Chinese Economists Society Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Mercer Island, WA EIN: 22-2613292

Economy research.

Chinese Economists Society Inc at a glance

Total assets
$1,857,903
+18.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$248,168
+5.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$46,288
+13.6% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$131,644
-41.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Chinese Economists Society Inc funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

States

Cities

AthensCleveland

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K$20K2 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2020 it made 2 grants totaling $19K.

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,857,903$248,168$131,644——$46,288
2024$1,564,799$234,519$223,969——$40,742
2023$1,411,878$259,241$194,060——$91,835
2022$1,221,479$64,479$17,341——$24,644
2021$1,298,256$73,992$53,798——$23,549
2020$1,140,296$327,171$77,466$18,7002$276,711

About Chinese Economists Society Inc

Based on IRS filings

Chinese Economists Society Inc is a public charity, based in Mercer Island, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. Net investment income was $46K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Chinese Economists Society Inc is led by Kaiji Chen, President-El since 2025 (on filings since 2023); none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kaiji Chen

    President-El

    Director → President-El, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Feng Lu

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jianhao Lin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jihui Chen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Xi Yang

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Xingfei Liu

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yong Wang

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shuming Bao

    Executive of

    Excutive Officer → Executive of, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jinlan Ni

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Changwen Zhao

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey McCullough

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Yang Jiao (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Susan Lu (2022–2024) — President-El
  • Former: Carl Lin (2023–2024) — President
  • Former: I-Ming Chiu (2024) — Director
  • Former: Linxiang Ye (2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Peng Zhang (2024) — Director
  • Former: Suqin Ge (2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Yonghong An (2024) — Director
  • Former: Qihong Liu (2022–2023) — President
  • Former: Jia Yuan (2023) — Director
  • Former: Mo Xiao (2023) — Director
  • Former: Wendong Zhang (2023) — Director
  • Former: Xuefeng Qian (2023) — Director
  • Former: Yang Song (2023) — Director
  • Former: Jason Yin (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Guodong Gao (2021–2022) — President
  • Former: Tianshu Sun (2022) — Director
  • Former: Tingting Ding (2022) — Director
  • Former: Vivian Yue (2022) — Director
  • Former: Huang Xie (2021) — Director
  • Former: Jianhua Zhang (2021) — Director
  • Former: Karen Yan (2021) — Director
  • Former: Lijia Wei (2021) — Director
  • Former: Qi Li (2021) — President
  • Former: Xin Li (2021) — Director
  • Former: Junfu Zhang (2020) — President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Chinese Economists Society Inc

How large is Chinese Economists Society Inc?

Chinese Economists Society Inc reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $248K.

Where does Chinese Economists Society Inc operate?

Chinese Economists Society Inc has awarded grants in Georgia, Ohio.

What is Chinese Economists Society Inc's EIN?

Chinese Economists Society Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-2613292. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(1)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 18, 2021)

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