Chinese Students and Scholars Associatio AT UC San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992269057
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- La Jolla, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9496171777
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,268
- Expenses
- $99,601
- Assets
- $24,067
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Wenjie Chen (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Haotong Wu (Prseident)
- Wenjie Chen (Vice President)
- Christine Wu (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CSSA UCSD is dedicated to fostering cultural exchange, academic excellence, and a supportive community for Chinese students and scholars at UC San Diego. We aim to create a welcoming environment that encourages dialogue between cultures, promotes mutual understanding, and celebrates the rich heritage of Chinese traditions. Through events, mentorship, and academic initiatives, we strive to enhance the student experience and build lasting connections both on campus and in the broader community.
What it reported doing in 2024
UCSD CSSA operates a comprehensive Club Fair Program at the beginning of each semester to welcome incoming students and connect them with campus opportunities. The program brings together multiple Chinese student organizations representing music, dance, drama, psychology, engineering, and business. As a unified initiative, the fair introduces organizational activities, provides recruitment opportunities, and shares campus resources related to student life and academic development. In 2024, the Club Fair engaged hundreds of new students, offering them a platform to explore interests, access resources, and build meaningful connections within the UCSD community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
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: 19.2%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.