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CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Northwestern Memorial HealthCare ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$242k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$276k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Chicago Chinatown Community Foundation does

Mission

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to fund educated-related causes promoting chinese culture.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Chinatown summer fair - introduction to traditional chinese cultural performances and featuring chinatown's restaurants, gift shops and children's play area.

    $112,841 spent$116,488 earned by the program
    58% of program spending
  2. Chinatown lunar new year parade - annual chinese parade featuring traditional dragon and lion dancing teams, colorful floats, marching bands and marching groups.

    $49,770 spent$64,625 earned by the program
    26% of program spending
  3. Dragon boat race for literacy - held by the chinatown chamber of commerce promotes asian culture and aims to help neighborhood literacy programs.

    $8,000 spent$8,000 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  4. Other foundation revenue, interest income and foundation expenses for miscellanous foundation activities

    $23,897 spent$52,874 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $194,508.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($159k) Expenses 100 ($139k) Net assets 100 ($156k)2021 Revenue 14 ($22k) Expenses 19 ($26k) Net assets 98 ($153k)2022 Revenue 102 ($163k) Expenses 120 ($167k) Net assets 95 ($149k)2023 Revenue 146 ($232k) Expenses 136 ($190k) Net assets 122 ($191k)2024 Revenue 134 ($214k) Expenses 126 ($176k) Net assets 146 ($229k)2025 Revenue 152 ($242k) Expenses 140 ($195k) Net assets 176 ($276k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (152)Expenses (140)Net assets (176)Peer revenue range

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 $235k to $294k (+25%).

$162k
$159k
$154k
$197k
$235k
$294k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

83% of CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’20
−$4k
’21
−$4k
’22
$42k
’23
$38k
’24
$47k
’25
18
months of
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.

Board chair

Darryl Tom

Chairman/secretary

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed777
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.

Where its funders are

100% of CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median
Months of reserve18.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

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 Illinois

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

60%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: 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 CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being Northwestern Memorial HealthCare ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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