Chinese Progressive Political Action Inc
Overview
Mission
To inform and educate the public about current social, political and economic issues affecting chinese communities in Massachusetts. To advocate for legislation and initiatives to improve the welfare, rights and benefits of people in such communities. To advocate for legislation and initiatives for full equality within and without such communities to eliminate racism and discrimination in Massachusetts, and to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents, particularly for people of color. To support and encourage candidates for public office who support such legislation and initiatives. To develop and mobilize financial, material and volunteer resources to achieve the foregoing objectives.
What it reported doing in 2024
Chinese progressive political action, inc. Is a civic action organization, established by members of the chinese progressive association, to educate and organize around the social, political and economic issues affecting the Massachusetts chinese community; to advocate for legislation to improve the community's welfare and eliminate inequality; to support and encourage candidates for public office who support the community's agenda; and to mobilize resources to achieve these objectives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
- 452481016
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6173574499
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: FY2024.