Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC
CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,640 to it, the largest being CHINESE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS ($3,640). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Chinatown Business Associationinc does
Mission
Chinatown business association's (cba)is a 501(c(3)tax exempt,non-profit organization. Cba is community driven and relies on the generosity of our volunteers and donors to continue creating meaningful impact serving our chinatown community. Its mission is to unite all the businesses in boston's chinatown, without regard to the owner's race,religon, sex or age, to develop the prosperity of chinatown, strengthen its security, keep it clean, improve its image, safeguard the freedom of business, increase employment opportunity, ensure the right of fair competition and to mediate the dispute in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The chinatown business association improved the economic climate of boston's chinatown by (1)facilitated cooperation and mutual understaning among businesses and other organization, (2) promoted events and tourism,(3)improved public safety and cleanliness, (4)adherred to environmental and safety codes,(5)faciliated seminars between health departments and code enforcement and chinatoen business owners and(6) celebrate winter solstice with the elderly.
$112,495 spent99% of program spendingThe chinatown business association improved the economic climate of boston's chinatown by (1)facilitated cooperation and mutual understaning among businesses and other organization, (2) promoted events and tourism,(3)improved public safety and cleanliness, (4)adherred to environmental and safety codes,(5)faciliated seminars between health departments and code enforcement and chinatoen business owners and(6) celebrate winter solstice with the elderly.
$1,402 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $113,897.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC’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 CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Against its field
CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $178k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$178k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC: 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 CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC?
- CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,640 to it, the largest being CHINESE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS ($3,640). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,640 in grants to CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC.
- Who is the largest funder of CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC?
- CHINESE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS is the largest funder on record, with $3,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHINATOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONINC 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.
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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 2025–2025), 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