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FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON SEATTLE FLS-S

EIN 45-3621880 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2025
$5,537,054
Expenses 2025
$1,482,332

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1200
Street
1227 S WELLER ST STE A

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 · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON IS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE LITTLE SAIGON'S CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND HISTORIC VITALITY.

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: BI-LINGUAL (ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE) ENGAGEMENT EMPOWERING LITTLE SAIGON STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY THEY WANT TO SEE. THIS INCLUDES THE LITTLE SAIGON LANDMARK PROJECT (MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT); ENSURING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY; BRIDGING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; AND ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES AND PLANS TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY GOALS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE ENGAGED ABOUT 100 STAKEHOLDERS.

    Expenses $507,639 · Grants $46,344 · Revenue $71,018

  • SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT: WORKING WITH AND SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, IN-LANGUAGE INFORMATION, AND EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING FREE BI-LINGUAL TECHINCAL ASSISTANCE; REFERRALS; ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES; SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATION FOR BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO TEST OUT THEIR CONCEPTS AND PRODUCTS THROUGH POP-UPS AND RETAIL SPACE AT OUR CULTURAL SPACE. WE DO CONSISTENT OUTREACH TO NEARLY 80 BUSINESSES AND PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO NEARLY 20.

    Expenses $389,270 · Grants $8,995 · Revenue $144,572

  • ARTS & CULTURE: PRESERVING VIETNAMESE CULTURE THROUGH ARTS, LANGUAGE EDUCATION, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES OPERATING OUR CULTURAL SPACE; SEASONAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS; ROTATING ART EXHIBIT; 10-WEEK VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE COURSE; SMALL BUSINESS AND ARTIST POP-UPS; AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. MANY OF THESE ARE OFFERED AT OUR CULTURAL SPACE, AND WE ESTIMATE 48,000 VISITORS IN OUR SPACE PER YEAR.

    Expenses $345,308 · Grants $10,411 · Revenue $21,565

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LEECHING TRAN

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HUY PHAM

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRANG LE

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN SCHEELE

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA TRAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MYTOAN NGUYEN-AKBAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN NGUYEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VY NGUYEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • QUYNH PHAM

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,456
    From this org
    $99,429
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,027
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,537,054
    Expenses
    $1,482,332
    Contributions
    $5,243,739
    Grants paid
    $65,750
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,279,843
    Expenses
    $1,250,965
    Contributions
    $1,152,146
    Grants paid
    $26,653
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $830,409
    Expenses
    $682,655
    Contributions
    $778,474
    Grants paid
    $10,000

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
    $825,558
    Expenses
    $531,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $977,077

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $828,245
    Expenses
    $349,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $666,042

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.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2019, reinstated 15 May 2019.
  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2014, reinstated 15 May 2014.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.