The corporation operates new tang dynasty television (ntd), which offers uncensored news, youth education, and other cultural media programs to the public.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$127K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $7.9M a year · 24% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$127K
to officers and key staff · 0.6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $62K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.1M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 4 voting members
Fine: 2 of 4 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$36.2M
+98% vs prior year
Spent
$21.3M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$16.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$36.2M
FY2021▲ +98%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$18.3M
FY2021$36.2M
FY2022$48.9M
FY2023$35.3M
FY2024$26.6M
Expenses
$21.3M
FY2021▲ +55%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$13.8M
FY2021$21.3M
FY2022$28.3M
FY2023$37.6M
FY2024$24.8M
Net assets
$16.6M
FY2021▲ +259%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$16.6M
FY2022$35.9M
FY2023$20.5M
FY2024$20.1M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2002.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $16.0M Management & general 24% · $5.2M Fundraising 1% · $130K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $127K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$85,200Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$42,000Pt VII · Sec A
Member & President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member to (apr '21)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jingli Qu’s $114K as Administrator is at the 3rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Jin Feng—$114,577$115,643—
Jingli Qu$114,000$104,078$114,000—
Weidong Yang——$100,438—
Bill Guan———$85,200
Wanqing Huang——$45,500$42,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Provides uncensored news, youth education, and cultural media programs.

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1 program · $16.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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1) NTD greatly improved english website, and built up facebook pages which attracted over millions of fans in 2021. 2) NTD hosted and participated in various community events in new york, including health fair, wellness seminar, legal seminar, immigration seminar, and job market, etc.

$16.0Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$62K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $1.3M · 2022–2023
Shen Yun Performing Arts INCNY · FY2023$16,949
Epoch Public FoundationTX · FY2022$1,293,008

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$36.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$218K
Money outPt IX
$21.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$16.0M
Managementcol C$5.2M
Fundraisingcol D$130K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$29.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$883K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$360K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$668
Other incomeLn 4–11$218K
Total revenueLn 12$36.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.4M
Other assetsLn 15$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.1M
Net assetsLn 32$16.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5106
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.0M$3.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.3M$6.4M
Total assetsLn 16$16.6M$23.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.0M$7.1M
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M$16.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$127K$95K$29K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.8M$2.1M$655K$57K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$50K$38K$12K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$246K$185K$57K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$44K$33K$10K$873
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$626K$469K$144K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$596K$447K$149K
Office expensesLn 13$746K$559K$186K
Information technologyLn 14$575K$432K$144K
OccupancyLn 16$1.1M$796K$265K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$763K$572K$191K
InterestLn 20$224K$168K$56K
InsuranceLn 23$103K$77K$26K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$13.0M$9.7M$3.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$371K$306K$14K$51K
Total functional expensesLn 25$21.3M$16.0M$5.2M$130K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $26.6M$24.8M$1.9M$20.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $35.3M$37.6M−$2.2M$20.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $48.9M$28.3M$20.7M$35.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $36.2M$21.3M$14.9M$16.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $18.3M$13.8M$4.5M$4.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $36,204,062 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,061,770$29,639,295
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,193,526$6,346,387
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,768$668
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $43,110$217,712
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,300,174$36,204,062
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,615,429$3,269,935
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,192,749$18,070,321
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,808,178$21,340,256
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,491,996$14,863,806
Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $36,204,062 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $217,712 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$882,545
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$28,756,750
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$360,275
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$29,639,295
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,283,133 · Unrelated business $1,063,254$6,346,387
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $668$668
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,282,303 · Unrelated business $1,063,254 · Excluded from tax $219,210$36,204,062
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,340,256 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $95,400 · Management $29,256 · Fundraising $2,544$127,200
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,134,919 · Management $654,708 · Fundraising $56,931$2,846,558
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $37,607 · Management $11,533 · Fundraising $1,003$50,143
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $184,525 · Management $56,588 · Fundraising $4,921$246,034
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $32,738 · Management $10,040 · Fundraising $873$43,651
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $469,196 · Management $143,887 · Fundraising $12,512$625,595
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $446,825 · Management $148,942$595,767
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $559,460 · Management $186,487$745,947
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $431,549 · Management $143,850$575,399
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $796,217 · Management $265,406$1,061,623
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,069 · Management $1,023$4,092
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $571,904 · Management $190,635$762,539
IX-20 InterestPrograms $167,914 · Management $55,971$223,885
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $76,973 · Management $25,658$102,631
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,718,915 · Management $3,239,638$12,958,553
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $305,923 · Management $13,576 · Fundraising $51,140$370,639
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $16,033,134 · Management $5,177,198 · Fundraising $129,924$21,340,256
Part X · Balance sheet $23,705,014 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,977,773$3,289,278
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,049,980$12,230,024
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,333,356$6,403,856
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $609,086$1,781,856
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,639,547$23,705,014
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,543,648$721,157
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,012,884$1,012,884
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,018,687$7,107,241
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,620,860$16,597,773
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,620,860$16,597,773
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,639,547$23,705,014
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,597,773 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$36,204,062
XI-2 Total expenses$21,340,256
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$14,863,806
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,620,860
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$2,886,893
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,597,773

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