Private foundation (trust)EIN 813676636Est. 2017-02

THE LOU FOUNDATION

Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

Total Assets

$1.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$37K

FY 2023

Grants Made

13

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$3K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$30–$11K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$28K

Total Expenses

$38K

Qualifying Distributions

$38K

Distributable Amount

$80K

Min. Investment Return

$80K

Undistributed Income

$64K

Payout rate 47%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.47%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

13 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $30 through median $1K to maximum $11K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $84K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

32 grants

CHP 11-99 Foundation
$15K
1 grant
STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
$15K
1 grant
MVLA
$11K
1 grant
MVLA FOUNDATION
$10K
2 grants
CHINESE JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION
$10K
1 grant
RUC NORTH AMERICA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
$10K
1 grant
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF RUC SF BAY AREA
$10K
1 grant
Tsinghua Association of Alumni THAA-NC
$10K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

32 grants

<$10K
29
grants
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

8 states

California
$133K
91% of total
Delaware
$10K
7% of total
Washington
$2K
1% of total
Virginia
$1K
1% of total
New York
$500
0% of total
South Dakota
$105
0% of total
Missouri
$100
0% of total
Kansas
$100
0% of total

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