The US-China Catholic Association A NJ Nonprofit Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455221413
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 5109002015
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $116,471
- Expenses
- $85,029
- Assets
- $463,409
- Liabilities
- $1,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- John Dewan (Director)
- Dr Alfred Gui (Director)
- Fr Rob Carbonneau (Director)
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
Inspired by the Gospel, the mission of the US-China Catholic Association is to build bridges of friendship and dialogue between people of China and the United States by offering educational, service, and cultural programs in support of the Church and the larger society.
What it reported doing in 2025
A. Annual Mission Appeal USCCA Mission Appeal is dedicated to providing trained speakers for Mission Appeals in parish communities throughout the US. In 2025, we visited three parishes. The speakers shared the mission and activities of USCCA with over 3,000 people in the three churches, with two to four Masses at each church. b. China and American Friendship Ministry We hired a part time staff to do some research about international students on US campuses. One board member traveled to meet with a potential partner to reformulate this program. We formed partnership with the Catholic Campus Ministry Association and the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus. While we were not on any campus, we interacted with more than 20 leaders interested in this ministry over the year. c. Book CirclesThe Book Circle committee builds an online platform for learning and dialogue by facilitating a monthly book club, inviting participants from around the world who are interested in Chinese Christianity, Chinese culture, and the dialogue between China and the West. We hold monthly Zoom-based meetings to discuss famous books that focus on the intersection between Christianity and Chinese culture. There were between 10 to 20 people at each Zoom meeting. d. Public Lectures In partnership with ChinaSource and China Academic Consortium, we held two public lectures, one in person and one on Zoom. About 50 people attended the two lectures. e. Digital Communications a.Multimodal communications share the latest USCCA news and messages with a diverse array of stakeholders.b.A dynamic website showcases timely information, vibrant writers, and engaging blogs.c.We published 117 blogs in 2025, informing readers on church life and faith practices in China.d.We engaged in strategic outreach through 72 emails, consistent digital newsletters and updates. e.Site sessions on the USCCA website have increased by 77% from 2022-2023 (15,536 visits) to the 2024-2025 cycle (27,628 visits).Tf.We saw explosive growth of visits on USCCAs YouTube channel (Total views of 6,000, +462%), Facebook (total views of 7,300, +577%), and Instagram (total views 8,200, +100%) in 2025 from 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 56.1%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.45; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41% of revenue deployed · 56.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.