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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6400470

Lingnan Foundation

A private foundation in Costa Mesa, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $760,575 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
Ding-Jo H Currie PHD
600 Anton Boulevard Suite 1100
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 371-4118
Form and materials
No special form of application is required; grant applications should indicate how funds are to be expended for the advancement of formal education of students.
Deadlines
There are no submission deadlines; trustees meet twice yearly to determine grants.
Restrictions
Grants are budgeted and restricted to specified programmatic expenditures.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $760,575

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $21,702,773

  • Tax year 2023

    $998,058

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $20,824,759

  • Tax year 2022

    $867,592

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $20,023,860

  • Tax year 2021

    $656,257

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $19,429,796

  • Tax year 2020

    $692,295

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $23,594,294

  • Tax year 2019

    $608,691

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $19,423,811

  • Tax year 2018

    $858,983

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $20,231,481

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UC Berkeley Cal CorpsBerkeley, CA

    Student educational advancement

    $196,798
  2. WT Chan USCLos Angeles, CA

    Student educational advancement

    $164,525
  3. Lingnan University Hong KongTuen Mun, Hong Kong

    Student educational advancement

    $161,654
  4. WT Chan FellowshipsLos Angeles, CA

    Student educational advancement

    $137,598
  5. Sysu - Citris Collaboration in Health Data (implementation)Berkeley, CA

    Student educational advancement

    $100,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $598,921

Officers, directors and trustees

18 people as filed

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

  • Ding-Jo CurriePRESIDENT Hours 20Pay $141,920
  • Leighton ChanCHAIR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Harold HewittTREASURER Hours 4Pay $0
  • Chi-Chao ChanVICE CHAIR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Leslie Les WongSECRETARY Hours 4Pay $0
  • Shenyu BelskyTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Kenyon ChanTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Sikee LouieTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Chui L TsangTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Michael WooTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Gary ZengTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Henry YuTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Michael Z QiuTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Lynn PasqurellaTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Denzil SuiteTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Ling LiTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Madeline Y HsuTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0
  • Tommy WooTRUSTEE Hours 4Pay $0

The return

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