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Committee of 100

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NEW YORK, NY
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Budget (2020):

Revenue: $5,062,746
Expenses: $6,035,930
Assets: $13,318,067

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The Committee of 100 is a nonprofit group that describes itself as “a leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts.” 1 According to a 2019 column written by Mark Simon, a former senior director at Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily, “The Committee of 100 is a pro-Beijing group, concerned almost exclusively with the interests aligned with those of the Chinese Communist Party. 2

History

In October 2022, the Committee issued a statement labeling a series of ads used by Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel, who was running for California’s 45th District seat during the 2022 midterm election, as “racist attacks and advertisements” 3 against Democratic challenger Jay Chen. 4 The ads denounced Chen’s previous support for the Confucius Classroom Program, a program previously criticized as supposedly being run and funded by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Chinese Ministry of Education to apply educators and curriculum to K-12 schools across the United States to “teach their students Chinese language and culture.” 5 6 The program is also linked to the Confucius Institute program, a similar group that has been accused of applying “Beijing-backed…curriculum” 7 to U.S universities and colleges, and was even labeled a “foreign mission of the PRC” 8 by the U.S Department of State in 2020, further noting it as “an entity advancing Beijing’s global propaganda and malign influence campaign on U.S. campuses and K-12 classrooms.” 9

References

  1. “Mission and History.” Committee of 100, Accessed December 8, 2022. https://www.committee100.org/mission-history/
  2. Simon, Mark. “How the ‘Committee of 100’ is doing Beijing’s bidding in the US.” Hong Kong Free Press, May 1, 2019. https://hongkongfp.com/2019/05/01/committee-100-beijings-bidding-us/
  3. “Committee of 100 Statement on the Negative Rhetoric in the Race to Represent U.S. House of Representatives California District 45.” Committee of 100, October 25, 2022. https://www.committee100.org/press_release/committee-of-100-statement-on-the-negative-rhetoric-in-the-race-to-represent-u-s-house-of-representatives-california-district-45/
  4. Anderson, Colin. “Meet the California Dem Who Invited the CCP Into His Local Classrooms.” The Washington Free Beacon, February 17, 2022. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/meet-the-ca-dem-who-invited-the-ccp-into-his-local-classrooms/
  5. Anderson, Colin. “Meet the California Dem Who Invited the CCP Into His Local Classrooms.” The Washington Free Beacon, February 17, 2022. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/meet-the-ca-dem-who-invited-the-ccp-into-his-local-classrooms/
  6. Anderson, Colin. “Meet the California Dem Who Invited the CCP Into His Local Classrooms.” The Washington Free Beacon, February 17, 2022. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/meet-the-ca-dem-who-invited-the-ccp-into-his-local-classrooms/
  7. Anderson, Colin. “Meet the Beijing-Aligned Group That Branded a Republican’s Tough-on-China Rhetoric ‘Racist’.” The Washington Free Beacon, December 5, 2022. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/meet-the-beijing-aligned-group-that-branded-a-republicans-tough-on-china-rhetoric-racist/
  8. Press Statement: Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State. “Designation of the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a Foreign Mission of the PRC.” U.S Department of State, August 13, 2020. https://2017-2021.state.gov/designation-of-the-confucius-institute-u-s-center-as-a-foreign-mission-of-the-prc/index.html
  9. Press Statement: Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State. “Designation of the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a Foreign Mission of the PRC.” U.S Department of State, August 13, 2020. https://2017-2021.state.gov/designation-of-the-confucius-institute-u-s-center-as-a-foreign-mission-of-the-prc/index.html
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  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: February 1, 1992

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2020 Jun Form 990 $5,062,746 $6,035,930 $13,318,067 $168,508 N $5,059,633 $0 $3,113 $365,980 PDF
    2019 Jun Form 990 $3,233,993 $2,971,583 $16,932,454 $41,498 N $3,121,278 $103,000 $9,715 $253,923 PDF
    2018 Jun Form 990 $16,804,881 $1,656,826 $18,255,890 $99,972 N $16,022,256 $782,000 $625 $218,272 PDF
    2017 Jun Form 990 $3,186,606 $2,025,728 $2,872,160 $312,046 N $2,871,403 $301,635 $13,568 $0 PDF
    2016 Jun Form 990 $1,022,203 $1,615,256 $1,523,201 $123,965 N $591,263 $428,136 $2,804 $0 PDF
    2015 Jun Form 990 $1,246,931 $1,580,622 $2,077,634 $85,345 N $523,987 $717,800 $5,044 $0 PDF
    2014 Jun Form 990 $1,966,574 $2,347,802 $2,464,053 $138,073 N $1,852,958 $106,200 $6,069 $465,000 PDF
    2013 Jun Form 990 $1,606,749 $2,084,726 $2,773,535 $66,327 N $1,540,874 $63,400 $2,475 $510,361 PDF
    2012 Jun Form 990 $3,007,804 $2,889,086 $3,298,553 $113,368 N $3,003,678 $0 $4,126 $216,150 PDF
    2011 Jun Form 990 $2,648,084 $2,205,902 $3,175,278 $108,811 N $2,610,704 $30,700 $6,680 $169,500 PDF

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