Little Oak Foundation
Little Oak Foundation is a private foundation based in Cupertino, California. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations in several states, including California, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
Little Oak Foundation at a glance
In short: Little Oak Foundation gave $6K across 10 grants in 2025 (avg $592), mostly in California. 60% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,920
- +105.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 10
- +150.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $592
- -17.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $509
- Total assets
- $1,191,363
- +6.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 60% first-time grantees (6 of 10, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (56% 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 Little Oak Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: 18650 Cynthia Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: (408) 887-1382
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Little Oak Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was GoFundMe ($1K). Together the top 10 received $6K.
Grant Size Distribution
33 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 33 grants of 33 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grants went to recipients in California, North Carolina, Louisiana, New York, and Florida. California accounted for 56% of grant dollars, North Carolina and Louisiana 17% each, New York 8%, and Florida 1%.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 10 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Little Oak Foundation open to new grantees?
60%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 6 of 10 grantees (60%) were first-time recipients. With only 10 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 10 points. First grants averaged $559; repeat grants $642. How we count
Medians: $608 first-time, $509 repeat.
- 20% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 416% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 237% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2021–2025). 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 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2022) to $6K (2025). In 2025 it made 10 grants totaling $6K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| GoFundMe San Diego, CA | To provide a platform that empowers individuals and communities to raise funds for causes they are passionate about, fostering a spirit of generosity and support. | $1,050 |
| Samaritans Purse Boone, NC | Help people in need, staff members and tractor trailers filled with equipment and supplies are now on the ground in hurricane-battered areas of Louisiana. | $1,000 |
| United Cajun Navy Baton Rouge, LA | For renowned for its swift and selfless responses during natural disasters. Originating from the Cajun region of Louisiana, this volunteer-driven group gained national recognition during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. | $1,000 |
| Goodwill of Silicon Valley Santa Clara, CA | To support our employees, our customers, and people with challenging barriers to employment; to raise their standard of living and improve their lives through our services and social enterprise. | $1,000 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley San Jose, CA | To doing whatever it takes to end hunger in our community. That means distributing nutritious food to nearly every neighborhood in Silicon Valley, leveraging every available food resource, and collaborating with organizations and people who share our belief that hunger is unacceptable. Nutritious food is the foundation for a healthy, productive life. | $518 |
| Doctors without Borders New York, NY | To provide independent, impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it most. | $500 |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley Milpitas, CA | To offer quality adoptions, affordable spaying/neutering, vaccinations and microchipping services, pet care services and education programs to enhance the human-animal bond. | $500 |
| Filoli Woodside, CA | For a vibrant landscape of the Bay Area, situated on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone, in Woodside, California. The estate boasts 654 acres of beauty nestled along the slopes of Californias coastal range. Originally built as a private residence in 1917, Filoli was opened to the public in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. | $216 |
| Lightner Museum Augustine, FL | To enrich lives and inspire curiosity by offering an immersive experience of art, architecture, history, and design, particularly focusing on the Gilded Age. | $76 |
| Hot Chips Stanford, CA | As one of the semiconductor industrys leading conferences on high-performance microprocessors and related integrated circuits. The conference is held once a year in August in the center of the worlds capital of electronics activity, Silicon Valley. | $60 |
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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 | $1,191,363 | $200,116 | $134,498 | $5,920 | 10 | $134,113 | $80,116 | $56,664 |
| 2024 | $1,121,324 | $161,036 | $105,170 | $2,885 | 4 | $104,234 | $16,036 | $56,602 |
| 2023 | $1,092,630 | $206,332 | $114,042 | $4,455 | 10 | $114,405 | $106,332 | $49,931 |
| 2022 | $994,938 | $154,700 | $59,766 | $1,148 | 4 | $60,727 | $66,735 | $46,279 |
| 2021 | $899,969 | $155,396 | $28,515 | $2,769 | 5 | — | $69,972 | $41,922 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Little Oak Foundation reported a distributable amount of $57K 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
The foundation’s own stated mission is not provided. Its 2025 grants went to organizations whose work includes disaster relief, employment support, hunger relief, animal welfare, humanitarian medical aid, cultural and historical programming, and a semiconductor-industry conference. These are descriptions of the supported organizations, not stated priorities of the foundation. For example, Goodwill of Silicon Valley says its mission is to support people facing barriers to employment and improve their lives through services and social enterprise; Second Harvest of Silicon Valley describes its aim as providing more healthy food and better access to food; and Humane Society Silicon Valley says it works to save lives and keep families together.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 10 grants totaling $5,920. Grants ranged from $60 to $1,050, with a median of $509.
The largest reported grants were $1,050 to GoFundMe; $1,000 each to Samaritan’s Purse, United Cajun Navy, and Goodwill of Silicon Valley; $518 to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley; $500 each to Doctors Without Borders and Humane Society Silicon Valley; $216 to Filoli; $76 to Lightner Museum; and $60 to Hot Chips.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists KUO-TSAI LI as CEO and PEI-SHAN LIU as Secretary & CFO.
Little Oak Foundation is led by Kuo-Tsai Li, CEO on every filing since 2021; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kuo-Tsai Li
CEO
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pei-Shan Liu
Secretary & CFO
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "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 Little Oak Foundation
How much does Little Oak Foundation give each year?
Little Oak Foundation gave $6K across 10 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $3K across 4 grants.
What is Little Oak Foundation's typical grant size?
Little Oak Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $509, and its average grant was $592, across 10 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Little Oak Foundation that year got $559 on average.
Where does Little Oak Foundation give grants?
Little Oak Foundation gives mostly in California: 56% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were North Carolina (17%) and Louisiana (17%).
Does Little Oak Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 10 grants with a stated purpose on Little Oak Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Little Oak Foundation's largest grantees?
Little Oak Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include GoFundMe ($1,050), Samaritans Purse ($1,000) and United Cajun Navy ($1,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 52% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Little Oak Foundation?
Little Oak Foundation reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $134K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $57K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Little Oak Foundation fund?
The foundation’s own stated mission is not provided. Its 2025 grants went to organizations whose work includes disaster relief, employment support, hunger relief, animal welfare, humanitarian medical aid, cultural and historical programming, and a semiconductor-industry conference. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Little Oak Foundation?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Little Oak Foundation's EIN?
Little Oak Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-4823024. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Does Little Oak 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
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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