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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,946,946
Total expenses
$1,576,266
Contributions and grants received
$1,423,513
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$456,784
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$66,647
Total assets, end of year
$3,264,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$49,785
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,215,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$708,079
Management and general expenses
$712,005
Fundraising expenses
$156,182
Program service expenses (Part III)
$708,079

Program services were 44.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $65,899

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,701

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $891,254

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $464,659

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admissions

    total $68,327 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Rentals

    total $26,155 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Museum Income

    total $148,784 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Fiscal Agent Services

    total $124,467 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Other Services

    total $89,051 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,534 · related or exempt $1,534 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $1,701

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $65,113

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $65,113 · related or exempt $65,113

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $98,333 · program services $82,554 · management and general $9,468 · fundraising $6,311

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $283,743 · program services $238,214 · management and general $27,317 · fundraising $18,212

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,942 · program services $31,853 · management and general $3,653 · fundraising $2,436

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,300 · program services $25,438 · management and general $2,917 · fundraising $1,945

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,434 · program services $25,881 · management and general $97,553 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,048 · program services $242 · management and general $85,806 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $104,324 · program services $27,242 · management and general $47,729 · fundraising $29,353

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,578 · program services $104 · management and general $12,784 · fundraising $6,690

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,678 · program services $220 · management and general $18,458 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Telephone and Utilities

    total $65,464 · program services $0 · management and general $65,464 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $298,233 · program services $17,992 · management and general $280,241 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Taxes and Fees

    total $79,676 · program services $425 · management and general $52,026 · fundraising $27,225

  • 24d · Other expenses: Collections, Exhibitions and Publications

    total $257,844 · program services $257,844 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,669 · program services $70 · management and general $8,589 · fundraising $64,010

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $814,513 · end of year $1,170,699

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $78,091 · end of year $60,509

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $27,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $27,293 · end of year $26,110

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $200 · end of year $715

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

    $2,903,419

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

    $923,461

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,027,594 · end of year $1,979,958

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,147 · end of year $43,968

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $50,225 · end of year $5,817

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,812,482 · end of year $3,179,486

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $42,837 · end of year $35,720

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CHSA is dedicated to the documentation, study, and presentation of Chinese American history. Through exhibitions, publications, and educational, public programming, CHSA promotes contributions and legacy of Chinese America.

  • Commenced planning for CHSAs production of a new immersive exhibit, We are Bruce Lee. Sponsored the producers of a documentary about music journalist Ben Fong Torres, titled Like a Rolling Stone. Provided talent and historical consultation to Smithsonian TV and Vox for a video documentary about San Franciscos Chinatown. Partnered in a multi-agency collaboration to acquire and operate a new nonprofit arts, media and historical preservation facility in San Francisco Chinatown Featured articles on Chinese-Cambodian Americans in its 2020 publication of its scholarly journal, History and Perspectives. Sponsored and participated in planning publication of a book Chinese American GI to commemorate the service of Chinese Americans in the armed services during WWII. Republished its book Voices of the Railroad, a compilation of stories and family histories of Chinese who constructed the Transcontinental Railroad. Worked with City of San Francisco transit agency to curate the Sewing Machine Project about artifacts discovered during construction of the Central Subway. Acquired four vintage Jake Lee watercolor paintings to add to its current exhibit depicting Chinese workers labor in pioneer California.

    Expenses $708,079 · Revenue $456,784

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Hoover

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $98,333
    From this org
    $98,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Doug Chan

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Matthew Huey

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Jeff Tsai

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Elsie Lam

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Walter Lim

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Andy Bryant

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Gorretti Lo Lui

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alvin Lau

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lydia So

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Johnny Wang

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane Chin

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Kenneth Wun

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lily Ho

    Board Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349308493

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