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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-0549410

Woo Education Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $165,242 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

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

    $165,242

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $105,011
  • Tax year 2024

    $197,940

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $0
  • Tax year 2023

    $190,094

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $6,678
  • Tax year 2022

    $186,811

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $16,403
  • Tax year 2021

    $67,835

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,513
  • Tax year 2020

    $266,910

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $7,684
  • Tax year 2019

    $202,104

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $27,903
  • Tax year 2018

    $191,740

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,815

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Donation

    $58,600
  2. Lanzhou UniversityLan Zhou, China

    Scholarship

    $42,880
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $21,460
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $14,200
  5. Clemson UniversityClemson, SC

    Scholarship

    $10,263
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,811
  7. Academy of Special DreamPasadena, CA

    Donation

    $5,000
  8. St John's UniversityQueens, NY

    Donation

    $2,000
  9. Citrus CollegeGlendora, CA

    Donation

    $2,000
  10. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Scholarship

    $1,028
  11. Chinese Confucian Temple SchoolLos Angeles, CA

    Scholarship

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $1,028100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina1 grant $10,263
  2. California4 grants $9,028
  3. New York1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Helen WooPresident & CEO Hours 5Pay $0
  • Zheng LiVice President Hours 0Pay $0
  • Yanling MaSecretary Hours 0Pay $0
  • Daniel ChuCFO Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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