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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-3458312

Yin-Shun Foundation

A private foundation in Sparta, NJ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 13 grants and $419,800 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $419,800

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $86,245,612
  • Tax year 2023

    $397,300

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $87,579,046
  • Tax year 2022

    $381,900

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $88,779,906
  • Tax year 2021

    $308,450

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $90,887,719
  • Tax year 2020

    $337,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $91,858,891
  • Tax year 2019

    $265,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $93,173,975
  • Tax year 2018

    $301,120

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $94,119,911

Grants paid in 2024

13 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $141,800
  2. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $75,000
  3. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $60,300
  4. Yin Shun Cultural FoundationJhubei City, Taiwan

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $50,000
  5. Buddhist Global ReliefCarmel, NY

    Compassion for Humanity

    $30,000
  6. World Food ProgramWashington, DC

    Compassion for Humanity

    $18,700
  7. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $10,000
  8. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $10,000
  9. Individual

    support for [individual] propagation

    $10,000
  10. Individual

    Support for buddhist propagation

    $6,000
  11. Individual

    Compassion for Humanity

    $4,000
  12. Individual

    Compassion for Humanity

    $2,000
  13. Individual

    Compassion for Humanity

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $18,700100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $30,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $18,700

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Taihua WuTrustee Hours 5Pay $0
  • Ven Yuan PoTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Ven Yuan-WuTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Tse-Yu HsiehALT TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Hsiu-Ju PhiTrustee Hours 8Pay $0
  • Ven Bhikkhu Chang-TzuChairman Hours 5Pay $0
  • Bao-Hwa SheuTreasurer Hours 10Pay $0
  • Meihsiu LinSecretary Hours 2Pay $0
  • Xiaoning Jane ZhangALT TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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