California · Nonprofit
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 170 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,441,607 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($11,940,155). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 170
- Grants received
- $91M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Chinese Progressive Association does
Mission
The Chinese Progressive Association educates and organizes the low income and working class immigrant chinese community in san francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cpa's fiscal sponsorship program further supports community education, promotes civic participation, and provides direct services, such as access to healthy food, language access, and community garden. Other cpa programs include a structured voter education of youth and adults to promote civic participation.
$11,204,352 spentof which $1,179,000 as grants$208,750 earned by the program79% of program spendingThe community healing & solidarity program engages, educates, and organizes working-class communities of color to develop class-based interventions and alternatives to public safety. Over 150 community members engaged in political education, intergenerational and cultural exchanges, and restorative justice training to have generative dialogue around safety, healing and solidarity. Chs also builds strategic multi-racial alliances to respond to community needs around violence, safety, healing, and accountability while strengthening regional and national grassroots capacity to collaborate and coordinate on narrative and policy strategies.
$1,823,982 spent$4,700 earned by the program13% of program spendingTenant worker center (twc) - conducts outreach and education to low-wage immigrant workers and sro tenants about san francisco and ca labor laws and tenant rights, provides consultation on workplace violations and referral to legal and other support services. In 2024, twc educated over 7,000 workers and provided consultation and support services to over 200 workers and sro tenants.
$749,923 spent5% of program spendingYouth mojo (movement of justice and organizing) develops the leadership of low-income chinese / asian american high school youth to create change in their communities through community education, leadership development and hands-on civic projects. In 2024, youth mojo engaged over 60 youth in summer and school year programs.
$423,182 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,201,439.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.9M to $22M (+266%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 23% · 2019 20% · 2020 8% · 2021 19% · 2022 4% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Shaw San Liu See Sched O
Executive director
Board chair
Kimi Lee
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $24M.
32 of 170 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 170 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
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
45% 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 PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 23% · 2019 15% · 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 16% · 2023 34% — 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
34% of CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
51% of CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: 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 PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION?
- CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 170 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,441,607 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($11,940,155). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 170 organizations giving $91,441,607 in grants to CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION, 94 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION?
- The James Irvine Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,940,155 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION 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.
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 170 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