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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-3878697

CQ Foundation

A private foundation in Sunnyvale, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 15 grants and $30,174 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 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.

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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 2024

    $30,174

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,477,390

  • Tax year 2023

    $21,865

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,311,823

  • Tax year 2022

    $12,350

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $912,203

  • Tax year 2021

    $19,650

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $439,630

  • Tax year 2020

    $26,200

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $855,517

  • Tax year 2019

    $31,300

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $867,690

  • Tax year 2018

    $24,399

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $694,627

  • Tax year 2017

    $26,700

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $587,025

Grants paid in 2024

15 grants, largest first

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

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $20,000
  2. Individual

    Charitable contribution

    $2,000
  3. Individual

    Donation

    $1,000
  4. Nimitz Elememtary SchoolSunnyvale, CA

    Charity purpose

    $1,000
  5. University of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Charity purpose

    $1,000
  6. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000
  7. Sunnyvale Community ServicesSunnyvale, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000
  8. fremont union high school districtfSunnyvale, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $850
  9. Cupertino Middle SchoolSunnyvale, CA

    Charity purpose

    $518
  10. Individual

    Donation

    $500
  11. Go Fund MeRedwood City, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $333
  12. Individual

    Charitable contribution

    $333
  13. Buddhist Tzu Chi FoundationAn Jose, CA

    Donation

    $300
  14. Individual

    Charitable contribution

    $230
  15. US Hunan AssociationSouth San Francisco, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $110

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $21,00095% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $1,0005% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $110<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California9 grants $25,111
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Zhenfang ChenCEO Hours 10Pay $0
  • Meng QinCFO, SECRETARY Hours 6Pay $0

The return

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