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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 57-0887822

Pei Ling Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Huntsville, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $355,000 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $355,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,369,986
  • Tax year 2024

    $318,190

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,452,629
  • Tax year 2023

    $305,300

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,528,093
  • Tax year 2022

    $272,180

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,635,900
  • Tax year 2021

    $229,051

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,827,212
  • Tax year 2020

    $225,370

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,862,349

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. HudsonAlpha FoundationHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $150,000
  2. Huntsville Symphony OrchestraHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $40,000
  3. Community Ballet AssociationHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $32,500
  4. Huntsville Chamber Music GuildHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $27,000
  5. Huntsville Master ChoraleHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $19,000
  6. Arts HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $15,600
  7. University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $15,000
  8. Huntsville Hospital FoundationHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $15,000
  9. Huntsville Ballet GuildHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $10,000
  10. Huntsville Botanical GardenHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $10,000
  11. Huntsville Museum of ArtHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $8,400
  12. Studio 60 Senior CenterHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $5,000
  13. Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation IncGadsden, AL

    Contribution

    $5,000
  14. Downtown Huntsville IncHuntsville, AL

    Contribution

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $150,00059% of the total
  2. Arts and culture5 grants $75,00030% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $15,0006% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $10,0004% of the total
  5. Community development1 grant $2,500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama14 grants $355,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Chia Hwa ChanCo-Trustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • David A ChanCo-Trustee Hours 4Pay $6,000

The return

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Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. The Beard-Young Family FoundationHuntsville, AL 27 grants Preselected only $659,500 giving
  2. Cacajones Family FoundationBirmingham, AL 9 grants Accepts applications $357,500 giving
  3. C Eugene Ireland Foundation IncBirmingham, AL 68 grants Preselected only $350,000 giving
  4. Harold M Henderson Benevolent FundBirmingham, AL 9 grants Preselected only $368,868 giving
  5. William Thomas Dawson Family Charitable FoundationGadsden, AL 12 grants Preselected only $339,700 giving