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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-3438795

Ziyao Liu Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Wellesley, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $10,586 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

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

    $10,586

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $645,925
  • Tax year 2024

    $9,075

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $458,479
  • Tax year 2023

    $6,810

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $389,843
  • Tax year 2022

    $5,172

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $154,961
  • Tax year 2021

    $12,745

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $203,546
  • Tax year 2020

    $5,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $199,463
  • Tax year 2019

    $1,200

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $216,618

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

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

  1. Tenacre Country Day SchoolWellesley, MA

    General Charitable

    $3,300
  2. Milton AcademyMilton, MA

    General Charitable

    $3,000
  3. Red CrossBoston, MA

    General Charitable

    $2,000
  4. Noble and Greenough SchoolDedham, MA

    General Charitable

    $1,000
  5. Individual

    General Charitable

    $1,000
  6. Dana-FarberBoston, MA

    General Charitable

    $175
  7. Individual

    General Charitable

    $111

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $7,300100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $9,475

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Hui ZouTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Mia LiuTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ziyao LiuTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • Yunhua LiTrustee Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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