Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,856 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($408,098). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc does
Mission
The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association is dedicated to improving the quality of life for Cambodian Americans and other minorities and economically disadvantaged persons in Lowell through educational, cultural, economic and social programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association's other programs include walk- in services assistance that includes citizenship, health, housing and referral process, along with hosting workshops and events to educate the community about health and financial topics, and afterschool programs.
$699,600 spentof which $7,814 as grants$72,319 earned by the program68% of program spendingThe Monorom family support program assists families with developmentally disabled children by providing case management, respite care, counselling, as well as both recreational and educational opportunities.
$327,043 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,026,643.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.3M to $2.7M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 55% · 2018 37% · 2019 60% · 2020 45% · 2021 39% · 2022 41% · 2023 45% · 2024 53% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sothea Chiemruom
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $6k → $159k.
3 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $834k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 99% · 2019 33% · 2020 24% · 2021 29% · 2022 53% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
46% of Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc?
- Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,856 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($408,098). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,928,856 in grants to Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc?
- HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $408,098 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing