FRIENDS OF ROOTS
EIN 45-3594189 · Arts & Culture (A20)
What they do
ROOTS SUMMER is A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM for YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18 to 30. IN 2017, 11 ROOTS INTERNS WERE SELECTED IN JANUARY. IN FEBRUARY, AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD SO THAT THE YEARS INTERNS COULD MEET EACH OTHER. A SERIES of SATURDAY SEMINARS and ACTIVITIES WERE CONDUCTED FROM MARCH THROUGH JUNE. INTERNS TOURED SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN, CONDUCTED RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, and TOURED ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION. INTERNS ATTENDED SEMINARS ON CHINAS HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY and THE CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. SCHOLARS and WRITERS SUCH AS JUDY YOUNG and RUTHANNE LUM MCCUNN SERVED AS GUEST SPEAKERS. THE FINAL PRE-TRIP SEMINAR WAS HELD IN JUNE and INCLUDED FINAL PREPARATIONS and A BRIEFING for THE TRIP to CHINA. AFTER EXPLORING THEIR CHINESE ROOTS IN AMERICA THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, PARTICIPANTS EXPLORED THEIR ROOTS IN CHINA THROUGH VISITS to THEIR ANCESTRAL VILLAGES and OTHER HISTORICAL and CULTURAL SITES IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE. UPON THEIR RETURN FROM CHINA, THE I
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Board and leadership roster (8)
ANDY FONGSECRETARY
BRIAN YEEPRESIDENT
CHERYL TIENDIRECTOR
ELSIE LAMVICE PRESIDENT
FRANCES KWONGTREASURER
JANE CHINDIRECTOR
LINDA CHEUDEVELOPMENT DIR
STEFANIE LEEDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 1559 B SLOAT BLVD 266, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132-1222
- County
- City and County of San Francisco
- In care of
- % ALAN LIU
- Primary officer
- BRIAN YEE, President
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- STERN & ASSOCIATES
- NTEE classification
- Arts & Culture (A20)
- IRS tax category
- Arts & Culture