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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 66-0927716

Ys Kim Foundation Inc

A private foundation in St Thomas, VI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $272,037 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

    $272,037

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $12,994,856

  • Tax year 2024

    $560,720

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $7,304,395

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,552,418

  • Tax year 2022

    $610,876

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $66,964

  • Tax year 2021

    $642,881

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $44,300

  • Tax year 2020

    $652,421

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,904

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Binghamton University FoundationBinghamton, NY

    Vi scholarship + jean su and charles m. Kim '98 scholarship

    $178,857
  2. Binghamton University FoundationBinghamton, NY

    Korean student org support fund

    $46,180
  3. Council of Korean AmericansWashington, DC

    2025 envision platinum sponsorship

    $25,000
  4. Solomon R Guggenheim FoundationNew York, NY

    Annual membership to the asian art circle

    $15,000
  5. Korean American Community Foundation (kacf)New York, NY

    Kacf 2025 women's luncheon reimagine sponsorship

    $5,000
  6. M Frances IncWashington, DC

    Shia restaurant 2025 grant

    $1,000
  7. National Center for Family PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    Annual membership fee

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Housing and shelter2 grants $225,03784% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $40,00015% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York4 grants $245,037
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $27,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Charles KimPRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • James KimSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $30,000
  • Andrew ParkTREASURER Hours 3Pay $0
  • Joy WheelerMANAGING DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $225,000
  • April BangEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 3/2025 Hours 40Pay $48,157
  • Jean Su Maeng KimDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0

The return

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