Grants paid by The Li Foundation Inc
EIN 13-6098783 · Berkeley, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV
The Li Foundation Inc of Berkeley, CA (EIN 13-6098783) reported 26 grants paid totaling $2,279,286 to 14 recipients in tax years 2019–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$2,279,286
26 grants
Recipients
14
distinct organizations
Tax years
2019–2025
7 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | $270,000 | — |
| 2020 | 3 | $205,000 | — |
| 2021 | 3 | $229,316 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | $422,335 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | $356,216 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | $392,106 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | $404,313 | — |
Top recipients
The 14 recipients receiving the most from The Li Foundation Inc, by grants paid, out of 14 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | U | New Haven, CT | 6 | $1,074,286 | 2025 |
| University of California School of Pharmacy 94-6036493 | D | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $250,000 | 2020 |
| Needham Research Institute | U | Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE | 2 | $180,000 | 2022 |
| Asian American Education Project 88-1895137 | C | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $150,000 | 2024 |
| Academia Sinica | U | Taipei, TAIWAN | 3 | $150,000 | 2023 |
| Academia Sinica | U | Taipei | 2 | $130,000 | 2025 |
| Vassar College 14-1338587 | C | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1 | $75,000 | 2022 |
| Needham Research Center | U | Orange, CA | 1 | $60,000 | 2025 |
| Tsinghua Educational Found of Na 52-2073001 | D | Milpitas, CA | 1 | $60,000 | 2023 |
| Colorado School of Mines 84-0509064 | C | Golden, CO | 1 | $50,000 | 2019 |
| Academia Sinica See Address Attached | U | Taipei, TAIWAN | 1 | $50,000 | 2020 |
| NY Service Center for Chinese Study | U | New York, NY | 1 | $40,000 | 2019 |
| Needhan Research Institute See Address Attached | U | Alma, MI | 1 | $30,000 | 2020 |
| NY Service Ctr for Chinese Study | U | New York, NY | 1 | -$20,000 | 2023 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 26 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $279,313 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202641329349103269 |
| 2025 | Academia Sinica Taipei | U | $65,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202641329349103269 |
| 2025 | Needham Research Center Orange, CA | U | $60,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202641329349103269 |
| 2024 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $277,106 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202531349349102028 |
| 2024 | Academia Sinica Taipei | U | $65,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202531349349102028 |
| 2024 | Asian American Education Project Los Angeles, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202531349349102028 |
| 2023 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $216,216 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202431389349101113 |
| 2023 | Tsinghua Educational Found of Na Milpitas, CA | D | $60,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202431389349101113 |
| 2023 | Asian American Education Project Los Angeles, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202431389349101113 |
| 2023 | Academia Sinica Taipei, TAIWAN | U | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202431389349101113 |
| 2023 | NY Service Ctr for Chinese Study New York, NY | U | -$20,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202431389349101113 |
| 2022 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $127,335 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202311099349100101 |
| 2022 | Needham Research Institute Cambridge Uk, CAMBRIDGE | U | $120,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202311099349100101 |
| 2022 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | C | $75,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202311099349100101 |
| 2022 | Academia Sinica Taipei, TAIWAN | U | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202311099349100101 |
| 2022 | Asian American Education Project Los Angeles, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202311099349100101 |
| 2021 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $119,316 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202201889349101605 |
| 2021 | Needham Research Institute Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE | U | $60,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202201889349101605 |
| 2021 | Academia Sinica Taipei, TAIWAN | U | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202201889349101605 |
| 2020 | University of California School of Pharmacy San Francisco, CA | D | $125,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202121269349102462 |
| 2020 | Academia Sinica See Address Attached Taipei, TAIWAN | U | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202121269349102462 |
| 2020 | Needhan Research Institute See Address Attached Alma, MI | U | $30,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202121269349102462 |
| 2019 | University of California School of Pharmacy San Francisco, CA | D | $125,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202031829349101208 |
| 2019 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $55,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202031829349101208 |
| 2019 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | C | $50,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202031829349101208 |
| 2019 | NY Service Center for Chinese Study New York, NY | U | $40,000 | paid | FELLOWSHIP | 202031829349101208 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.1 | 202641329349103269 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.1 | 202531349349102028 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.0 | 202431389349101113 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202311099349100101 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.0 | 202201889349101605 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.0 | 202121269349102462 |
| 990PF | 2019 | 2019-12-31 | not stated | 2019v5.0 | 202031829349101208 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/136098783.json.
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