Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION
CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,557 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $851k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $318k
- Net assets
- $34k
What Chinese American Museum Foundation does
Mission
The Chinese American Museum Foundation (the museum) is dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, and exhibition of chinese american historical and cultural materials reflecting the breadth and depth of the experiences of chinese americans in the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The museum's program services include the continued development of the five story destination in downtown washington, dc that features permanent and special exhibits and events. The museum serves to positively impact people from all backgrounds, across the country and abroad through curated exhibits, online experiences, educational programs and community events. The museum is open to the public four days a week, and admission is free. There museum has 300-800 visitors per month.the following events took place at the museum during 2024:-book launch presentation: corky lee's asian america, thursday, april 11, 2024.-meet the designer: hangyu gong - qipao culture, thursday, april 25, 2024.-first friday of each month, dupont circle's museums, galleries, and cultural exhibits open their doors to the public after hours. Camdc hostedthe event on friday, april 5, 2024.-conversation with francesca zambello, artistic director, washington national opera, christopher tin about turandot at camdc, april 2024.-remembrance of the shangrao military & civilian rescue of the dolittle raiders during wwii, may 2024.-longhua temple chinese vegetarian food exhibition at the ronald reagan building and…
$552,560 spentof which $69,760 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $552,560.
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 2022 to 2023, from $319k to $75k (−77%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 2% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
David Uy
Executive director (thru february)
Board chair
Philip Qiu
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $106k.
10 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 85% — 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
33% of CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
76% of CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION'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 $76k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $241k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,557 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $317,557 in grants to CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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