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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-0295773

Paramitas Foundation

A private foundation in Saratoga, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $2.2 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $2,237,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $23,137,395

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,108,540

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $24,109,455

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,906,750

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $25,546,667

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,758,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $27,755,120

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,003,619

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $28,892,525

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,805,102

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $28,666,473

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,671,522

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $28,615,004

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,788,036

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $28,878,086

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

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

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    CONTRIBUTE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION and support research activities

    $1,470,000
  2. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBrookline, MA

    To provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases.

    $500,000
  3. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Contribute and Promote Higher Education

    $150,000
  4. University of Washington FoundationSeattle, WA

    Contribute and promote education

    $50,000
  5. University of Central MissouriWarrenburg, MO

    Contribute and promote education

    $20,000
  6. Individual

    Provide funding to shelter poors

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    FUNDING FOR underprivileged children

    $10,000
  8. Individual

    To foster fellowship and connection among [individual] Americans of all ages and genders, particularly on the West Coast.

    $10,000
  9. Global PartnershipSeattle, WA

    To promote community service

    $8,000
  10. Formosan Association for Public AffWashington DC, DC

    To support activities to promote awareness, peace and rights of taiwaness communities

    $3,000
  11. Water First InternationalSeattle, WA

    Promote international education

    $3,000
  12. Yun Lin TempleBerkeley, CA

    Transmitting Black Sect Esoteric Buddhism teachings

    $3,000
  13. Harvard MagazineCambridge, MA

    To support the publication of alumni magazine

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $1,670,000100% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,000<1% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California2 grants $1,473,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $500,500
  3. New York1 grant $150,000
  4. Washington3 grants $61,000
  5. Missouri1 grant $20,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Winston ChenChairman Hours 15Pay $0
  • Alex ChenSecretary Hours 3Pay $0
  • Phyllis HuangCFO Hours 10Pay $36,000

The return

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