Cnyl Foundation
Cnyl Foundation is a private foundation, based in Los Altos, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $122K. Net investment income was $43K.
Cnyl Foundation at a glance
In short: Cnyl Foundation gave $122K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $41K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $122,000
- +41.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $40,667
- +41.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $55,000
- Total assets
- $3,035,233
- +5.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (55% 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 Cnyl Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Stanford University ($62K). Together the top 2 received $117K.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($5,000), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
15 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 9 grants of 15 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Cnyl Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+12%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 83% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $84K (2023) to $122K (2025). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $122K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Support charitable purposes, including: bringing ai technologies to to patient care, developing tool to project health benefits of increasing hepatitis b screening and treatment, supporting research and raising public awareness of hepatitis b, using advanced mris to idenfity patients with delayed cerebral ischemia, and ai prediction of delayed cerebral ischemia. | $62,000 |
| National Taiwan University Academic Development Foundation Willowbrook, IL | Support charitable purposes, including studying the role of regulatory t cells in immune regulation and exploring the feasibility of application for the treatment of allergic asthma and rheumatologic diseases, the pathogenesis of pyogenic liver abscess caused by k. Pneumoniac, and research to improve multiplayer xr experience content. | $55,000 |
| 1 individual scholarship Recipients not named | — | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,035,233 | $44,945 | $130,133 | $122,000 | 3 | $128,258 | $43,070 | $153,848 |
| 2024 | $2,882,931 | $274,858 | $92,897 | $86,000 | 3 | $90,322 | $272,283 | $126,696 |
| 2023 | $2,147,888 | $49,402 | $89,066 | $84,000 | 3 | $86,000 | $46,336 | $93,117 |
| 2022 | $1,393,056 | $16,384 | $120,575 | $109,000 | 3 | $111,075 | $6,884 | $82,031 |
| 2021 | $2,241,681 | $332 | $100,860 | $99,000 | 3 | $100,360 | — | $112,145 |
| 2020 | $2,142,363 | $177,320 | $105,025 | $99,000 | 3 | — | $230,640 | $99,521 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Cnyl Foundation reported a distributable amount of $154K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Cnyl Foundation is led by Lea-Ying Amy Lin, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Lea-Ying Amy Lin
President
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yun-Fang Juan
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lung Albert Chen
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
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 Cnyl Foundation
How much does Cnyl Foundation give each year?
Cnyl Foundation gave $122K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $86K across 3 grants.
What is Cnyl Foundation's typical grant size?
Cnyl Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $55,000, and its average grant was $40,667, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Cnyl Foundation give grants?
Cnyl Foundation gives mostly in California: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Illinois (45%).
Does Cnyl Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Cnyl Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
How large is Cnyl Foundation?
Cnyl Foundation reported $3.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $128K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $154K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What is Cnyl Foundation's EIN?
Cnyl Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-1537763. 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
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 26, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 3, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 18, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 17, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 5, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 18, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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