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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WOORI CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$515,095
Total expenses
$412,307
Contributions and grants received
$495,019
Grants paid
$1,408
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$20,076
Total assets, end of year
$409,137
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,524
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$400,613
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$323,786
Management and general expenses
$80,183
Fundraising expenses
$8,338
Program service expenses (Part III)
$323,786

Program services were 78.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $495,019

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $27,829

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,001

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,828 · excluded $18,828

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,248 · related or exempt $1,248

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,248

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,408 · program services $1,408

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $112,500 · program services $104,400 · management and general $3,881 · fundraising $4,219

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $83,935 · program services $78,001 · management and general $2,904 · fundraising $3,030

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,278 · program services $14,294 · management and general $532 · fundraising $452

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,265 · program services $16,032 · management and general $596 · fundraising $637

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,690 · management and general $33,690

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,076 · program services $61,226 · management and general $1,850

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,781 · program services $5,600 · management and general $181

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,860 · program services $4,823 · management and general $10,037

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,891 · program services $767 · management and general $10,124

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,638 · program services $19,918 · management and general $720

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,630 · program services $14,213 · management and general $6,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,132 · management and general $3,132

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,673 · program services $564 · management and general $2,109

  • 24b · Other expenses: SEMINARS AND EDUCATION

    total $2,318 · program services $35 · management and general $2,283

  • 24c · Other expenses: COVID-19 AID

    total $1,545 · program services $1,545

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,161 · program services $960 · management and general $201

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,026 · management and general $1,026

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $235,189 · end of year $159,962

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $147,817

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $51,709 · end of year $13,040

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,708 · end of year $1,743

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $234,392

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $138,598 · end of year $8,524

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $297,825 · end of year $316,148

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $84,465

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EMPOWER AND ORGANIZE KOREAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS IN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH ARTS, EDUCATION, AND ACTIVISM; TO BUILD COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR DISCUSSING KOREAN AMERICAN AND BROADER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ORGANIZE KOREAN AND ASIAN AMERICANS TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

  • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - HELPING REGISTER NEW VOTERS AND CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING IN-LANGUAGE MATERIAL ABOUT ELECTIONS; AND AIMING TO EDUCATE VOTERS ABOUT THE ELECTION, THEIR RIGHTS AS VOTERS, THE ISSUES THE ORGANIZATION IS WORKING ON, AND HOW TO VOTE.

    Expenses $120,902 · Grants $500

  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - ORGANIZING THE KOREAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND BEYOND TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS IMMIGRANT JUSTICE ISSUES; AND WORKING ALONGSIDE LOCAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATIVE POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA.

    Expenses $82,996

  • COMMUNITY SERVICES - OFFERING NATURALIZATION SERVICES, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES, AND OTHER IMMIGRANT SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $69,075 · Grants $718

  • ARTS & CULTURE - PROVIDING ACCESS TO KOREAN ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $26,757

  • YOUTH LEADERSHIP - SERVING AS A POLITICAL HOME FOR HIGH SCHOOL-AGED KOREAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, WHEREIN THEY CAN EXPLORE THEIR IDENTITIES, LEARN ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND RESISTANCE, ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE, TRANSLATE CURIOSITY INTO ACTION, AND GROW AS YOUNG LEADERS.

    Expenses $24,056 · Grants $190

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward Chongkuk Lee

    BOARD CHAIR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Minsun Lee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Kim

    CHAIR OF MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seongho An

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyong Chi Kim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sungkyu Kim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • O Dal Kwon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joon Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Soohyun Oh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hyeonock Lee

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,346
    From this org
    $65,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kate Firestone

    PROGRAM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $56,000
    From this org
    $56,000
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531139349300428

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