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Lui and Wan Foundation

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 134161117

Lui and Wan Foundation is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $595,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $35,000 and the largest $500,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $570,000 the year before.

25% of its 2024 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
2022$1.4 million6$9.6 million
2023$570,0004$10.1 million
2024$595,0004$11.0 million

How to apply

ContactLawrence Lui
343 E 30th St 11L, New York, NY 10016
Phone or email(212) 689-4939
What to submitGrant proposal letter
RestrictionsAs decided by vote of board of directors and based on the foundation mission.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lui and Wan Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York4$595,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY
Scholarship fund$500,000
Alliance Development of Theatre Art
New York, NY
Scholarships$35,000
Speyer Legacy School
New York, NY
After school program$35,000
Chinese American Planning Coucil
New York, NY
College bound student guidance$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lui and Wan Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lui and Wan Foundation give?

$595,000 in tax year 2024, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $35,000.

Who runs Lui and Wan Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Livia Wan Lui (Director), Lawrence Lui (President), Yvonne Lui (Secretary) and Deborah Chan (Director) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Lui and Wan Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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