Ge Li & Ning Zhao Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes grants only to organisations it selects in advance and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to be considered; only contact it if a connection could lead to an invitation.
- Its grants have gone to universities, schools, and medical and cancer organisations, so the request is worth making only if your work sits clearly in those areas.
- No geographic focus is stated, and the grants shown have mainly been in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California and Hong Kong, which describes where it has given rather than who may apply.
- Most grants fall between $15,000 and $3,000,000, but half of its 22 grants were $100,000 or less, the largest was $4,000,000, and 49% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had funded before, so keep any figure modest and build on existing relationships.
- Giving has fallen each year to $205,000 in the latest filing, so there may be little money to share.
Overview
Ge Li & Ning Zhao Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Recorded grants have gone to universities, schools, and medical and cancer organisations. Their purposes include general and unrestricted support, endowed professorships, scholarship and endowment funds, and support for colleges and graduate schools. The grants also include designated support for lung cancer research and new therapies, youth mental health, and university athletics, as well as charitable events. The record therefore shows both broad institutional grants and gifts directed to particular academic, medical, research and charitable purposes. The foundation makes grants to charitable organisations selected in advance; it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California and Hong Kong.
How to apply
The foundation makes grants to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 49% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 22 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 8%
- The largest single recipient received 36% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 49% of grant dollars went to organisations Ge Li & Ning Zhao Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 8% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Hong Kong).
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER The Societ · General & Unrestricted$100,0002024 tax year
- Madison Square Park Conservancy · Charitable Event$55,0002024 tax year
- Cancer Research America NFCR · In support of "The Nearness of You Concert" at Lincoln Center in New York City$25,0002024 tax year
- New York-Presbyterian Fund · Center for Youth Mental Health$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Michael Le-Cheng Li — Director, Treasurer, President, Secretary
- Dr Ge Li — Director, President, Secretary, Treasurer
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $14,841,553 | $12,708,632 | $232,354,250 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $12,606,422 | $10,191,745 | $268,087,758 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,658,820 | $205,000 | $283,889,857 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Wilmington, DE