Chinese Association of Salinas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770012892
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Salinas, CA, USA
Phone
8317583936
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,429
Expenses
$18,971
Assets
$574,040
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KWOK W GONG (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CLARA CHAN (TREASURER)
  • ESMOND CHAN (ASST SEC / S)
  • WES CHAN (DIRECTOR)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the chinese association of salinas is to lead and represent the chinese community in various citywide events and projects; to provide for the welfare and happiness of the chinese community by sponsoring and supporting nonprofit activities that foster friendship, family values, chinese traditions, cultural heritage, charity, and goodwill; to operate and maintain a chinese school for educating and instructing salinas area chinese children; and to maintain the chinese cemetery for honoring our ancestors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program services include the education, instruction and welfare promotion of chinese children within salinas and the local vicinty. This includes exposure to chinese heritage, cultural events and holidays as well as instruction in chinese language skills (mandarin & cantonese).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.5%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 63.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 30.26; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.5% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.