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Fongsong Life Foundation

Accepts applications Woodside, California · EIN 814632887

Fongsong Life Foundation is a private foundation in Woodside, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $211,910 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $9,500 and the largest $75,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $115,400 the year before.

40% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$67,6008$4.0 million
2024$115,4007$4.0 million
2025$211,91010$3.8 million

How to apply

ContactI-Fong Lin
315 Woodside Drive, Woodside, CA 94062
Phone or email(650) 208-1332
What to submitA fund requesting letter should be submitted, whichincludes a description of the organization and theintended purposes of the fund.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fongsong Life Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California9$136,910
Wisconsin1$75,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Charitable contribution$75,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI
Charitable contribution$75,000
Shinshin Education Foundation
Fremont, CA
Education charity$15,060
Soar Foundation
Union City, CA
Education charity$14,550
Wwii Pacific War Memorial Hall
San Francisco, CA
Charitable contribution$10,000
Peach Foundation
Foster City, CA
Charitable contribution$9,000
Hanlin Education Foundation of Amer
Fremont, CA
Charitable contribution$6,000
Bridge Road International Foundatio
Fremont, CA
Charitable contribution$4,500
Youth 4 Good Foundation
Fremont, CA
Charitable contribution$2,000
Civic Leadership Academy
San Jose, CA
Charitable contribution$800

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fongsong Life Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Fongsong Life Foundation give?

$211,910 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $9,500.

Who runs Fongsong Life Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists I-Fong Lin (President & CEO), Yvonne Lin (Secretary) and Flossie Lin (Cfo).

What does Fongsong Life Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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