Hsia Family Foundation
Hsia Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Pennington, New Jersey. Its 2025 filing reports $199,500 in grants to 12 organizations, including a university foundation, public media organizations, and organizations working on immigration and other causes.
Hsia Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Hsia Family Foundation gave $200K across 12 grants in 2025 (avg $17K), mostly in California. 58% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $199,500
- +14.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 12
- +200.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,625
- -61.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $3,541,735
- +0.9% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 58% first-time grantees (7 of 12, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (87% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Hsia Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 1532 Aft, Pennington, NJ 08534
Phone: (888) 866-3275
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Hsia Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was University of California Irvine Fdn ($110K). Together the top 10 received $193K.
Grant Size Distribution
36 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 28 grants of 36 (78%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, 87% of grant dollars went to recipients in California and 13% to recipients in New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 12 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Hsia Family Foundation open to new grantees?
58%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 7 of 12 grantees (58%) were first-time recipients. With only 12 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $8K; repeat grants $28K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 25% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+18%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 102% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $168K (2021) to $200K (2025). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $200K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of California Irvine Fdn Irvine, CA | Endowed Chair Fund | $110,000 |
| Southern California Public Radio Pasadena, CA | Unrestricted General | $15,000 |
| Uc Irvine - Cancer Challenge Orange, CA | Merage School | $10,000 |
| ACLU Foundation New York, NY | Unrestricted General | $10,000 |
| United States Fund for UNICEF New York, NY | Unrestricted General | $10,000 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA Los Angeles, CA | Unrestricted General | $10,000 |
| Planned Parenthood-Orangesan Bernardino Anaheim, CA | Unrestricted General | $10,000 |
| Immigrant Defenders Law Center Los Angeles, CA | Unrestricted General | $7,500 |
| Doctors Without Borders New York, NY | Unrestricted General | $5,000 |
| Orange County Justice Fund Costa Mesa, CA | Unrestricted General | $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 | $3,541,735 | $245,479 | $214,649 | $199,500 | 12 | $205,817 | $237,179 | $201,643 |
| 2024 | $3,510,592 | $204,072 | $190,095 | $173,600 | 4 | $179,083 | $195,498 | $190,032 |
| 2023 | $3,498,116 | $-127,838 | $198,047 | $182,000 | 4 | $188,321 | $99,139 | $177,289 |
| 2022 | $3,819,865 | $102,331 | $274,513 | $169,137 | 3 | $176,086 | $94,983 | $188,184 |
| 2021 | $3,913,985 | $1,039,725 | $188,965 | $167,809 | 13 | — | $1,032,264 | $178,158 |
| 2020 | $3,063,423 | $188,213 | $180,782 | $170,400 | 17 | — | $183,808 | $168,590 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Hsia Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $202K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants include support for a university endowment, public media, and organizations whose work includes immigration-related legal services and advocacy, reproductive health, and international humanitarian efforts.
Among the grantees, Southern California Public Radio describes its mission as strengthening civic and cultural bonds in Southern California through news and information. Immigrant Defenders Law Center describes itself as a social justice law firm defending immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system. Orange County Justice Fund says it works to secure legal representation, due process rights, and community reintegration services for vulnerable immigrants and refugees in Orange County. United States Fund for UNICEF describes its mission as advancing UNICEF’s work for children through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 12 grants totaling $199,500. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $110,000, with a median grant of $10,000.
The largest reported grant was $110,000 to University of California Irvine Foundation for an endowed chair fund. Other grants included $15,000 to Southern California Public Radio for unrestricted general support; $10,000 each to ACLU Foundation, United States Fund for UNICEF, Asian Americans Advancing Justice–LA, and Planned Parenthood–Orange and San Bernardino; and $7,500 to Immigrant Defenders Law Center for unrestricted general support.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Phylis Y Hsia as president, David C Hsia as treasurer, Susan Hsia Lew as secretary, and Daniel Hsia as director.
Hsia Family Foundation is led by Phylis Y. Hsia, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Phylis Y. Hsia
President
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Hsia
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David C. Hsia
Treasurer
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Hsia Lew
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
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 Hsia Family Foundation
How much does Hsia Family Foundation give each year?
Hsia Family Foundation gave $200K across 12 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $174K across 4 grants.
What is Hsia Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Hsia Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $16,625, across 12 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Hsia Family Foundation that year got $8K on average.
Where does Hsia Family Foundation give grants?
Hsia Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 87% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was New York (13%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (3 grants) and Los Angeles, CA (2 grants).
Does Hsia Family Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 83% of Hsia Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (10 of 12) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Hsia Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Hsia Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include University of California Irvine Fdn ($110,000), Southern California Public Radio ($15,000) and Uc Irvine - Cancer Challenge ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 68% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Hsia Family Foundation?
Hsia Family Foundation reported $3.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $206K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $202K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Hsia Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants include support for a university endowment, public media, and organizations whose work includes immigration-related legal services and advocacy, reproductive health, and international humanitarian efforts. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Hsia Family Foundation?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Hsia Family Foundation's EIN?
Hsia Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0591357. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does Hsia Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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 February 3, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 31, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 10, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 31, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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Grantable. (2026). Hsia Family Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/hsia-family-foundation-morg_8a257172b132486aad0086981457c023
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