Chinese Economic Association in North America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621630180
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Center Valley, PA, USA
Phone
4845530283
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,200
Expenses
$179
Assets
$20,621
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kim-Sau Chung (President)
  • Elaine Liu (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kim-Sau Chung (President)
  • Elaine Liu (Vice President)
  • Shin-Yi Chou (Secretary-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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CEANA is a non-profit organization which organizes academic conferences and promotes exchanges among economics scholars in North America.

What it reported doing in 2020

1. CEANA sponsored a conference, in conjunction with the American Economic Association, on January 4-6, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. 70 members attended. 2. CEANA sponsored 3 sessions at the annual conference of the Southern Economic Association, held on Nov. 23-25, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. 40 members attended. 3. CEANA co-sponsored a conference with Taiwan Economic Association on Dec. 14, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. 50 participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 85.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 115.2; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.