Nonprofit · EIN 20-1530662
SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · GLENVIEW, IL 60025
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990-EZ | $77,426 | $113,070 | -$35,644 | $142,081 | $6,083 | $135,998 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990-EZ | $105,315 | $107,945 | -$2,630 | $179,513 | $7,871 | $171,642 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990-EZ | $121,722 | $90,198 | $31,524 | $180,756 | $6,484 | $174,272 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $68,862
- Program service revenue
- $5,973
- Investment income
- $1,344
- Other revenue
- $1,247
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $3,900
- Occupancy
- $300
- Printing, publications and postage
- $10,269
- Other expenses
- $98,601
- Program services (functional)
- $95,195
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $179,513
- Total assets, end of year
- $142,081
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,083
- Net assets, end of year
- $135,998
- Cash, savings and investments
- $139,993
- Gross receipts
- $77,426
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GYE-YOUNG PARK | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| SOOK PARK | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| ESTHER AESUH YANG | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| C LUCY PARK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY | 30 | $0 |
| HO B KIM | BOARD CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| ANDREW BAE | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| JOONG HAENG CHOH | DIRECTOR | 0.2 | $0 |
| YONHEE PARK HAN | DIRECTOR | 0.1 | $0 |
| HYE RYE HONG | DIRECTOR | 0.2 | $0 |
| HYNIL JUHN | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| HYAESUNG MIN KIM | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| YOU SIM OH KIM | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GYE-YOUNG PARK | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| SOOK PARK | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| ESTHER AESUH YANG | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| C LUCY PARK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| HO B KIM | BOARD CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW BAE | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| JOONG HAENG CHOH | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| YONHEE PARK HAN | DIRECTOR | 0.1 | $0 |
| HYE RYE HONG | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| HYNIL JUHN | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| HYAESUNG MIN KIM | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| YOU SIM OH KIM | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYNIL JUHN | CO-PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| GYE-YOUNG PARK | CO-PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| SOOK PARK | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| MARK CHOH | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 |
| ESTHER AESUH YANG | TREASURER | 0.1 | $0 |
| C LUCY PARK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| HO B KIM | BOARD CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| ANDREW BAE | DIRECTOR | 0.1 | $0 |
| JOONG HAENG CHOH | DIRECTOR | 0.1 | $0 |
| YONHEE PARK HAN | DIRECTOR | 0 | $0 |
| HYE RYE HONG | DIRECTOR | 0.1 | $0 |
| HYAESUNG MIN KIM | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 606 FOREST RD, GLENVIEW, IL 60025-3448
- In care of
- % C LUCY PARK
- Signed the 990-EZ
- HO B KIM, BOARD CHAIR
- Phone
- (312) 497-3007
- Return prepared by
- OSTROW REISIN BERK & ABRAMS LTD
Mission
BY REACHING OUT TO THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE AND FINE ARTS, THE SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY STRIVES TO ADVANCE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF KOREA'S HERITAGE AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT, THROUGH THIS, THE RICH CULTURE BEHIND KOREA'S COLORFUL HISTORY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ANY ETHNICITY AND NATIONALITY WHILE BEING A UNIQUE PART OF THE LARGER, MORE FAMILIAR WESTERN CULTURE. BY BRIDGING ASIAN AND AMERICAN CULTURE WE TRY TO PROMOTE HARMONY AMONG THE MANY DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Program accomplishments
- THE GOALS OF THE SEJONG WRITING COMPETITION ARE TO DISCOVER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS TALENTED IN WRITING AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEARN AND WRITE ABOUT KOREA AND ITS CULTURE. THROUGH THIS WRITING COMPETITION WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF KOREA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AMONGST THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS GROWING UP IN THE UNITED STATES.Expenses $27,421
- THE GOALS OF THE SEJONG MUSIC COMPETITION ARE TO DISCOVER TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN THEIR STUDIES, AND TO ALSO INTRODUCE TRADITIONAL KOREAN MUSIC EXPRESSED THROUGH WESTERN MEDIA. THROUGH THIS COMPETITION WE HOPE TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF KOREA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AMONGST THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS GROWING UP IN THE UNITED STATES SO AS TO PROMOTE HARMONY AMONG PEOPLE OF VARIOUS ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND BRIDGE ASIAN AND WESTERN CULTURES.Expenses $16,373
- THE SIJO IS A TRADITIONAL STRUCTURED THREE-LINE KOREAN POETIC FORM. IT HAS BEEN THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF LYRIC VERSE IN KOREA FOR OVER FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AND IS CONSIDERED A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF TRADITIONAL KOREAN FINE ARTS. THROUGH THE SIJO, STUDENTS MAY BE INTRODUCED TO NOT ONLY A UNIQUE, LESSER KNOWN FORM OF POETRY, BUT ALSO A CULTURE LITTLE EXPLORED. SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY HOSTS VARIOUS SIJO EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SIJO WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND SEMINARS FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND SIJO READING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SEJONG ALSO DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES SIJO TEACHING RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FREE OF CHARGE.Expenses $51,401
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-1530662
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $142,081
- Income (IRS master file)
- $77,426
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | June 2025 | $77,426 | $113,070 | $142,081 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2024 | $105,315 | $107,945 | $179,513 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2023 | $121,722 | $90,198 | $180,756 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-1530662).
Questions about SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY is 20-1530662.
- Is SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended June 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does SEJONG CULTURAL SOCIETY have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $77,426, expenses of $113,070 and total assets of $142,081 at year end.
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