GLOBAL CULTURE EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $151K · expenses $127K · assets $133K

EIN
27-1174657
Address
2400 ARLINE ST, WEST COVINA, CA 91792-2114
NTEE code
A99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
April 2010 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

PROVIDED CHINESE EDUCTION FOR PUBLIC.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Frieda Yi Wang BOARD MEMBER2016-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Shuman Yang BOARD MEMBER2014-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Hsing-Chun Lee BOARD MEMBER2014-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Huo Chung Cheng (former) BOARD MEMBER2014-2015 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING-CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
FRIEDA YI WANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2015 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUO CHUNG CHENG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
2014 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUO CHUNG CHENG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
SHUMAN YANG BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01
HSING CHUN LEE BOARD MEMBER10 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$151,364$127,311 $133,081$99,824 $4,760$146,604 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$167,358$122,661 $99,558$75,771 $4,874$162,484 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$100,275$97,430 $53,566$31,074 $4,339$95,936 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,387$74,232 $78,365$28,229 $5,500$84,887 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$88,724$77,203 $62,711$12,074 $1,800$86,924 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,914$74,648 $44,736$553 $72,914- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$130,481$120,828 $44,347$2,287 $130,481- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$132,794$114,606 $33,372-$7,366 $132,794- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$23,927$25,098 $15,986-$25,554 $23,926- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,042$86,163 $6,743-$24,383 $77,040- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$36,780$40,815 $15,633-$15,262 $36,780- ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $127,311 spent · pay $27,804 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $68,799 54.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $30,708 24.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $27,804 21.8%
Total$127,311100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $122,661 spent · pay $32,770 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,236 43.4%
Fees to independent contractors $36,320 29.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $32,770 26.7%
Printing, publications, postage $335 0.3%
Total$122,661100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $97,430 spent · pay $38,911 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $38,911 39.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $37,309 38.3%
Fees to independent contractors $20,545 21.1%
Printing, publications, postage $665 0.7%
Total$97,430100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $74,232 spent · pay $43,511 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $43,511 58.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,355 27.4%
Fees to independent contractors $8,168 11.0%
Printing, publications, postage $2,198 3.0%
Total$74,232100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $77,203 spent · pay $58,077 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $58,077 75.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,626 24.1%
Fees to independent contractors $500 0.6%
Total$77,203100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $74,648 spent · pay $35,703 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $38,445 51.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $35,703 47.8%
Fees to independent contractors $500 0.7%
Total$74,648100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $120,828 spent · pay $16,155 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $103,990 86.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $16,155 13.4%
Fees to independent contractors $500 0.4%
Printing, publications, postage $183 0.2%
Total$120,828100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $114,606 spent · pay $15,769 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $98,362 85.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $15,769 13.8%
Fees to independent contractors $475 0.4%
Total$114,606100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $25,098 spent · pay $14,467 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $14,467 57.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,156 40.5%
Fees to independent contractors $475 1.9%
Total$25,098100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $86,163 spent · pay $18,129 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $67,559 78.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $18,129 21.0%
Fees to independent contractors $475 0.6%
Total$86,163100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $40,815 spent · pay $14,089 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,276 64.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $14,089 34.5%
Fees to independent contractors $450 1.1%
Total$40,815100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2020$6,000$01
Largest awards · 1 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated
2020Small Business AdministrationGrant or other assistanceECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN EMERGENCY ADVANCE 59.072ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER GRANT$6,000

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