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CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS

CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,236 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($60,560). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$599k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$90k
Net assets
$494k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Chicago Chinese Christian Missions does

Mission

To coordinate chinese churches in midwest america for the mission of cross cultural and cross generational spreading gospel of jesus christ. To promote unity within christian fellowship through conferences and trainings.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Training

    $32,482 spent$6,787 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  2. Cross cultural ministry

    $161,268 spent$143,721 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  3. Cross generational ministry

    $1,000 earned by the program
  4. Media and publications conference care and humanity custodial ministry

    $23,029 spent$1,000 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  5. Media and publications conference care and humanity custodial ministry

    $197,778 spent$181,394 earned by the program
    41% of program spending
  6. Media and publications conference care and humanity custodial ministry

    $30,880 spent$37,011 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  7. Media and publications conference care and humanity custodial ministry

    $36,618 spent$48,225 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $482,055.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($374k) Expenses 100 ($352k) Net assets 100 ($228k)2019 Revenue 111 ($417k) Expenses 120 ($420k) Net assets 108 ($246k)2020 Revenue 123 ($459k) Expenses 119 ($417k) Net assets 126 ($287k)2021 Revenue 135 ($504k) Expenses 116 ($407k) Net assets 168 ($384k)2022 Revenue 149 ($557k) Expenses 158 ($556k) Net assets 169 ($385k)2023 Revenue 110 ($409k) Expenses 119 ($420k) Net assets 138 ($316k)2024 Revenue 182 ($681k) Expenses 164 ($577k) Net assets 211 ($482k)2025 Revenue 160 ($599k) Expenses 156 ($547k) Net assets 217 ($494k)
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Revenue (160)Expenses (156)Net assets (217)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 2023 to 2024, from $317k to $499k (+57%).

$228k
$249k
$290k
$394k
$402k
$317k
$499k
$518k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

37% of CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’18
−$4k
’19
$41k
’20
$97k
’21
$264
’22
−$11k
’23
$104k
’24
$52k
’25
11
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.

Chief executive

Matthew Lin

Executive director

Board chair

Nelson Hung

Chairman and president

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

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Listed12121089878
Joined·+1+5+0+1+0+0+1
No longer listed·1720110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $800 → $7k.

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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

CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72% 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 CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.

67%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 82% · 2022 69% · 2023 86% — 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.

Where its funders are

72% of CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states.

IL
NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Months of reserve10.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS?
CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,236 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($60,560). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $90,236 in grants to CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $60,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHICAGO CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 6 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