Organization of Chinese American Women

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900532343
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oakton, VA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,779
Expenses
$8,695
Assets
$83,107

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Maria Yang (National President)
  • Yong Yi (New Orleans Chapter President)
  • Barbara York (Virginia Chapter President)
  • Yu Fan Lu (Silicon Valley Chapter President)
  • Sharlene Chun (Hawaii Chapter President)
  • Maria Yang (Maryland Chapter Acting President)

People named in this filing

  • Maria Yang (National President)
  • Sharon Chun (National Web Designer)
  • Edwina Lee (Secretary)

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

Our organization is dedicated to advancing the educational needs and addressing the concerns of Asian Pacific women through historical and educational activities. We strive to promote cultural understanding empower women and provide educational opportunities that celebrate the rich heritage and contributions of Asian Pacific women. Through workshops seminars and community events we aim to create a supportive network that fosters learning leadership and advocacy for women in the Asian Pacific community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Hawaii Chapter of OCAW hosted its inaugural General Membership Meeting on March 30 2025 featuring Dr. Jeff Healy discussing Womens Wellness and Skin Care Protection. The event aimed to educate members on holistic beauty and wellness practices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: 1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.56; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 47.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 44.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth 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.