Funding search · EIN 271159623 · San Diego, CA

Lily Lai Foundation

Name: Lily Lai Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

76
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

cancer center children moores preuss salk school voices

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “preuss” · $40,000

$20,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Preuss School Program
$10,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Preuss School Program
$10,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Preuss School Program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

California Casa Association3 grants · $375,000
Uc San Diego Foundation6 grants · $340,000
Library Foundation Sd3 grants · $300,000
Salk Institute3 grants · $300,000
Feeding San Diego3 grants · $220,000
Ywca of San Diego County3 grants · $190,000
Focusing Philanthropy2 grants · $180,000
Voices for Children2 grants · $175,000
Casa De Amparo3 grants · $160,000
Focusing Philanthorpy2 grants · $155,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
California Casa Association · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$130,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
FBO Voices for Children
$125,000
California Casa Association · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$100,000
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$100,000
Focusing Philanthorpy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
FBO Voices for Children (San Diego County)
$100,000
Library Foundation Sd · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$100,000
Salk Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Salk Cancer Center Program
$100,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Moores Cancer Center Program
$100,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$100,000
Library Foundation Sd · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$100,000
Salk Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Salk Cancer Center Program
$100,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Moores Cancer Center Program
$100,000
California Casa Association · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$100,000
Library Foundation Sd · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$100,000
Salk Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Salk Cancer Center Program
$100,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
Moores Cancer Center Program
$75,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$70,000
Ywca of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$60,000
Casa De Amparo · San Marcos, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$60,000
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$60,000
Ywca of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$60,000
Feeding San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$60,000
Ywca of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$55,000
Focusing Philanthorpy · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
CASA Programs
$50,000
A Reason To Survive · National City, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$50,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
FBO Voices for Children (Riverside County)
$50,000
Just in Time for Foster Youth · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$50,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$50,000
Casa De Amparo · San Marcos, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$50,000
Casa De Amparo · San Marcos, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$40,000
Monarch School Project · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$40,000
Promises2kids · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$40,000
A Reason To Survive · National City, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$40,000
A Reason To Survive · National City, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$30,000
Community Resource Center · Encinitas, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$30,000
Computers 2 Sd Kids · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$30,000
Kitchens for Good · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$30,000
Transcendance Youth Arts Project · Lemon Grove, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$30,000
Women'S Resource Center · Oceanside, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$30,000
Just in Time for Foster Youth · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$30,000
Monarch School Project · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$30,000
Promises2kids · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$30,000
Just in Time for Foster Youth · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$30,000
Monarch School Project · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$30,000
Promises2kids · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
Century Club of San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
FBO Reality Changers
$20,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$20,000
San Diego Children'S Discovery Muse · Escondido, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$20,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Preuss School Program
$20,000
Community Resource Center · Encinitas, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Computers 2 Sd Kids · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Kitchens for Good · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Transcendance Youth Arts Project · Lemon Grove, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Women'S Resource Center · Oceanside, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$20,000
Community Resource Center · Encinitas, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
Computers 2 Sd Kids · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
Kitchens for Good · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
San Diego Center for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$20,000
Women'S Resource Center · Oceanside, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$10,000
A Bridge for Kids · San Diego, CA · 2024
Program/General Support
$10,000
Century Club of San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
FBO Reality Changers
$10,000
San Diego Children'S Discovery Muse · Escondido, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$10,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Preuss School Program
$10,000
Doors of Change · Cardiff, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$10,000
Reality Changers · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$10,000
San Diego Children'S Discovery Muse · Escondido, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$10,000
Transcendance Youth Arts Project · Lemon Grove, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$10,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Preuss School Program
$5,000
Children'S Alopecia Project · Wyomissing, PA · 2024
Program/General Support
$5,000
A Bridge for Kids · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program/General Support
$5,000
A Bridge for Kids · San Diego, CA · 2022
Program/General Support
$3,000
Children'S Alopecia Project · Wyomissing, PA · 2023
Program/General Support
$3,000
Children'S Alopecia Project · Wyomissing, PA · 2022
Program/General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.