With the motto of “Learning for Service” deep in hearts of Ming Hsien alumni, they looked for whatever they can do to make a contribution to the society.  In year 2000, the Ming Hsien Foundation was formally established for the purpose to support the education of Chinese youths and children.  At first, the Ming Hsien Foundation provided scholarship for a Ming Hsien vocational school established in Chengdu in 1994.  After that school closed, the Ming Hsien Foundation focused the attention on the minority groups and communities in western China.  Because of the lack of good transportation, these minority communities have fallen behind in economic growth, and the people endure hardship in everyday life.  One of such minority group is the Tibetans (Zang Zu) living in the province of Sichuan.  Many Zang families cannot afford the educational cost, thus the school drop-out rate and illiteracy rate are high.  The people suffer the consequences of the actions of the uneducated;.  The most devastating is the practice of in-breeding, which caused an unusually high rate of birth deformities.  There are families with several generations of imbeciles.

Since September of 2003, the Ming Hsien Foundation started aiding the financially needy Zang (Tibet) children in the village of Wu Jiao in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan to allow them to continue their education.  The elementary school in Wu Jiao village is known as “The U.S. Ming Hsien Alumni supported school.”  In 2004, The Ming Hsien Foundation started and financially supported an orphanage in Wu Jiao village of Sichuan Province, which was registered as “The Ark Orphanage in Jiuzhaigou” (“the Ark Orphanage”). 

The Ming Hsien Foundation also issues scholarship for students learning Chinese in Irkuzk College in Siberia, Russia.  A Ming Hsien alumnus teaches Chinese in Irkuzk College.  In short, the “Ming Hsien Scholarship” enhanced the Ming Hsien reputation in foreign countries.