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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by KOREAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$314,450
Total expenses
$228,968
Contributions and grants received
$253,550
Grants paid
$49,055
Program service revenue
$8,800
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$52,100
Total assets, end of year
$105,769
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$95,348
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$141,454
Management and general expenses
$87,514
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
$141,451

Program services were 61.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $203,550

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $50,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $8,800

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $52,100

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $52,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $49,055 · program services $49,055

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,428 · management and general $7,428

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $750 · management and general $750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,176 · program services $11,819 · management and general $5,357

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,762 · program services $8,762

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,049 · program services $11,049

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,550 · management and general $1,550

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $64,313 · program services $60,769 · management and general $3,544

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $702 · management and general $702

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGE

    total $183 · management and general $183

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,370 · management and general $15,370

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $630 · management and general $630

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $52,000 · management and general $52,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $21,093 · end of year $85,869

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $16,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $3,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,227 · end of year $10,421

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $9,866 · end of year $95,348

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Our mission is to promote, support, and guide Korean American businesses and civic leaders in the US, and foster the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and improve the business environement.

  • Korean business global partnership to provide members to expand networks and business opportunities outside U.S. Business conventions held annually to support members business development.

    Expenses $141,451

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Byung Gu Hwang

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brandon Choi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Hyeawon Clayton

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641949349301294

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