Castp Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431968417
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
8146199931
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,607
Expenses
$27,153
Assets
$51,490
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YUANYOU YANG (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • GANG LIU (PRESIDENT)
  • QIAN LIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • YEYUN XU (PRESIDENT)
  • YUEJUN ZHAO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHENGYUN FANG (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • YUANYOU YANG (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • XING CHEN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • GANG LIU (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

(1) promote china's economic reform and opening and prosperity for both china and the us through building channels for technological, commercial, and cultural exchange between the two countries. (2) promote exchange of professional information and knowledge among members in order to assist in members' career development in the united states. (3) provide opportunities and environments for members to network and to exchange information to keep and to promote the fine chinese tradition.

What it reported doing in 2024

Chinese new year - the chinese new year celebration performance to preserve and promote the chinese culture tradition celebrated by members, their families, and the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.