Care a Love Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Los Angeles, CA EIN: 81-0760247

Care a Love Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Los Angeles, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $200K. Net investment income was $227K.

Care a Love Foundation at a glance

In short: Care a Love Foundation gave $200K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $67K), top state California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$200,000
+5.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$66,667
+5.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$90,000
Total assets
$4,201,056
+0.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (45% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Care a Love Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

SCU Southern California University: $90KSCU Southern CaliforniaUniversity$90KDeborah Hospital Foundation: $90KDeborah Hospital Foundation$90KGood Samaritan Hospital Fund Development DPT: $20KGood Samaritan Hospital FundDevelopment DPT$20K

The largest 2025 recipient was SCU Southern California University ($90K). Together the top 3 received $200K.

Grant Size Distribution

15 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K3$50–100K7$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 7 grants of 15 (47%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

Browns MillsWhittierWest IslipEl Monte

How Care a Love Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−5%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 101% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K3 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $190K (2024) to $230K (2020). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $200K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
SCU Southern California University Whittier, CAP 32 86 1.$90,000
Deborah Hospital Foundation Browns Mills, NJDeborah 100 Project.$90,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Fund Development DPT West Islip, NYSupport for Cancer Institute.$20,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$4,201,056$226,908$203,068$200,0003$200,000$226,759$197,359
2024$4,178,697$146,341$196,096$190,0003$190,000$146,217$197,882
2023$4,233,213$188,637$214,299$210,0003$210,000$188,536$194,038
2022$4,260,127$118,994$215,615$210,0003$210,000$118,873$202,497
2021$4,356,218$181,883$213,689$210,0003$210,000$181,764$211,599
2020$4,395,075$213,264$241,073$230,0003—$213,264$211,919

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Care a Love Foundation reported a distributable amount of $197K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Care a Love Foundation is led by Alice A. Kwan, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Alice A. Kwan

    President

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel K. Kwan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • David K. Kwan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis K. Kwan

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen K. Kwan

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Care a Love Foundation

How much does Care a Love Foundation give each year?

Care a Love Foundation gave $200K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $190K across 3 grants.

What is Care a Love Foundation's typical grant size?

Care a Love Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $90,000, and its average grant was $66,667, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Care a Love Foundation give grants?

Care a Love Foundation's top state is California, with 45% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were New Jersey (45%) and New York (10%).

Does Care a Love Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Care a Love Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.

How large is Care a Love Foundation?

Care a Love Foundation reported $4.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $200K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $197K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Care a Love Foundation?

Care a Love Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Los Angeles, CA. It holds $4.2M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Care a Love Foundation's EIN?

Care a Love Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-0760247. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 24, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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