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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN THE AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$43,284,661
Total expenses
$5,360,895
Contributions and grants received
$43,242,563
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$198,862
Investment income
$17,631
Other revenue
-$174,395
Total assets, end of year
$57,405,686
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,275,743
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,129,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,334,928
Management and general expenses
$1,902,300
Fundraising expenses
$123,667
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,334,928

Program services were 62.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,537,962

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $40,762,100

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $942,501

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $180,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $183,792 · related or exempt $183,792

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $10,400 · related or exempt $10,400

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $4,670 · related or exempt $4,670

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,631 · excluded $17,631

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $210,019

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $237,030

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$27,011

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$27,011 · unrelated business -$27,011

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,537,962

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $289,666

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$289,666 · excluded -$289,666

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $142,282 · unrelated business $142,282

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $142,282

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,847,825 · program services $1,538,476 · management and general $274,466 · fundraising $34,883

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $150,757 · program services $87,439 · management and general $60,303 · fundraising $3,015

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $154,393 · program services $105,714 · management and general $34,608 · fundraising $14,071

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $756,532 · program services $621,231 · management and general $99,786 · fundraising $35,515

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,106 · program services $14,893 · fundraising $4,213

  • 20 · Interest

    total $150,000 · management and general $150,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $563,559 · program services $467,649 · management and general $63,940 · fundraising $31,970

  • 24a · Other expenses: NON PERFORMING PLEDGES

    total $1,075,000 · management and general $1,075,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

    total $643,723 · program services $499,526 · management and general $144,197

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,101,295 · end of year $1,440,738

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,408,250 · end of year $1,717,711

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,639 · end of year $56,717

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $54,455,554

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $938,651

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,803,469 · end of year $53,516,903

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $272,172

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $776,856 · end of year $401,445

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $147,253 · end of year $264,593

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $1,560

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $775,079 · end of year $3,009,590

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,008,533 · end of year $53,885,790

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,197,644 · end of year $244,153

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA AIMS TO ENGAGE AUDIENCES IN AN ONGOING AND HISTORICAL DIALOGUE, IN WHICH PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE ABLE TO SEE AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE, TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, AND TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN: THE PAST AND THE PRESENT, THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL, THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

  • TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF CHINESE AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATE HISTORICAL AND CURRENT INFORMATION AND MATERIALS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY HERITAGE. INCLUDED IN ITS PROGRAMS IS THE DIGITAL MOCA PROJECT, A NATIONAL ONLINE DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE, CONNECT WITH AND LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE AND EXPERIENCES OF THE CHINESE IN AMERICA FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AT THE HEART OF THIS PURELY ONLINE EXPERIENCE WILL BE A REPOSITORY THAT WILL COLLECT, DOCUMENT AND PRESENT CHINESE AMERICAN STORIES FROM AROUND THE NATION, INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA--AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO MOCA'S COLLECTIONS. IT WILL CREATE A VIBRANT ONLINE COMMUNITY THAT ALSO REDEFINES THE NATURE AND CAPACITY OF A CULTURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AS A CENTER FOR PRESERVING HUMAN STORIES, NOT JUST OBJECTS.MOCA MAINTAINS A CURRENT EXHIBITS SCHEDULE WITH NEW EXHIBITS EACH YEAR AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE OF A PERMANENT EXHIBIT CALLED "WITH A SINGLE STEP." MOCA HOSTS PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCES EACH YEAR INCLUDING MUSIC AND THEATER PERFORMANCES, AUTHOR TALKS, TEACHER EDUCATION, CHINESE AMERICAN HISTORY LECTURES, AND ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $3,334,928 · Revenue $198,862

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

Listed in Part VII

  • RANDY YUEN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • ERIC T LEE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • STEPHEN LIMPE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • ROBERT CHEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES JIAN HU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUNE JEE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUCY KAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER LEE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICIA PEI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TAO TAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY YUEH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL LEE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $268,314
    From this org
    $241,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,504
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,810
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,504
    Filer's total
    $268,314

  • NINA CURLEY

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,000
    From this org
    $240,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $240,000

  • HERB TAM

    CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF EX

    Total calculated
    $110,359
    From this org
    $110,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • YUE MA

    DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS AN

    Total calculated
    $101,182
    From this org
    $101,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
2024
Filed
2 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532109349301428

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