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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-0654527

Solaris Foundation

A private foundation in McAllen, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $356,356 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Solaris Foundation
5111 N 10th St Box 137
McAllen, TX 785042835
(956) 627-5137
Form and materials
Grants must contain name, address, and contact information, in addition to the nature of the grant request.
Deadlines
Grant requests must be received by june 30 to be considered for the current year

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $356,356

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,373,210

  • Tax year 2024

    $235,057

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $6,293,736

  • Tax year 2023

    $184,991

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,674,847

  • Tax year 2022

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $5,051,075

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $4,579,348

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,530,442

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Educational grant

    $95,000
  2. Johns Hopkins UniversityBuffalo, NY

    Scholarship fund

    $50,000
  3. University of Texas Rio Grande VallSan Antonio, TX

    Scholarship fund

    $50,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $30,000
  5. Trinity Episcopal SchoolW Lake Hills, TX

    Charitable support

    $30,000
  6. Individual

    Educational grant

    $20,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $15,000
  8. Individual

    Charitable support

    $14,000
  9. Il Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL

    Scholarship fund

    $12,356
  10. Individual

    Educational grant

    $12,000
  11. Individual

    Educational grant

    $10,000
  12. Lokaa FoundationStudio City, CA

    Charitable support

    $5,000
  13. Individual

    Educational grant

    $5,000
  14. Individual

    Educational grant

    $5,000
  15. Individual

    Educational grant

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $5,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas2 grants $80,000
  2. New York1 grant $50,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $12,356
  4. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Yixiang LiuTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $5,000
  • Shan JiagTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ning MaTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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