Otefe Foundation Inc

Gave $316K in 2024

Los Angeles, California · EIN 46-1628941 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$316K

Organizations funded3

Typical grant$3,000

Total assets$7.4M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,000 and $10,000.

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From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):

Contact	Otefe Foundation Inc
Address	3450 Wilshire Blvd Ste 108-10b, Los Angeles CA 90010
Phone	(877) 829-5500
Form and materials	otefe.org/apply-for-scholarship/
Deadlines	May 23, 2025
Restrictions	The applicants must show: (1) great aptitude and desire to better the korean American communities in the us and/or the korean communities in the republic of korea or elsewhere in the world and (2) financial hardship.

Wording as filed; text the foundation typed in capitals is shown in normal case. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education1

Where it gives

0% of grants went outside California.

California3

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Education grants in California1 of its grant, $10K · 7,943 foundations

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Lao Lions Club Foundation	Los Angeles, CA	Donation	$10,000
Name withheld	Fullerton, CA	Donation	$3,000
Orange County Korean Christians Ass	Garden Grove, CA	Donation	$1,000

The return also lists 177 grants to individuals ($301,700). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Name withheld: we could not match the recipient to an IRS-registered organization, and the name may be a person's. Amount, place and purpose are as filed.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$315,700	180
2023	$356,500	1

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 27, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503009349101215
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 46-1628941
Profile updated Nov 11, 2026

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