University of California San Diego
LA JOLLA, CA
$500KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To refurbish the existing biomedical library building on the ucsd campus and establish the natasha wong endowment for east asian collections and scholarship
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Avery-Tsui Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 65-6431837 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: AVERY-TSUI FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | $1.9M |
| 2024 | 6 | $985K |
Where Avery-Tsui Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
California$2.4MNew York$182.5K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
University of California San Diego
LA JOLLA, CA
$500KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To refurbish the existing biomedical library building on the ucsd campus and establish the natasha wong endowment for east asian collections and scholarship
San Diego Museum of Art
SAN DIEGO, CA
$400KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Community engagement pavilion reading room
Chinese School of San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA
$300KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General
Poway Unified School District
SAN DIEGO, CA
$250KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Wong/avery global languages and innovative program
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Figures are aggregated from Avery-Tsui Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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