholarship curriculum and trainee experiences.

Multiple published recipient testimonials and program write‑ups on the foundation website documenting educational impact and mentor endorsements.

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