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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 88-0846147

Li Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $302,500 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $302,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,786,887

  • Tax year 2024

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,482,907

  • Tax year 2023

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,534,961

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $3,593,331

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

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

  1. Purdue Research FoundationWest Lafayette, IN

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  2. Purdue Research FoundationWest Lafayette, IN

    School of Engineering

    $100,000
  3. Individual

    Medical emergency grant

    $50,000
  4. Sacramento Region Community FoundationSacramento, CA

    Li Family Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund

    $25,000
  5. Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN

    Research Fund at the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

    $15,000
  6. Individual

    Hardship Assistance Grant

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Hardship Assistance Grant

    $5,000
  8. My Sisters HouseSacramento, CA

    Run For A Safe Haven

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $200,00088% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00011% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid1 grant $2,5001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan2 grants $200,000
  2. California2 grants $27,500
  3. Indiana1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • David LiDir, Pres, Sec, Treas Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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