Pine Spring Foundation
Pine Spring Foundation is a private foundation, based in Bellaire, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $189K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $4K. Net investment income was $32K.
Pine Spring Foundation at a glance
In short: Pine Spring Foundation gave $4K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), top state Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,450
- -8.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- -33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,113
- +37.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $600
- Total assets
- $189,379
- +29.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Texas (17% 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 Pine Spring Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Long Yan 2nd High School ($3K). Together the top 4 received $4K.
Grant Size Distribution
17 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 17 grants of 17 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
Cities
How Pine Spring Foundation gives
- Giving grew 24% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 220% 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
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $803 (2020) to $5K (2024). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $4K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Long Yan 2nd High School | charitable | $3,000 |
| St Johns School Houston, TX | charitable | $750 |
| UltraCamp Niles, MI | charitable | $450 |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | educational | $250 |
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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 | $189,379 | $62,536 | $19,987 | $4,450 | 4 | $19,617 | $32,166 | $8,932 |
| 2024 | $146,830 | $49,901 | $23,490 | $4,865 | 6 | $23,178 | $24,589 | $7,394 |
| 2023 | $120,419 | $52,516 | $18,035 | $2,602 | 2 | $17,926 | $22,482 | $5,827 |
| 2022 | $85,938 | $16,361 | $14,700 | $3,603 | 3 | $14,666 | $5,361 | $4,302 |
| 2021 | $84,277 | $30,506 | $10,384 | $2,555 | 2 | — | $506 | $4,313 |
| 2020 | $64,155 | $30,000 | $4,296 | $803 | 2 | — | — | $3,185 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Pine Spring Foundation reported a distributable amount of $9K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Pine Spring Foundation is led by Yiji Lin, CEO on every filing since 2020; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Yiji Lin
CEO
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Xiaomeng Lian
CFO
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/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 Pine Spring Foundation
How much does Pine Spring Foundation give each year?
Pine Spring Foundation gave $4K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $5K across 6 grants.
What is Pine Spring Foundation's typical grant size?
Pine Spring Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $600, and its average grant was $1,113, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Pine Spring Foundation give grants?
Pine Spring Foundation's top state is Texas, with 17% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Michigan (10%) and Connecticut (6%).
Does Pine Spring Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Pine Spring Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Charitable" (3 grants).
How large is Pine Spring Foundation?
Pine Spring Foundation reported $189K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $20K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $9K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Pine Spring Foundation's EIN?
Pine Spring Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 83-2824041. 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 August 5, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 9, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 13, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 11, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 6, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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