Funding search · EIN 455413079 · Lincoln, MA

Tan Family Education Foundation

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

41
grants reported
$2.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston4 grants · $400,000
  • New England Conservatory of Music4 grants · $360,000
  • University of California Berkeley Foundation4 grants · $311,500
  • University of Syracuse3 grants · $270,000
  • University of San Francisco School of Medicine4 grants · $177,500
  • University of Illinois4 grants · $170,000
  • Chinese American Medical Society3 grants · $105,000
  • Aba Fund for Justice & Education3 grants · $90,000
  • Wu Wei Harmony Foundation2 grants · $60,000
  • Medstar George Town University Hospital1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$575,000
2022
$474,750
2023
$576,250
2024
$501,500
2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $100,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $100,000

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $90,000

    University of Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $90,000

    University of Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $90,000

    University of Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $80,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $80,000

    New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $50,000

    Medstar George Town University Hospital · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $50,000

    University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $50,000

    University of San Francisco School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $47,500

    University of San Francisco School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $45,000

    Chinese American Medical Society · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $42,500

    University of San Francisco School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $40,000

    University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $40,000

    University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $40,000

    University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $37,500

    University of San Francisco School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Oberlin Conservatory of Music · Oberlin, OH · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Chinese American Medical Society · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Wu Wei Harmony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Chinese American Medical Society · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $30,000

    Wu Wei Harmony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $20,000

    Asian Arts Museum San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $17,500

    Education and Science Society · McLean, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $17,000

    Education and Science Society · McLean, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $12,250

    Education and Science Society · McLean, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $11,500

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $11,500

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $11,500

    University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $10,000

    Asian American Advocacy at Stamford University · Stanford, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted contribution

  • $3,750

    Shin Shin Educational Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted contribution

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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.