Asian American Cultural Association of Cincinnati

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471412810
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
2487600992
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,803
Expenses
$70,459
Assets
$163,524
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Qorinah Wardhani (President)
  • Felicity Tao (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Qorinah Wardhani (President)
  • Felicity Tao (Vice President)
  • Koji Sado (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote Asian cultural awareness in Greater Cincinnati by creating a sense of belonging through connecting people and organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Asian Food Fest 2025: One of the largest food-focused festival in the Midwest showcasing diverse Asian culinary traditions, featuring food vendors, cooking demonstrations, and cultural programming. The event benefited over 125,000 participants by providing access to authentic Asian cuisine and cultural exchange opportunities while supporting local Asian food businesses and communities. Reimbursements/Grant amount are from both 2024 & 2025 events as original payments were delayed due to changes at the partnership organization (Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber).

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 96% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.8%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 49.9%; rating input score 50

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: 50.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.8% of revenue deployed · 49.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.