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CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIANS

EIN 22-2914654 PROVIDENCE, RI

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Revenue 2024
$3,709,477
Expenses 2024
$3,949,824

Program services were 91.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
270 ELMWOOD AVE

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

FAMILY HARMONY AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING THAT EMPLOYS A FAMILY SUPPORT MODEL THAT WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AND SYSTEMS. SERVICES RANGE FROM CRISIS INTERVENTION TO SUPPORT WITH BASIC NEEDS AND SOCIAL WELFARE. WORKING TO BRIDGE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, EMPOWERS AND ENABLES FAMILIES TO STABILIZE AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS. CSEA HAS WORKED TO BRIDGE THE LANGUAGE, CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS BETWEEN SEA REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS AND MAINSTREAM SOCIETY. THE EXISTING NEEDS AND CHALLENGES FACING MANY SEA ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO THESE BARRIERS AND THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RIGHTS AS U.S. CITIZENS AND THE INFLUENCE THEY CAN HAVE ON PUBLIC POLICY AND DECISION MAKING IN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT. MANY, IF NOT MOST, SEA ARE TAUGHT FROM A VERY EARLY AGE THAT QUESTIONING AUTHORITY IS SEEN AS A LACK OF RESPECT. THIS LEARNED MENTALITY PREVENTS MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM VOICING THEIR BELIEFS AND ADVOCATING FOR IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING THEI

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ASIANS (CSEA) IS TO PROMOTE THE PROSPERITY, HERITAGE AND LEADERSHIP OF SEA IN RHODE ISLAND.

  • INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE BANK - A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES IN OVER 30 LANGUAGES, 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

    Expenses $672,664 · Revenue $1,165,372

  • SOCIAL SERVICES- CASE MANAGEMENT: PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, FOCUSING ON CRISIS INTERVENTION, GOAL ORIENTATION, ETC. SERVICES ARE CLIENT DRIVEN AND STRENGTH BASED. ALSO, THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED OF SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAJORITY OF CLIENTS ARE LOW-INCOME AND MANY ARE ELIGIBLE AND DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT BENEFITS SUCH AS SNAP AND MEDICAID. - VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE: ADVOCACY, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VICTIM OF CRIME.- VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA): FREE TAX PREPARATION DURING THE TAX SEASON.- ADULT LITERACY: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS FOR BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCE.- ELDERLY SERVICES AND MEAL SITE: ELDERLY MEAL SITE PROVIDES HOT MEALS, SOCIAL NETWORKING, AND HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. IN ADDITION, ELDERS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WITH BASIC NEEDS ON A WALK-IN BASIS.- GENERAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES: ASSISTS CLIENTS WITH A VARIETY OF IMMIGRATION SERVICES INCLUDING CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, HELP TO FILL OUT/SUBMIT CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS, AND SUPPORT AT THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE.- COMMUNITY HEALTH: COVID TESTING AND VACCINES, PARTNERSHIP WITH PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER- TRANSITIONAL HOUSING- RENT RELIEF

    Expenses $2,523,518

  • YOUTH AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT- CULTURAL AWARENESS TRAININGS: A FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROVIDING THE TOOLS TO STRENGTHEN PROFESSIONALS' UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY.- DREAM STUDY: DIABETES PREVENTION AMONG CAMBODIANS. DIABETES RISK REDUCTION THROUGH EAT, WALK, SLEEP AND MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT.- AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA): ASSISTANCE WITH ENROLLMENT AND SELECTING HEALTH CARE INSURANCE OPTIONS.- AUTISM PROJECT: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT AUTISM IN THE COMMUNITY.- OBESITY PROJECT: A 3 YEARS PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWN UNIVERSITY TO TEST A MULTILEVEL, MULTICOMPONENT, MULTIGENERATIONAL DIETARY INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE SOUTHEAST ASIAN CHILDREN'S DIETS.

    Expenses $417,184

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.

  • Akilah Dulin Keita PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Meredith Chhay RN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vanny Nhem RN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gerry Kue

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alexander Vang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Fenella Ting

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Huy Tran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Addy Sirypannho

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Channavy Chhay

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $399,113
    From this org
    $360,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,767
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,035
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,732
    Filer's total
    $399,113

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,709,477
    Expenses
    $3,949,824
    Contributions
    $2,486,827
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,465,685
    Expenses
    $3,405,900
    Contributions
    $2,193,369
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,432,112
    Expenses
    $3,676,594
    Contributions
    $2,635,576
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,752,568
    Expenses
    $2,226,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,053,233

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,626,506
    Expenses
    $1,497,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,534,400

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,105,788
    Expenses
    $980,453
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,161,441

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,150,098
    Expenses
    $979,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $903,773

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $891,803
    Expenses
    $828,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $738,052

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $948,629
    Expenses
    $894,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $724,801

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $825,369
    Expenses
    $1,075,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $895,038

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,132,339
    Expenses
    $1,288,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,447,145

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,709,890
    Expenses
    $1,157,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,800,099

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $912,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,196,597

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.