Chinese Information and Service Center

Overview

Mission

We support immigrants and their families by creating opportunities for them to succeed, while honoring their heritage.

What it reported doing in 2024

We bridge cultures by providing family programs with multi-generational impact that support bicultural identity, empowerment of individuals and families, and help immigrant families navigate systems. Programs include bilingual preschools, early childhood education, play and learn groups. home visiting, developmental screening, and after school programs that promote kindergarten readiness, enhance academic achievement, and support social and emotional development. Our Family Resource Centers empower families who speak multiple languages including Cantonese, Mandarin, Russian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237438529
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2066245633
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,595,502
Expenses
$13,434,565
Assets
$12,888,101
Liabilities
$2,421,554

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $107.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Hueiling Chan (Program Dir.): $140,568 total reported compensation
  • Lee Hu (Finance Dir.): $139,346 total reported compensation
  • Michael Itti (Executive Dir.): $138,695 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.