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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-5627117

Lam Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $16,700 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

    $16,700

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $454,008
  • Tax year 2024

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $435,004
  • Tax year 2023

    $15,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $419,952
  • Tax year 2022

    $15,600

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $391,019
  • Tax year 2021

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $529,568
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $497,566
  • Tax year 2019

    $22,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $410,563
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $367,151

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. America Hotel Owners CharitableNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,500
  2. Lum Sai-Ho Benevolent Association IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,200
  3. Guangdong Association of America CorpBrooklyn, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Jobs and employment1 grant $12,50075% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $4,20025% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $16,700

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Jeffrey LamVP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kin Chung LamPres, Dir, Treas Hours 1Pay $0
  • Raymond LamSec Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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