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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-3945839

The Liu Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $105,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Yvonne Liu
50 Broad Street 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
(212) 966-1059
Form and materials
No special form. The request should provide the expected use of any grant or award.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,187,420
  • Tax year 2024

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,696,184
  • Tax year 2023

    $125,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,126,003
  • Tax year 2022

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,776,426
  • Tax year 2021

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,314,141
  • Tax year 2020

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,027,833
  • Tax year 2019

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,789,207
  • Tax year 2018

    $290,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,488,345

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. New York Hall of ScienceCorona, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  2. Individual

    Support for programs serving chinese-american youth.

    $25,000
  3. Chinatown Health Clinic FoundationNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $25,000
  4. Individual

    Facility improvement and general support

    $15,000
  5. Garden of HopeFlushing, NY

    General support

    $15,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $25,00038% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00038% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $15,00023% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $65,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Yvonne LiuPresident/Dir. Hours 1Pay $0
  • Wyna LiuDir./Secretary Hours 1Pay $0
  • Laura ParsonsDIRECTOR/VP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Fred TengDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Whiting WuDir./Treasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Karen LavineASST. SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $4,150

The return

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