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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3825567

The Tree by the River Foundation Inc

A private foundation in San Mateo, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $94,264 paid in grants.

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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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $94,264

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,225,400

  • Tax year 2024

    $65,565

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,207,188

  • Tax year 2023

    $54,045

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,167,720

  • Tax year 2022

    $82,940

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,039,154

  • Tax year 2021

    $66,880

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,089,148

  • Tax year 2020

    $65,047

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,134,734

  • Tax year 2019

    $61,896

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,161,039

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,858

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,177,751

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Vanguard Charitable FundWarwick, RI

    Charitable

    $77,000
  2. Ark Baptist ChurchMilpitas, CA

    Charitable

    $17,264

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $17,264100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island1 grant $77,000
  2. California1 grant $17,264

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Shihhao LiuPresident Hours 0.4Pay $0
  • Peiling ChenV-President Hours 0.4Pay $0
  • Joseph LiuDirector Hours 0.4Pay $0
  • Felicity LiuDirector Hours 0.4Pay $0

The return

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