Totals
- Total revenue
- $280,515
- Total expenses
- $299,194
- Contributions and grants received
- $277,662
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,853
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $174,996
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $174,996
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $254,014
- Management and general expenses
- $30,683
- Fundraising expenses
- $14,497
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $254,014
Program services were 84.9% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$277,662
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3 · Investment income
total $2,853 · excluded $2,853
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $166,085 · program services $149,476 · management and general $8,305 · fundraising $8,304
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $30,388 · program services $27,350 · management and general $1,518 · fundraising $1,520
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $7,552 · program services $6,796 · management and general $378 · fundraising $378
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $65,907 · program services $59,317 · management and general $3,295 · fundraising $3,295
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11b · Fees: legal
total $5,320 · management and general $5,320
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,620 · management and general $9,620
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $1,000 · fundraising $1,000
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13 · Office expenses
total $536 · management and general $536
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14 · Information technology
total $8,472 · program services $7,625 · management and general $847
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $277 · program services $277
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $864 · management and general $864
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24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES
total $3,173 · program services $3,173
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $94,706 · end of year $74,187
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $76,624 · end of year $99,475
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,319
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,985
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,197 · end of year $1,334
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $173,527 · end of year $174,996
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO SAFEGUARD AND BUILD AWARENESS ON THE CAUSES OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND MERIT THROUGH POLICY MONITORING, VOTER EDUCATION, LEGAL ADVOCACY, RIGOROUS RESEARCH, ALLIANCE BUILDING, AND MEDIA OUTREACH.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ADVANCE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE CAUSE OF EQUAL RIGHTS.
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THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZING AND VOTER EDUCATION, CFER WORKS DILIGENTLY TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS, MERIT, AND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY OPERATIONS HAVE GENERATED NOTABLE COURT VICTORIES IN HALTING RACE-BASED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALSO A THINK TANK AND A WATCHDOG, COLLABORATING WITH NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GROUPS ON ISSUES PERTAINING TO CFER'S CAUSE AND MISSION.
Expenses $254,014
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Frank XuFRANK XU
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
Dr Gail HeriotDR GAIL HERIOT
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Allan Shafter Left In 2024ALLAN SHAFTER LEFT IN 2024
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Saga ConroySAGA CONROY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Xiaodong ZhangXIAODONG ZHANG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Grace LeeGRACE LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tony XuTONY XU
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yan LiYAN LI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda LiuLINDA LIU
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hongxking LiHONGXKING LI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shaohua YangSHAOHUA YANG
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shin WeiSHIN WEI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Linghui WuDR LINGHUI WU
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul HannoshPAUL HANNOSH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Paul NaleidPAUL NALEID
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Wenyuan WuDR WENYUAN WU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $166,085
- From this org
- $151,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,485
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,600
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,398
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,087
- Filer's total
- $166,085
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 27 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202640869349300344
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