Malaysian Club of Chicago

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364324024
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3129499999
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$319
Expenses
$0
Assets
$41,506
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Catherine Wang (President)
  • Swee Cheng (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Wang (President)
  • Swee Cheng (Vice-President)
  • Corine Goh (Assistant 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Malaysian Club of Chicago is hosting the annual Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) celebration. This event addresses all Asian communities to a banquet event. What binds us together is in part of our Asian heritage that we want to lead a life that our families can be proud of without economic anxiety and with both social and economic social mobility. We are driving these communities represented to hold our head high and proclaim the readiness to live both our American identity and Asian identity, a coexistent in harmony and success in our American dream. Yearly, AACC awards outstanding individuals, youths and adults for their success and contribution to our communities and our nation, a representation that are not recognized enough. Attendees include key community leaders and politicians including Illinois Governors, Senators and Congressman (Federal and State level). This charitable event addresses the importance of Asian representation in our community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Malaysian Club of Chicago (MCC) hosts a minimum of two events per year; one in the Spring to celebrate Lunar New Year and another in the Fall during August/September to celebrate Merdeka Day/Malaysia Day. MCC had also hosted Hari Raya (Malay New Year) celebration in May/June and November for Deepavali (Indian New Year) celebrations. MCC has been a member of Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) since 2002. AACC is a non-for-profit organization formed by community leaders from over 16 countries. The mission of AACC is to unite all Asian Americans into a significant force for strengthening the Asian American Community in the United States; enriching Asian cultural values, and recognizing the importance of Asian American contributions to the American democracy and economy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -119.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.