Chinese American Scouting Association

Analysis

Chinese American Scouting Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Milpitas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Chinese American Scouting Association reported income of $212k and spending of $145k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $167k to $212k (+27%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Chinese American Scouting Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Think Make Live Youth ($212k), Mountains 2 Sea ($212k) and Barnabas Movement Inc ($212k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 9.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $376k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $376k.