To creatively build the capacity of Chinese people to effectively reach out and help other people within China and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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 $107K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$39K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
30 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 30.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10K
0.8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$407K
-25% vs prior year
Spent
$449K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$407K
FY2024▼ -25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$378K
FY2021$467K
FY2022$632K
FY2023$545K
FY2024$407K
Expenses
$449K
FY2024▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$283K
FY2021$328K
FY2022$370K
FY2023$466K
FY2024$449K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$705K
FY2021$844K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2015.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $405K Management & general 3% · $15K Fundraising 6% · $29K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $39K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director/Exec Dir
$38,564Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Vice Chair/Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

K Wen’s $39K as Director/Exec Dir is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
K Wen$38,564$46,034$38,744$35,600$62,132

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Empowers Chinese people to creatively help others in China and globally.

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2 programs · $405K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Academic and Translation Project-Academic studies and translating graduate level textbooks concerning effective cross cultural challenges, principles and experiences into simplified Mandarin Chinese in order to optimize the rapidly expanding interactions between mainland Chinese and other cultures on a global as well as domestic scale…

$359Kprogram expense
02

Service and administrative activities associated with multiple projects that cannot be allocated to any one program but are necessary to conduct the primary exempt purposes of this organization.

$46Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$407K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$340K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Money outPt IX
$449K
Ln 25
Programscol B$405K
Managementcol C$15K
Fundraisingcol D$29K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$340K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$407K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$448K
SavingsLn 2$685K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 62
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$10K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$99K$79K$0$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$40K$40K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$6K$0$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$24K$22K$0$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$0$11K$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$240$0
TravelLn 17$79K$75K$0$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$3K$14$137
All other expensesLn 24e$172K$170K$928$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$449K$405K$15K$29K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $407K$449K−$42K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $545K$466K$80K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $632K$370K$263K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $467K$328K$139K$844K 990 PDF
FY2020 $378K$283K$96K$705K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $407,005 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $483,433$340,083
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $31,607$27,184
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28,224$34,246
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,914$5,492
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $545,178$407,005
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,268$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $156,709$173,310
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $304,695$275,958
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $465,672$449,268
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $79,506−$42,263
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $407,005 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,492 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$340,083
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$340,083
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$27,184
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $34,246$34,246
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $32,676 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $34,246$407,005
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $449,268 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,154 · Management $0 · Fundraising $19,910$99,064
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $40,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$40,000
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,520 · Management $0 · Fundraising $1,380$6,900
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,802 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,484$24,286
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,060 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,060
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $11,338 · Fundraising $0$11,338
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,647 · Management $240 · Fundraising $0$3,887
IX-17 TravelPrograms $75,410 · Management $0 · Fundraising $3,978$79,388
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,390 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,390
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,266 · Fundraising $0$2,266
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,101 · Management $14 · Fundraising $137$3,252
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $170,286 · Management $928 · Fundraising $1,223$172,437
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $405,370 · Management $14,786 · Fundraising $29,112$449,268
Part X · Balance sheet $1,153,512 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $413,959$448,053
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $760,606$684,702
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$34
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,494$12,823
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,726$7,900
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,193,785$1,153,512
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,571$9,561
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,571$9,561
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $853,886$1,011,801
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $332,328$132,150
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,186,214$1,143,951
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,193,785$1,153,512
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,143,951 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$407,005
XI-2 Total expenses$449,268
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$42,263
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,186,214
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,143,951

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