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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1537763

Cnyl Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $122,000 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

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,035,233
  • Tax year 2024

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,882,931
  • Tax year 2023

    $84,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,147,888
  • Tax year 2022

    $109,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,393,056
  • Tax year 2021

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,241,681
  • Tax year 2020

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $2,142,363
  • Tax year 2019

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,983,433
  • Tax year 2018

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,688,499

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Support charitable purposes, including: bringing ai technologies to to patient care, developing tool to project health benefits of increasing hepatitis b screening and treatment, supporting research and raising public awareness of hepatitis b, using advanced mris to idenfity patients with delayed cerebral ischemia, and ai prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia.

    $62,000
  2. National Taiwan University Academic Development FoundationWillowbrook, IL

    Support charitable purposes, including studying the role of regulatory t cells in immune regulation and exploring the feasibility of application for the treatment of allergic asthma and rheumatologic diseases, the pathogenesis of pyogenic liver abscess caused by k. Pneumoniac, and research to improve multiplayer XR experience content.

    $55,000
  3. SGLJ Foundationsouth Hills Academy FoundationAlhambra, CA

    Support charitable purposes, including providing students scholarships, financial aid, and awards.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $117,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $67,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $55,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Lea-Ying Amy LinPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lung Albert ChenSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Yun-Fang JuanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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