Washington · Nonprofit
ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC
ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,189 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $98k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $127k
What Organization of Chinese-Americans Inc does
Mission
The objectives of the Organization and its members shall be to advance the political social and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans and to promote their heritage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Edwin Lee Memorial Golf Tournament ELMGT is a program where all proceeds generated goes to benefit the Edwin M. Lee Memorial Foundation Fund at the Seattle Foundation. This fund provides scholarships for graduating Franklin High School seniors which has a historically large population of Asian Pacific American students. This programs key activities are an 18-hole golf tournament hosted in Auburn Golf course and lunch is provided afterwards. During lunch tournament winners are rewarded and raffles and silent auctions help raise funds. The organization is a fiscal sponsor to the golf tournament with the goal of engaging the local community to help improve the economic needs of students. In 2025 we had about 100 golfers and plan to donate $28,000 to the fund in 2026. For the 2024 golf tournament we donated $50,000 in this tax season.
$30,415 spent36% of program spendingThe OCA GS Golden Circle Awards and Lunar New Years Celebration is a yearly program started in 2000 that recognizes the impact and work of local Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander AANHPI community members. The board nominates groups and individuals to put on the program and receive awards. At the celebration itself OCA GS shares cultural heritage of Asian Pacific Americans through entertainment and food as well as updates on the progress of OCA GS mission statement. It is also an opportunity for local community members to network and celebrate together the Lunar New Year. In 2025 there were about 300 people in attendance.
$24,479 spent29% of program spendingFrom July 24-27 2025 OCA Greater Seattle along with OCA National hosted the annual national convention for regional chapters to network and learn from one another. The convention featured leadership professional and advocacy development sessions that are free and open to the public. Attendees participated in thought-provoking workshops networking events and discussions designed to empower AANHPI communities. About 500 people were in attendance. OCA Greater Seattle engaged its local AANHPI community by hosting at the University of Washington campus created speaking panels made up of locals and special events to celebrate 30 years of our organization.
$16,197 spent19% of program spendingOCA Greater Seattle hosted CID Cares: Care for Community Care for Self on Saturday November 15. The event is held annually in the Chinatown International District where community educational and government organizations as well as local businesses gather together to support senior residents of the neighborhood. CID Cares partners with many community organizations including International District Chinatown Community Center International District Emergency Center Chinese Information Service Center International Community Health Services Seattle Public Library and Wing Luke Museum. The event also saw the release of a Public Safety Pamphlet which was made possible with funding from Cathay Bank Foundation Historic South Downtown and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. University of Washington students who helped to put the pamphlet together gave a short performance on situations outlined in the pamphlet to show people are scammed assaulted and taken advantage of. After the event volunteers delivered the pamphlets and goodie bags to International House New Central Apartments and Chinese Baptist Church in Beacon Hill directly servicing nearly 400 Chinese elderly. Throughout 2026 OCA…
$13,373 spentof which $11,200 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $84,464.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $57k → $98.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS 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
ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 44% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k 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.
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Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC?
- ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,189 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $87,189 in grants to ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE-AMERICANS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 5 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