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CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($275,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$136k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$275k
Net assets
$31k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Chinese Cultural Productions does

Mission

Chinese Cultural Productions originates and performs challenging and risk taking contemporary American art that is firmly rooted in Chinese cultural traditions. To implement our mission, Chinese Cultural Productions produces an annual San Francisco season concerts showcasing original work, organizes national touring performances of the Lily Cai Dance Company, and conducts arts education programs for youth.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Home Season Concerts

    $31,417 spentof which $30,200 as grants$1,217 earned by the program
    34% of program spending

  2. Touring and local performances

    $30,800 spentof which $27,400 as grants$3,400 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

  3. Arts education programs

    $31,250 spentof which $27,800 as grants$3,450 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,467.

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 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($146k) Net assets 100 ($30k)2021 Revenue 91 ($133k) Expenses 91 ($133k) Net assets 101 ($31k)2022 Revenue 110 ($161k) Expenses 110 ($161k) Net assets 101 ($31k)2023 Revenue 110 ($160k) Expenses 110 ($160k) Net assets 101 ($31k)2024 Revenue 93 ($136k) Expenses 93 ($136k) Net assets 102 ($31k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (93)Expenses (93)Net assets (102)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 2021 to 2022, from $31k to $32k (+1%).

$31k
$31k
$32k
$32k
$32k
20202021202220232024
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 59% · 2021 60% · 2022 61% · 2023 81% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$23
’20
$165
’21
$255
’22
$34
’23
$8
’24
2.8
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

Gang Situ

Executive Director

Board chair

Frank Zhou

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed55555
Joined·+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $35k → $160k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS’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 CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
California out of state home

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

CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

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 California

Chinese Performing Arts of America77%Sino US Performing Arts Organization73%Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco72%Academy of Chinese Performing Arts Foundation72%Celebration Arts72%Central Ca Chinese Cultural Association72%Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative71%Chinese Musicians Association of America California Youth Chinese Symphony71%

Nationally

Chinese Performing Arts of America77%Chinese Theatre Works Inc77%Chinese Cultural Foundation Inc76%Boston Chinese Dance Inc75%Chinese American Arts Council Incorporated75%Chinese Culture Connection Inc75%Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company75%Music From China Inc74%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 31%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS: 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 CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS?
CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($275,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $275,000 in grants to CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS?
THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $275,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHINESE CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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