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CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC

CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,637 to it, the largest being LIN & SUSIE CHEN FOUNDATION ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$241k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$174k
Net assets
$315k
6/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Chinese Free Mason Athletic Club Inc does

Mission

Members of the Chinese Freemasons saw a need to create a recreational center for the youth of Chinatown to congregate, learn and eventually pass on our traditional heritage. We also stress the need for our youth to stay in school and finish their education, so that they may become a productive and valuable member of our society. Our martial arts and Lion Dance program provide our members the opportunity to become healthy and stronger individuals. This is very important in this day and age where obesity, drugs, disease, other unhealthy habits and health problems are common.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Teach local youth the art of lion dance which is a chinese cultural tradition combining martial arts and acrobatic feats.

    $59,693 spent$193,924 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $27,296 spent$25,578 earned by the program
    31% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $1,250 spent$6,917 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $88,239.

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 ($91k) Expenses 100 ($69k) Net assets 100 ($99k)2021 Revenue 126 ($115k) Expenses 149 ($103k) Net assets 112 ($111k)2022 Revenue 152 ($139k) Expenses 151 ($104k) Net assets 147 ($145k)2023 Revenue 210 ($191k) Expenses 178 ($123k) Net assets 216 ($213k)2024 Revenue 265 ($241k) Expenses 201 ($139k) Net assets 319 ($315k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (265)Expenses (201)Net assets (319)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 $213k to $315k (+48%).

$99k
$111k
$145k
$213k
$315k
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

96% of CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC’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.

$22k
’20
$12k
’21
$34k
’22
$68k
’23
$102k
’24
27
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $2k → $64k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC’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 FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

38% 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 FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC.

29%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 46% · 2021 63% · 2022 73% · 2023 63% — 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

60% of CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

56% of CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
NJ

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve27.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)28% · top quartile

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 29%Fundraising 1%

Governance

5
board members
40%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC?
CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,637 to it, the largest being LIN & SUSIE CHEN FOUNDATION ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $173,637 in grants to CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC?
LIN & SUSIE CHEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHINESE FREE MASON ATHLETIC CLUB INC find more funders?
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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 9 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