Tsai Family Foundation
Tsai Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Los Altos, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $253K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $15K. Net investment income was $17K.
Tsai Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Tsai Family Foundation gave $15K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $15,095
- -81.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- -25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,516
- -75.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $825
- Total assets
- $253,429
- -0.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (73% 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 Tsai Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was PBCC ($11K). Together the top 6 received $15K.
Grant Size Distribution
25 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 25 grants of 25 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
Cities
How Tsai Family Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+14%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 74% 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 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2019) to $82K (2024). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $15K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| PBCC Cupertino, CA | Spread the gospel | $10,900 |
| Emmauel Gospel Center Boston, MA | Spread the gospel | $2,400 |
| Ideas Littleton, CO | Spread the gospel | $1,400 |
| Bible Study Fellowship(BSF) Dallas, TX | Spread the gospel | $250 |
| Jose Ortega PTA San Francisco, CA | Support school | $100 |
| PBC Palo Alto, CA | Spread the gospel | $45 |
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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 | $253,429 | $18,404 | $19,264 | $15,095 | 6 | $15,095 | $16,529 | $20,429 |
| 2024 | $254,290 | $232,007 | $83,346 | $82,221 | 8 | $82,221 | $150,882 | $12,135 |
| 2023 | $105,629 | $30,101 | $14,825 | $13,800 | 3 | $13,800 | — | $5,875 |
| 2022 | $90,353 | $24,042 | $14,250 | $13,200 | 3 | $14,025 | — | $3,399 |
| 2021 | $80,560 | $108,093 | $30,582 | $29,600 | 5 | $30,400 | — | — |
| 2020 | $3,049 | $14,934 | $12,170 | $11,200 | 1 | — | $2,314 | $50 |
| 2019 | $285 | $7,672 | $9,954 | $8,950 | 3 | — | — | $49 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Tsai Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $20K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Tsai Family Foundation is led by Mike Tsai, President on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mike Tsai
President
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
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 Tsai Family Foundation
How much does Tsai Family Foundation give each year?
Tsai Family Foundation gave $15K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $82K across 8 grants.
What is Tsai Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Tsai Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $825, and its average grant was $2,516, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Tsai Family Foundation give grants?
Tsai Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 73% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (16%) and Colorado (9%).
Does Tsai Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Tsai Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Spread the gospel" (5 grants).
Who are Tsai Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Tsai Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include PBCC ($10,900), Emmauel Gospel Center ($2,400) and Ideas ($1,400), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 97% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Tsai Family Foundation?
Tsai Family Foundation reported $253K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $15K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $20K (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 Tsai Family Foundation's EIN?
Tsai Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-3439013. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
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 2024 (received by the IRS April 29, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 25, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 24, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 5, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 20, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 30, 2024)
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