Chinese Mutual Aid International Network Dba Bayarea Innovest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262983580
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4088776655
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,066
Expenses
$151,058
Assets
$16,466
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stone Lin (President, Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Stone Lin (President, Secretary)
  • Angel Xue (CFO)

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

Community service and charity activity, disaster relief.

What it reported doing in 2025

Soulscape 2026 is an arts, technology, and community education initiative focused on AI-powered cinema and storytelling. The program brings together filmmakers, technologists, students, emerging artists, industry mentors, and community members through a multi-day AI Cinema Lab and Summit in San Francisco. The event includes workshops, mentorship, masterclasses, technology demonstrations, career development opportunities, team formation, film production sprints, public screenings, networking sessions, and industry panels. The project contributes to the community by expanding access to emerging creative technologies, lowering barriers for new creators, and helping participants develop skills in AI-assisted filmmaking, digital storytelling, collaboration, and media production. By connecting Silicon Valley innovation with Hollywood storytelling, Soulscape creates educational and professional pathways for artists, technologists, and young creators who may not otherwise have access to film industry mentors, studio networks, or advanced AI production tools. Soulscape also strengthens the local and global creative community by building bridges among AI artists, film festivals, technology companies, media organizations, and cultural institutions. Through its lab, summit, mentorship, and public-facing programs, the initiative promotes innovation in the arts, supports workforce development in the creative technology sector, and encourages meaningful human-centered storytelling in the age of generative AI.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.