Sponsor Chung Lin-chiang founded the Worship Rites Foundation to help pay costs for the lecturers and their students, and Liutui Keju Foundation to provide funding for candidates taking the county-level exams as well as those traveling to the capital for national exams.
倡建人鍾麟江並在昌黎祠設立祀典會，資助講學的老師和就學的孩子，另外還設有「六堆科舉會」，提供參加「鄉試」和進京趕考士子們的盤纏。