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US nonprofit · EIN 300210554 · Norcross, GAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 300210554) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 May 2026: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Korean American Chamber of Commerce USA

Revenue
$314k
year to 31 May 2026
Expenses
$229k
year to 31 May 2026
Total assets
$106k
$10k liabilities
Net assets
$95k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
4.4y av
Staff
1
employees, year to 31 May 2026
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
12
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Korean American Chamber of Commerce USA's network

6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 162 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 6 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Hyung R KimBoard Chairm2022
4 yrs
JU Hwan ChoiVice Chairma2022
4 yrs
Ron ChungVice Chairma2022
4 yrs
Seung W HongExcutive Dir2022
4 yrs
Suna OMBoard of Dir2022
4 yrs
Sung KimBoard of Dir2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

12 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Byung G HwangPresidentsince 2022
Hans H ChoeFirst Vice Psince 2022
Hyun KimVice Presidesince 2022
Kenneth CHOVice Presidesince 2022
Kyung C LeePresidentsince 2024
MI Kyong RojasDirectorsince 2022
OH Dong HANCompany secretarysince 2024
Sean ROHVice Presidesince 2022
Sunny KimFirst Vice Psince 2022
Suzie HANTreasurersince 2024
TED LEESr Vice Pressince 2022
Yeong TAE BarkCFOsince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 May 2026iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Byung Gu HwangCEO1$0
Brandon ChoiSecretary2$0
Hyeawon ClaytonCFO1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Korean American Chamber of Commerce USA
EIN
300210554
Address
5730 Oakbrook Pkwy Ste 175, Norcross, GA, 30093-1871
State
Georgia
Mission
Our mission is to promote, support, and guide Korean American businesses and civic leaders in the US, and foster the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and improve the business environement. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2003
Principal officer
Byung Gu Hwang (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsHyung R Kim
≥4years on the filingsJU Hwan Choi
≥4years on the filingsRon Chung
≥4years on the filingsSeung W Hong

Latest return

year to 31 May 2026iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 May 2026. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$106k
Total liabilities
$10k
Net assets or fund balances
$95k
Contributions and grants received
$254k
Program service revenue
$9k
Grants and similar paid out
$49k
Employees
1

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$141k$140k$1k
2022$379k$79k$300k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Korean Amereican Chamber of Commerce of Orange County$10k
Korean American Chamber of Commerce of South East$10k