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Lin Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Los Altos, California · EIN 860872673

Lin Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Los Altos, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $5,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $5,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was the same as $5,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$5,7211$155,909
2023$5,0001$187,238
2024$5,0001$197,838

How to apply

ContactWilliam Lin
1918 Churton Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024
Phone or email(408) 806-2788
What to submitWritten request for grants to include: amount requested, purpose of requested grant, charitable purpose of the organization, history of the organization, please provide brochures, website, tin of organization, and any other relevant information that is helpful to our consideration of possible funding.
DeadlinesPrior to march 1st for fiscal years ending june 30th
RestrictionsGrants from the foundation is limited to religious gifting, educational grants to post high school education organizations, disaster relief, grants to poverty relief.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lin Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Schmahl Science Workshops
San Jose, CA
Education$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lin Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Prior to march 1st for fiscal years ending june 30th.

How much does Lin Family Charitable Foundation give?

$5,000 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Lin Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists William Lin (Chairman).

What does Lin Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and science and research.

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