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Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center

Accepts applications San Ramon, California · EIN 990265269

Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center is a private foundation in San Ramon, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $32,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $1,500 and the largest $28,000. 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 $13,005 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$12,7354$485,630
2024$13,0056$859,171
2025$32,0004$1.0 million

How to apply

ContactGuand-Yu Chinese Culture and Art
182 Castleton CT, San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone or email(925) 939-5833
What to submitNo specific forms required
DeadlinesSeptember 30th prior to the applicable year

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Maryland1$28,000
California3$4,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MD
General purpose$28,000
San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Societ
San Francisco, CA
General purpose$2,000
Chinese Historical Society of Ameri
San Francisco, CA
General purpose$1,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Oakland, CA
General purpose$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: September 30th prior to the applicable year.

How much does Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center give?

$32,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $1,500.

Who runs Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center?

Its 2025 filing lists Ethel Cheng-Hsin Chang (President), Taylor Grant (Board Member), Joseph Mullin (Board Member) and Rory Grant (Board Member) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Guang-Yu Chinese Culture & Art Center fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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