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← SOUTHERN USA FALUN DAFA ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHERN USA FALUN DAFA ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,680,787
Total expenses
$5,080,776
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,680,787
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$903,523
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,761,539
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$858,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,080,776
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,080,776

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Promoters of performing arts, sports and similar events

    total $5,680,787

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,135,244 · program services $3,135,244

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,051,218 · program services $1,051,218

  • 17 · Travel

    total $493,451 · program services $493,451

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fee paid to Shen Yun Performing Arts

    total $400,863 · program services $400,863

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $411,700 · end of year $903,523

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,869,727 · end of year $1,761,539

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,458,027 · end of year -$858,016

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Promote Buddhism principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance

  • Promoted Buddhism's principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance by running Shen Yun Performing Arts shows.

    Expenses $5,080,776 · Revenue $5,680,787

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sean Yang

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Frank Pan

    Exe. Dir - SY Perf. Arts Division

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Michael Hwang

    Secretary and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202602679349300205

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