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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-1628941

Otefe Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 180 grants and $315,700 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Otefe Foundation Inc
3450 Wilshire Blvd Ste 108-10B
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(877) 829-5500
Form and materials
Otefe.org/apply-for-scholarship/
Deadlines
May 23, 2025
Restrictions
The applicants must show: (1) great aptitude and desire to better the korean american communities in the us and/or the korean communities in the republic of korea or elsewhere in the world and (2) financial hardship.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $315,700

    Grants listed
    180
    Assets, end of year
    $7,403,838

  • Tax year 2023

    $356,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $7,212,894

  • Tax year 2022

    $325,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $6,783,270

  • Tax year 2021

    $441,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,035,861

  • Tax year 2020

    $405,700

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $8,305,849

  • Tax year 2019

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $8,183,944

  • Tax year 2018

    $424,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $7,759,298

Grants paid in 2024

180 grants, largest first

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

  1. Lao Lions Club FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Donation

    $10,000
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  9. Spectrum of HopeFullerton, CA

    Donation

    $3,000
  10. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  18. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  19. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  20. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  21. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  22. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  23. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  24. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  25. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  26. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  27. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  28. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  29. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  30. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  31. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  32. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  33. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  34. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  35. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  36. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  37. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  38. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  39. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  40. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  41. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  42. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  43. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  44. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  45. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  46. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  47. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  48. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  49. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  50. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  51. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  52. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  53. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  54. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  55. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  56. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  57. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  58. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  59. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  60. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  61. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  62. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  63. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  64. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  65. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  66. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  67. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  68. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  69. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  70. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  71. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  72. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  73. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  74. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  75. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  76. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  77. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  78. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  79. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  80. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  81. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  82. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  83. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  84. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  85. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  86. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  87. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  88. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  89. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  90. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  91. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  92. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  93. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  94. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  95. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  96. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  97. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  98. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  99. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  100. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  101. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  102. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  103. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  104. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  105. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  106. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  107. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  108. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  109. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  110. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  111. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  112. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  113. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  114. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  115. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  116. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  117. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  118. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  119. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  120. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  121. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  122. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  123. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  124. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  125. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  126. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  127. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  128. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  129. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  130. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  131. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  132. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  133. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  134. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  135. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  136. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  137. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  138. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  139. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  140. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  141. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  142. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  143. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  144. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  145. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  146. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  147. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  148. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  149. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  150. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  151. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  152. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  153. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  154. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  155. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  156. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  157. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  158. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  159. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  160. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  161. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  162. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  163. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  164. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  165. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  166. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  167. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  168. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  169. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  170. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  171. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  172. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  173. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  174. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  175. Orange County Korean Christians AssGarden Grove, CA

    Donation

    $1,000
  176. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  177. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  178. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  179. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  180. Individual

    Scholarship

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $14,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Richard KimCFO Hours 10Pay $0
  • John Y KimSECRETARY Hours 10Pay $0
  • Alex KoCEO Hours 10Pay $0

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