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The Dr KB Lim and Linda Lee Lim Foundation (Trust)

Accepts applications Del Mar, California · EIN 271467890

The Dr KB Lim and Linda Lee Lim Foundation (Trust) is a private foundation in Del Mar, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $181,300 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $1,750 and the largest $171,000. 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 $154,500 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$79,0005$2.0 million
2024$154,5004$2.6 million
2025$181,3006$3.3 million

How to apply

ContactKiat Beng Lim
4589 Vista de la Patria, Del Mar, CA 92014
Phone or email(858) 945-8196
What to submitName, address and the reason for the applications
DeadlinesDecember 31

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California4$179,300
Illinois1$1,000
New York1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Scripps Health Foundation
La Jolla, CA
General support$171,000
Uc San Diego Foundation
La Jolla, CA
General support$4,800
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla, CA
General support$2,500
Bel Canto Foundation
Lincolnwood, IL
General support$1,000
Plus Charitable Trust Inc
Great Neck, NY
General support$1,000
The Campanile Foundation at San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
General support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Dr KB Lim and Linda Lee Lim Foundation (Trust) accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 31.

How much does The Dr KB Lim and Linda Lee Lim Foundation (Trust) give?

$181,300 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $1,750.

Who runs The Dr KB Lim and Linda Lee Lim Foundation (Trust)?

Its 2025 filing lists Kiat Beng Lim (Trustee) and Linda Bei-Bei Lee Lim (Trustee).

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