California · Private foundation
The Lu Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $247k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Lu Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Los Gatos Public Library | $1,202 | 2 | 1% |
| Ncga Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Joy Culture Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| USA Shin Yat Tong Moral Society Inc | $680 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvary Church of Los Gatos | $626 | 1 | n/a |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| California Alumni Association | $60 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lu Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About The Lu Family Foundation
- How much does The Lu Family Foundation give?
- The Lu Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $6,152 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Lu Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Health (20%).
- Who are The Lu Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California Berkeley Foundation ($5k), Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ($5k), Friends of Los Gatos Public Library ($1k).
- Does The Lu Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lu Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is The Lu Family Foundation based?
- The Lu Family Foundation is based in CA.
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