Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,231,740

Total expenses

$816,712

Contributions and grants received

$1,180,246

Grants paid

$374,803

Program service revenue

$48,994

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$2,500

Total assets, end of year

$1,474,144

Total liabilities, end of year

$118,569

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,355,575

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$756,726

Management and general expenses

$55,454

Fundraising expenses

$4,532

Program service expenses (Part III)

$756,726

Program services were 92.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ROW HOUSE PRESERVATION CHINATOWN CLT HAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PRESERVING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOMES BY REMOVING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S SMALL PROPERTIES FROM THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. THESE BRICK ROW HOUSES HAVE HISTORICALLY HOUSED SOME OF CHINATOWN'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, YET MANY PROPERTIES WERE FLIPPED AND CONVERTED TO SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES OVER THE PAST DECADE. CHINATOWN CLT SEEKS TO PRESERVE PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESS SPACES, AND TO MAINTAIN CORE ROW HOUSE STREETS AS ANCHORS OF THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ROW HOUSE INVESTMENTS CONTINUES TO HOLD 99-YEAR GROUND LEASES FOR PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY. IT HAS COMPLETED SALES OF SEVEN AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS TO FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AND RECENTLY STABILIZED TENANTS IN A FOUR-UNIT ROW HOUSE.

  Expenses $391,854 · Grants $374,803

• COMMUNITY BUILDING AND COLLECTIVE GOVERNANCE CLT WORKS WITH RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY FABRIC AND ITS SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AN IMPORTANT GOAL IS TO RECLAIM THE PRACTICE OF THE COMMUNITY COMMONS, COLLECTIVELY GOVERNING AND PROTECTING PUBLIC LAND, SHARED SPACES, AND RESOURCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY LIFE, NOT THEIR MONETARY VALUE. RECENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ORGANIZING RESIDENTS AROUND A VARIETY OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS, FOR COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE OF REGGIE WONG PARK, AND DEVELOPING A SHARED COMMUNITY LAND TRUST LOAN FUND WITH BOSTON AREA PARTNERS. CHINATOWN CLT IS PART OF A GROWING MOVEMENT FOR COLLECTIVE CONTROL AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND TO STABILIZE OUR COMMUNITIES AND PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE GREATER BOSTON CLT NETWORK, THE HOMES FOR ALL CAMPAIGN, AND OTHER MOVEMENT BUILDING NETWORKS. FOCUSES INCLUDE PEER LEARNING, SHARED RESOURCES, AND PROMOTION OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT LIMIT LAND SPECULATION, INCREASE COMMUNITY CONTROL, AND STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS.

  Expenses $35,074

• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHINATOWN CLT PARTNERS WITH THE GREEN JUSTICE COALITION AND RESILIENT URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED ENERGY PROJECTS TO SUPPORT RESILIENCE, CLEAN ENERGY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR CHINATOWN. PROJECTS INCLUDE ELECTRIFICATION OF SMALL PROPERTIES, HEAT RESILIENCE MEASURES, ENERGY EFFICIENT INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS, SOLAR-AND-BATTERY-STORAGE DESIGNS, AND EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY SOLAR. CHINATOWN CLT AND THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED CHINATOWN POWER, INC. AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY MICROGRID. CHINATOWN CLT ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH POPULAR EDUCATION, ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY, PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION. THIS INCLUDES WORK TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE OPEN SPACE AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CUMULATIVE POLLUTION IMPACTS, EXTREME HEAT, AND FLOODING.

  Expenses $210,529 · Revenue $48,994

• PLANNING FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY CHINATOWN CLT LED A PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PROCESS TO PRODUCE CHINATOWN MASTER PLAN 2020 AND CO-FACILITATES THE ONGOING CHINATOWN MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO GUIDE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS TO ACHIEVE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. ONGOING FOCUSES INCLUDE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC LAND, PROMOTION OF A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND SHARED PUBLIC SPACES. CHINATOWN CLT RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON A CHINATOWN CULTURAL PLAN AND IS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON ON ZONING GUIDELINES THAT SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION CHINATOWN CLT WORKS TO PRESERVE AND GROW CHINATOWN AS A HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT PRESERVES AND SAFEGUARDS THE LIVING PULSE OF BOSTON'S IMMIGRANT HISTORY; IT CENTERS ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT CHINATOWN CAN ONLY BE PRESERVED IF ITS WORKING CLASS CHINESE RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES REMAIN. WORK INCLUDES AN IMMIGRANT HISTORY TRAIL TO ACTIVATE NEARLY TWO CENTURIES OF HISTORIC ARCHIVES, THE CHINATOWN WORKER STATUES PROJECT, PLACE-KEEPING THROUGH PUBLIC ART AND SOCIAL TOURISM, AND EXPLORATION OF BOTH HISTORIC CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND CULTURAL DISTRICT STATUS.

  Expenses $119,269

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• ROW HOUSE INVESTMENTS INC

  $314,803

  BLDG PURCHASE/REHAB

• CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION

  $60,000

  TENANT ORGANIZING

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ROW HOUSE INVESTMENTS INC

  501 · REAL ESTAT · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by CCLT

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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