San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn

Public charity · Grantmaker San Jose, CA EIN: 47-4568833

To share the message of the gospel of christ through strategic, evangelical, christian endeavors and thus fulfill the great commission and the propagation of the truth in jesus christ.

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn at a glance

In short: San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn gave $40K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$40,000
+100.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+100.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$10,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$6,550,773
+0.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Northwest Ascending Campaign: $10KNorthwest Ascending Campaign$10KGlobal Fellowship Inc DBA Mission Stream: $10KGlobal Fellowship Inc DBAMission Stream$10KCanaan Taiwanese Christian Church: $10KCanaan Taiwanese ChristianChurch$10KTaiwanese Lutheran Church of San Diego: $10KTaiwanese Lutheran Church ofSan Diego$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Northwest Ascending Campaign ($10K). Together the top 4 received $40K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 8 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

States

Cities

RosemeadSan JoseMeadow VistaSan Diego

How San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn gives

  • Giving grew 167% from 2022 to 2025. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K3 grants2019 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 Total only2023 2 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2021) to $93K (2023). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $40K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Northwest Ascending Campaign Rosemead, CAProgram Support$10,000
Global Fellowship Inc DBA Mission Stream Meadow Vista, CAProgram Support$10,000
Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church San Jose, CAProgram Supportprogram Supportp$10,000
Taiwanese Lutheran Church of San Diego San Diego, CAProgram Support$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$6,550,773$411,024$234,156$40,0004$411,024
2024$6,534,010$1,402,919$135,792$20,0002$1,169,785
2023$5,199,963$44,253$125,608$93,000Total only$35,253
2022$5,320,876$67,514$128,699$15,0001$67,014
2021$5,471,687$24,281$101,294$15,0001$20,781
2019$5,362,094$4,774,098$108,630$20,0003$30,111

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn

Based on IRS filings

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn is a public charity focused on religion, based in San Jose, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $40K. Net investment income was $411K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn is led by Tien Mo Lim, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tien Mo Lim

    President

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chiang Chung Hsu

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Weng

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ming Yuan Wu

    Director

    Director From May → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peili Wu

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chin Liao

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Li-Hua Chang

    Secretary, Treasurer & CFO

    On filings since 2019

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Steve Boersma (2021–2024) — Director to June
  • Former: Stephen Boersma (2019) — Director From May

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn

How much does San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn give each year?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn gave $40K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $20K across 2 grants.

What is San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn's typical grant size?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $10,000, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn give grants?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.

Does San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Program Support" (3 grants).

How large is San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn reported $6.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $411K.

What is San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn is a public charity focused on religion, based in San Jose, CA. It holds $6.6M in total assets as of 2025.

What is San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn's EIN?

San Jose Canaan Taiwanese Christian Fdn's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-4568833. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 26, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 3, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 13, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 14, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 13, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025

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