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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 65-6431837

Avery-Tsui Foundation

A private foundation in San Diego, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

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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

    $1,889,212

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $14,965,759

  • Tax year 2024

    $985,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $14,940,442

  • Tax year 2023

    $779,484

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,226,814

  • Tax year 2022

    $5,175,634

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $15,513,950

  • Tax year 2021

    $192,175

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $15,716,119

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,357,850

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $14,779,425

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of California San DiegoLa Jolla, CA

    To refurbish the existing biomedical library building on the UCSD campus and establish the natasha wong endowment for east asian collections and scholarship

    $500,000
  2. San Diego Museum of ArtSan Diego, CA

    Community engagement pavilion reading room

    $400,000
  3. Chinese School of San DiegoSan Diego, CA

    General

    $300,000
  4. Alpha EducationScarborough, Canada

    Annual support for the wongavery asia-pacific peace museum

    $200,000
  5. Poway Unified School DistrictSan Diego, CA

    Wong/avery global languages and innovative program

    $180,644
  6. International Social Service Hong Kong BranchWanchai, Hong Kong

    In honor of stephen yau

    $128,568
  7. Cambridge in AmericaNew York, NY

    Wongavery east asian collections collaboration

    $77,500
  8. UC San Diego FoundationLa Jolla, CA

    Wongavery east asian collections collaboration

    $77,500
  9. Chinatown Service CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Support cisani conference

    $25,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. San Diego Museum of ArtSan Diego, CA

    Community engagement pavilion reading room

    $3,600,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $400,00047% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $377,50044% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $77,5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $1,483,144
  2. New York1 grant $77,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Sally Tsui WongaveryDIR/CEO/PRES Hours 20Pay $40,000
  • Natasha WongDIR/SEC/VP Hours 20Pay $50,000
  • Tom HomDIR/TREAS/CFO/VP Hours 20Pay $30,000
  • Joyce WongDIR/TREAS/CFO/VP Hours 20Pay $30,000

The return

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