Liabilities / Assets
91st percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 91% of similar nonprofits.
Chuang Stage Inc
EIN 84-3036673 • 501(c)3
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
0.71x
Liabilities / Revenue
87th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
48th percentile
Higher net margin than 48% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
81st percentile
Faster asset growth than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
76th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$34,632
Up $8,281 (+31%) from 2023
Liabilities
Up$24,742
Up $7,602 (+44%) from 2023
Net Assets
Up$9,890
Up $679 (+7.4%) from 2023
Revenue
Up$123,315
Up $26,749 (+28%) from 2023
Expenses
Up$122,636
Up $35,281 (+40%) from 2023
Net Income
Down$679
Down $8,532 (-93%) from 2023
Trend Graphs
Filings
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
- Assets
- $34,632
- Liabilities
- $24,742
- Net assets
- $9,890
- Revenue
- $123,315
- Expenses
- $122,636
- Net income
- $679
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Signed
- May 15, 2025
- Return Version
- 2024v5.1
- Gross Receipts
- $123,315
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
CHUANG Stage cultivates joyful and radical Asian American stories that pioneer translingual activism in the arts. The organization produces multilingual theatre, develops new work, supports Asian American, immigrant, BIPOC, queer, and local artists, and expands access to live performance through Pay-As-You-Are ticketing, community partnerships, and culturally specific public programming.
CHUANG Stage cultivates joyful and challenging AAPI stories that create change in the world by envisioning a future in the American theatre advanced by theater artists and audiences of Asian descent. Founded in 2018, CHUANG Stage is the first Mandarin-English bilingual, bicultural theater company nationwide. CHUANG Stage produces works by Asian American playwrights that contribute to language and spatial justice, equity and accessibility, global perspectives, anti-racist practices, immigrant visibility, and care for the community.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| - General productions of full-length plays and staged readings: Bilingual production of A DEAL, presented in Boston Chinatowns Pao Arts Center - Festivals, series and other public art: Found in Translation reading series--a multilingual play-reading series that where we invest in emerging playwrights and their needs, and uplifting the conversation of the culture and nuances that come with language and being multilingual. - Education: CHUANG Lab@Emerson College, serving Chinese American students and pipelining aspiring voices to the American theater industry. Our year-round collaboration with the Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center is regular classes and devised new works fostering intergenerational storytelling and engagement. | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yihan Zhu | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Qianru Wang | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Chang Liu | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Chuang Stage Inc
- EIN
- 84-3036673
- Address
- 40 Traveler Street Unit 607, Boston, MA 02118
Signing Officer
- Name
- Qianru Wang
- Title
- President
- Signed
- 2025-05-15
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- MZ Accounting and Tax Service
- Address
- 605 E Imperial Hwy Ste D, Brea, CA 92821
- Preparer
- Yiru Shi
- Phone
- 9494687078
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Other Revenue.1
“Tickets sales $22073”
Other Revenue.2
“Product Sales $296”
Other Expenses.1002
“Office Expenses $6492”
Other Expenses.1005
“Travel $6815”
Other Expenses.1
“show performers payment $64811”
Other Expenses.2
“rehearal related expense $3928”
Other Expenses.3
“Production Expenses $3027”
Other Expenses.5
“PERFORMER MEAL $515”
Other Expenses.6
“STAGE RENT $93”
Total Liabilities.1
“Openning balance Equity - Beginning $17140 Openning balance Equity - Ending $24742”
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