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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 41% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASIAN AMERICAN FUTURESIRVINE, CA | GOLD FUTURES CHALLENGE 2021 | $25,000 | 2021 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Chao | CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR | 4.00 | $0 |
| Stefanie Chao | TREASURER/DIRECTOR | 4.00 | $0 |
| Steven Chao | SECRETARY/DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
| $20,000 |
| 2018 |
| MISSOURI S&TROLLA, MO | RICHARD AND JUNE CHAO SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP | $20,000 | 2021 |
| UC IRVINE FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.IRVINE, CA | UCI HEALTH DIABETES CENTER | $20,000 | 2018 |
| MISSOURI S&TROLLA, MO | RICHARD AND JUNE CHAO SCHOLARSHIP | $20,000 | 2022 |
| UCI FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.IRVINE, CA | ANTI-CANCER CHALLENGE/PATIENT CARE | $20,000 | 2020 |
| MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYROLLA, MO | SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | $20,000 | 2019 |
| UC IRVINE FOUNDATIONMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.IRVINE, CA | UCI HEALTH DIABETES CENTER | $20,000 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATIONIRVINE, CA | DIABETES CENTER ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORSHIP | $20,000 | 2024 |
| MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYROLLA, MO | RICHARD & JUNE CHAO SCHOLARSHIP | $20,000 | 2016 |
| MISSOURI S&TROLLA, MO | RICHARD Y & JUNE T CHAO SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP FUND | $20,000 | 2020 |
| MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYROLLA, MO | SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM | $20,000 | 2018 |
| HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTHLOS ANGELES, CA | AFTER-SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAMS | $18,000 | 2020 |
| A-T CHILDREN'S PROJECTCOCONUT CREEK, FL | ATAXIATELANGIECTASIA RESEARCH FOR CHILDREN | $15,000 | 2018 |
| PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (PCRF)IRVINE, CA | UNRESTRICTED GRANT | $15,000 | 2022 |
| WAYMAKERSSANTA ANA, CA | 2024 SWINGS FOR KIDS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT EVENT SPONSORSHIP | $12,500 | 2024 |
| PANDAS INTERNATIONALLITTLETON, CO | UNRESTRICTED GRANT | $11,200 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATIONIRVINE, CA | ANTI-CANCER CHALLENGE EVENT SPONSORSHIP 2024 | $10,000 | 2024 |
| PANDAS INTERNATIONALLITTLETON, CO | UNRESTRICTED GRANT | $10,000 | 2023 |
| UCLA FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES, CA | NEUROLOGY PROGRAM | $10,000 | 2018 |
| WAYMAKERSSANTA ANA, CA | SWINGS FOR KIDS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT EVENT SPONSORSHIP | $10,000 | 2022 |
| A-T CHILDREN'S PROJECTCOCONUT CREEK, FL | ATAXIATELANGIECTASIA RESEARCH FOR CHILDREN | $10,000 | 2017 |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR COLLEGE ACCESSLOS ANGELES, CA | COLLEGE PREP PROGRAM | $10,000 | 2018 |
| MISSION TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF KIDS (MPAK)CARSON, CA | THE 9TH ANNUAL MPAK FUNDRAISING GALA EVENT SPONSORSHIP | $10,000 | 2024 |
| MAUI UNITED WAYWAILUKU, HI | EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR MAUI FIRES | $10,000 | 2023 |
Only shared inboxes and organization phone lines that appear in public filings are shown here. Contact details for named individuals are never published, even though the filing itself is public.
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Dec 31, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202521289349102642
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202421789349101022
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202312779349101401
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202201259349101495
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202141259349100739
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202041919349100614
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201931059349100233
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201803199349104880
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201743199349101974
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.