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Civic Leadership USA Clusa

Public charity · Grantmaker Discovery Bay, CA EIN: 46-2800655 Website

Our mission is to strengthen the status, image, participation, influence and collaboration in civic engagement of asian americans

Civic Leadership USA Clusa at a glance

Total assets
$19,068
-69.0% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$50,853
-72.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Civic Leadership USA Clusa funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

17 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 17 (82%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

8states

Cities

WashingtonSan MateoSanta ClaraEdinaSacramentoSan FranciscoAnchorageBostonChicagoCuptertinoHaywardOrlandoQueensSan JoseWashington DC

How Civic Leadership USA Clusa gives

  • Giving fell 95% from 2020 to 2023. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K10 grants2019 5 grants2020 5 grants2021 11 grants2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2024) to $780K (2019). In 2024 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Internship grant San Mateo, CAInternship Grant$15,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$19,068—$50,853——
2024$61,421$3,187$183,861$1,500Total only
2023$73,095$358,132$695,213$15,5001
2022$385,000$1,320,530$1,007,976$285,15011
2021$148,622$1,659,165$842,957$485,8005
2020$158,497$110,000$856,887$319,0445
2019$78,301$1,205,000$1,567,147$779,64110

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Civic Leadership USA Clusa

Based on IRS filings

Civic Leadership USA Clusa is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Discovery Bay, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $19K in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Civic Leadership USA Clusa is led by Jian Li, President on the 2025 filing — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jian Li

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Andy Li (2023–2024) — President
  • Former: Anthony Ng (2019–2022) — Executive Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Civic Leadership USA Clusa

How large is Civic Leadership USA Clusa?

Civic Leadership USA Clusa reported $19K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ.

What is Civic Leadership USA Clusa?

Civic Leadership USA Clusa is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Discovery Bay, CA. It holds $19K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Civic Leadership USA Clusa operate?

Civic Leadership USA Clusa has awarded grants in Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York.

What is Civic Leadership USA Clusa's EIN?

Civic Leadership USA Clusa's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-2800655. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 27, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 23, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 15, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 23, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)

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