Chinese American Association of Lexington Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462998909
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Lexington, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7816969567
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $142,624
- Expenses
- $86,192
- Assets
- $318,674
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Hua Wang (Co-President)
- Melanie Lin (Co-President)
- Qian Hu (Vice President)
- Leeying Wu (Vice President)
- Weidong Wang (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Hua Wang (Co-President)
- Melanie Lin (Co-President)
- Jian Deng (Clerk)
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 serve Chinese-American interests in important town-wide activities especially, but not limited to, cultural and public school education, local issues, and diversity. To provide members with opportunities for involvement in the Lexington community through volunteerism, networking, and social events.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provided fundings and organized/participated in various AAPI events; CAAL continued to host an annual lunar new year celebration for our town; Organized or participated in various community events and other ongoing community programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.3%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
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: 39.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.3% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 29 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.