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CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC

EIN 47-3187874 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024
$926,082
Expenses 2024
$1,009,934

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A23
Classification
1000
Street
28 ASH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST (CHINATOWN CLT) WORKS TO STABILIZE THE FUTURE OF CHINATOWN AS A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND A REGIONAL HUB FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNITY. WE WORK FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE LAND, DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT, PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SHARED NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES, CONSISTENT WITH THE CHINATOWN MASTER PLAN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST (CHINATOWN CLT) WORKS TO STABILIZE THE FUTURE OF CHINATOWN AS A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND A REGIONAL HUB FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNITY. WE WORK FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE LAND, DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT, PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SHARED NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES CONSISTENT WITH THE CHINATOWN MASTER PLAN.

  • 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 AND HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SEVERE PRICE ESCALATION. 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 TWO OCCUPIED ROW HOUSES FOR A TOTAL OF SIX RENTAL UNITS.

    Expenses $549,009 · Grants $493,296

  • 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. CHINATOWN CLT RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH THE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COMMISSION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON A CHINATOWN CULTURAL PLAN. WORK INCLUDES AN IMMIGRANT HISTORY TRAIL TO ACTIVATE NEARLY TWO CENTURIES OF HISTORIC ARCHIVES, PARTNERING WITH BOSTONS HISTORIC MARKER PROGRAM, 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 $181,469

  • ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY JUSTICE "CHINATOWN CLT PARTNERS WITH THE GREEN JUSTICE COALITION AND RESILIENT URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED ENERGY PROJECTS TO SUPPORT RESILIENCE, CLEAN ENERGY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR CHINATOWN. PROJECTS INCLUDE DECARBONIZATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF SMALL PROPERTIES, HEAT RESILIENCE MEASURES, ENERGY EFFICIENT INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS, SOLAR AND BATTERY DESIGNS, AND EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY SOLAR. CHINATOWN CLT AND THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED CHINATOWN POWER, INC. AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION TO LEAD THIS WORK."

    Expenses $78,153 · Revenue $16,503

  • 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. AS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE PARTICIPATORY PLANNING WORK, CHINATOWN CLT HAS BECOME A LEADING ADVOCATE AND PLANNER OF OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AS A CORE PARTNER IN THE REDESIGN OF REGGIE WONG MEMORIAL PARTNER, AN ORGANIZING ANCHOR FOR A GREEN SPACE BY THE PLANNED CHINATOWN LIBRARY, AND AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESSES FOR THE TUNNEY LEE PLAZA AND RECONNECTING CHINATOWN PROJECTS." 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 RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE, 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 $91,416

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LYDIA LOWE

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $99,633
    From this org
    $76,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,089
    Hours/week
    30

  • LAWRENCE CHENG

    CLERK & CO-C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MONIQUE CHING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL ENG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARTURO GOSSAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWARD HICKEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE LEE

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PETER LIN-MARCUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • XUE MEI MA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN C MOY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JIA JIE WANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL WONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEIYING YU

    DIRECTOR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $926,082
    Expenses
    $1,009,934
    Contributions
    $909,579
    Grants paid
    $520,550
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,231,740
    Expenses
    $816,712
    Contributions
    $1,180,246
    Grants paid
    $374,803
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $581,378
    Expenses
    $634,890
    Contributions
    $539,680
    Grants paid
    $301,656

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,181
    Expenses
    $502,257
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,368,388

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $286,508
    Expenses
    $294,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,719,764

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $419,500
    Expenses
    $401,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,683,295

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • ROW HOUSES LLC

    LEASING · MA

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHINATOWN POWER INC

    C CORP · ENERGY · MA · 51% owned · share of income $48,960 · share of assets $4,659

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.