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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2596168

Ngai Foundation

A private foundation in Chicago, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $32,946 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $32,946

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,068,129

  • Tax year 2024

    $41,938

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,377,158

  • Tax year 2023

    $28,901

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,046,951

  • Tax year 2022

    $30,466

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,102,096

  • Tax year 2021

    $11,512

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $729,862

  • Tax year 2020

    $5,345

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $573,379

  • Tax year 2019

    $6,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $444,734

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Donation

    $20,000
  2. Sacred Heat SchoolsChicago, IL

    Donation

    $6,000
  3. Assumption ChurchChicago, IL

    Donation

    $2,061
  4. MisericordiaChicago, IL

    Donation

    $1,244
  5. CaslChicago, IL

    Donation

    $1,036
  6. St Michael ChurchChicago, IL

    Donation

    $1,035
  7. Annual Catholic AppealChicago, IL

    Donation

    $1,000
  8. Cornel Lab of OrthithologyIthaca, NY

    Donation

    $370
  9. Museum of Science and IndustryChicago, IL

    Donation

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $20,00099% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $200<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $20,000
  2. Illinois7 grants $12,576
  3. New York1 grant $370

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Maihang NgaiPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ho Ying ChoiDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jun ZhouDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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