The Chinese International School Foundation

Analysis

The Chinese International School Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Princeton, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1990, 36 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Chinese International School Foundation reported income of $308k and spending of $315k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $245k to $308k (+26%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Chinese International School Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 68th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Milford Affordable Housing Inc ($308k), Little League Baseball Inc ($308k) and Immerman Foundation ($308k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $229k against liabilities of $194k, net assets of $35k.