California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $767 to it, the largest being YAO HSIEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($767). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $767
- Net assets
- $108k
What Foundation for a Beautiful Life does
Mission
The mission of public service is to fund media programs, including Chinese radio programs, that enhance the lives and cultural values of local Chinese residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To fund public radio Chinese program which program enrich local Chinese residence life and value. To facility community public radio station to serve Chinese audience. To support digital platform contents.
$50,365 spent$122,852 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,365.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $130k to $217k (+67%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ling Gao
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $180 → $587.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
25% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE?
- FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $767 to it, the largest being YAO HSIEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($767). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $767 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE?
- YAO HSIEN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $767 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL LIFE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing