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LAN SU CHINESE GARDEN

EIN 93-1296840 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$2,888,405
Expenses 2024
$3,416,811

Program services were 60.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C41
Classification
1000
Street
38 NW DAVIS

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 MISSION OF LAN SU CHINESE GARDEN IS TO CULTIVATE AN OASIS OF TRANQUIL BEAUTY AND HARMONY TO INSPIRE, ENGAGE, AND EDUCATE OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN THE APPRECIATION OF A RICHLY AUTHENTIC CHINESE CULTURE.

  • MEMBERSHIP & PROGRAMMING LAN SU GARDEN OFFERS CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR VISITORS AND MEMBERS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO VISITORS AND MEMBERS WITH A FEW SPECIAL TICKETED EVENTS. LAN SU PARTNERS WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE OVER 800 FREE PROGRAMS IN THE GARDEN EACH YEAR. LAN SU PRODUCES SEVERAL TICKETED EVENTS EACH YEAR. THESE EVENTS INCLUDE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, SUMMER CONCERTS, AND EVENT RECEPTIONS.THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP PROVIDE UNLIMITED DAYTIME ADMISSION FOR 12 MONTHS, NUMEROUS PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MONTHLY MORNING AND EVENING HOURS IN THE GARDEN FOR MEMBERS ONLY, DISCOUNTS AT THE TEAHOUSE AND GARDEN SHOP AND A SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER. MEMBERS ALSO RECEIVE ADVANCED PRE-SALE ACCESS FOR TICKETED EVENTS.

    Expenses $758,533

  • GARDEN OPERATIONS LAN SU IS PRIMARILY A VISITOR ATTRACTION/DESTINATION, SO THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE GARDEN ITSELF IS PARAMOUNT TO OUR SUCCESS. KNOWN FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, CAREFULLY TENDED LANDSCAPES OF RARE AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PLANTS, AND OUR MISSION OF CULTURAL EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES, LAN SU REQUIRES THE DEDICATED RESOURCES OF BOTH STAFF AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE GARDEN AND STRUCTURES. ADDITIONALLY, TO PROVIDE THE MORE THAN 100,000 ANNUAL VISITORS WITH THE DEEP CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE THAT LAN SU EMBODIES, OUR 100 VOLUNTEERS ARE LED BY A VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR AND PROVIDE DAILY DOCENT LED TOURS AND WELCOME VISITORS AND MEMBERS ALIKE AT OUR FRONT ENTRANCE.

    Expenses $709,330 · Revenue $1,358,126

  • RETAIL AND ADMISSIONS EXPENSES FOR THE RETAIL & ADMISSIONS DEPARTMENT ENCOMPASS WHOLESALE AND OPERATIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING THE GARDEN SHOP AND ALL ADMISSIONS AND EVENT TICKETING FOR THE GARDEN DAILY. THESE EXPENSES INCLUDE STAFFING COSTS PLUS ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO RUN TWO POS STATIONS AS WELL AS ONLINE AND MOBILE TICKETING PLATFORM COSTS. A BULK OF THE EXPENSES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PURCHASE OF WHOLESALE MERCHANDISE FOR RETAIL SALE AND THE PAYMENT OF CONSIGNMENT FEES TO ARTISTS SELLING THROUGH OUR ROTATING EXHIBITION PROGRAM.

    Expenses $582,225 · Revenue $271,691

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • ELIZABETH NYE

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $164,704
    From this org
    $152,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,018
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,605
    Filer's total
    $164,704

  • CHRIS NICKERSON

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN YING

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CASEY IPOCK

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TED JOHNSON

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AILEEN LIU

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY FENKER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CHEN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON JACKSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HANDE BUYUKSAHIN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HONG MAUTZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY ROSETTE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY FUNG

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WIM WIEWEL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,888,405
    Expenses
    $3,416,811
    Contributions
    $1,043,776
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,381,694
    Expenses
    $2,883,536
    Contributions
    $1,003,155
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,379,956
    Expenses
    $2,838,568
    Contributions
    $2,128,170
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,387,405
    Expenses
    $1,895,181
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,828,846

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,319,290
    Expenses
    $2,293,607
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,425,014

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,355,119
    Expenses
    $2,216,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,444,215

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,233,974
    Expenses
    $2,101,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,296,709

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,900,155
    Expenses
    $1,820,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,144,119

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,739,271
    Expenses
    $1,652,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,049,624

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