Chinese Progressive Association - CPA Boston

Name

Chinese Progressive Association - CPA Boston

Legal name

Chinese Progressive Association

Website

https://cpaboston.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Organizing Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC), Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

Keywords

• Community organizing
• Worker rights advocacy
• Immigrant services
• Civic engagement
• Youth leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Institutional Grants: CPA receives funding from multiple foundations and institutional funders including Boston Foundation, Hyams Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation, Abelard Foundation, Herman & Frieda L. Miller Foundation, New World Foundation, Solidago Foundation, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Tufts University School of Medicine Department of Public Health, and others.
2. Individual Donations: The organization accepts one-time donations and sustainer donations (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually) through their Qgiv platform. CPA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, making all donations tax-deductible.
3. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees: $40 for family, $25 for individual, $10 for student/senior/unemployed. Members receive benefits including free consultations, form assistance, newsletters, tea time access, discounts on document services, and priority service.
4. Program Fees: Fees for services such as Chinese survival certificate renewal, citizenship classes, English classes, and N-400 form assistance, offered at member discount rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Chinese Progressive Association is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization founded in 1977 that provides programs supporting the Chinese community in Greater Boston. Its core offerings include the Workers Center (worker rights education and wage recovery), Political Empowerment (voter registration and civic education), Adult Education (citizenship and English classes), Chinese Youth Initiative (youth leadership), Chinatown Stabilization Campaign (housing advocacy), Green Justice (environmental justice), Drop-In Services (information, referrals, and Know Your Rights counseling), and Coalition-Building across labor, tenant, and immigrant coalitions.

Product overview

CPA Boston is a grassroots community organization offering a portfolio of community programs rather than a unified technology product. The organization operates nine distinct programs: Adult Education Program (English and citizenship instruction), Chinatown Stabilization Campaign (housing and neighborhood advocacy), Chinese Youth Initiative (youth leadership development with summer internships), Coalition-Building (cross-organization partnerships), Drop-In Services and Membership Activities (information, referrals, and rights counseling), Green Justice (environmental justice and climate advocacy), Henry Wong and You King Yee Memorial Gallery (community art exhibitions), Political Empowerment (voter education and civic engagement), and Workers Center (labor rights organizing). These programs collectively serve the Chinese immigrant community in Greater Boston across education, housing, youth development, environmental justice, and workers' rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chinese Youth Initiative (CYI): Youth leadership development program providing summer internships and year-round workshops for high school-aged youth in the Chinese American community.
• Workers Center
• Henry Wong and You King Yee Memorial Gallery

Products and services

• Workers Center Helps Chinese workers learn about and fight for their rights on the job or on the unemployment line, organizing the unorganized through collective action and developing workers' voice in the policy arena.
• Adult Education Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered over $800K in stolen wages for 360+ workers in 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• App Drivers UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2026CPA partnered with App Drivers Union in organizing rideshare drivers, contributing to the successful effort that led to Massachusetts becoming the first state in the country to certify rideshare driver unionization. CPA continues to support the next stage of bargaining to increase wages and improve job security.
• Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha (CTUL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2026CTUL (Workers United in Struggle) received the Justice in Action Award from CPA at the 49th Annual Banquet. CPA and community supporters raised over $9K to support CTUL's organizing efforts. CTUL leads essential immigrant organizing work in Minnesota.
• SEIU Local 26flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2026SEIU Local 26 received the Justice in Action Award from CPA at the 49th Annual Banquet. CPA and community supporters raised over $9K to support their organizing efforts. SEIU Local 26 leads essential immigrant organizing work in Minnesota.
• Transforming GenerationsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2026Transforming Generations received the Justice in Action Award from CPA at the 49th Annual Banquet. CPA and community supporters raised over $9K to support their organizing efforts. Transforming Generations leads essential immigrant organizing work in Minnesota.
• Quincy Votes!coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 March 2026Quincy Votes! was honored with the Civic Impact Award at CPA's 49th Annual Banquet for their outstanding commitment to civic engagement and inclusive democracy in Quincy, Massachusetts. CPA supported parents and grandparents in Quincy in their campaign to make Lunar New Year an official school holiday.
• Embrace BostonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025CPA President Emeritus Suzanne Lee was honored at Embrace's Carry It Forward event recognizing AAPI leaders and changemakers for their commitment to justice, equity, and community empowerment in Boston.
• Boston Jobs CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA works with the Boston Jobs Coalition to ensure that Chinatown residents have access to good construction and permanent jobs created by development in the community.
• Boston Tenant CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA participates in the Boston Tenant Coalition to organize for tenant rights and housing stability across the city.
• Community Labor UnitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA is a member of Community Labor United, working to build coalitions between labor and community organizations for economic and social justice.
• Green Justice CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA is a member of the Green Justice Coalition, working on environmental justice issues including weatherization, green jobs, transit justice, microgrid technology, and air quality protection.
• Immigrant Worker Center CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA plays a core role in developing the Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative to build organizing capacity and solidarity between Chinese, Brazilian, and Latino communities.
• Massachusetts Voter TableminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA participates in the Massachusetts Voter Table, a coalition focused on voter engagement and electoral justice across the state.
• Raise Up MassachusettscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA is a member of Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition working for economic justice and raising wages for working families.
• Right to the City AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA plays a core role in Right to the City Boston, a national alliance uniting communities of color around issue-based agendas for housing justice and urban reform.
• The Chinatown CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA is a member of The Chinatown Coalition, focused specifically on issues affecting Boston's Chinatown community.
• Allies Working with Asian American Youth (AAAYA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA participates in AAAYA, a coalition focused on youth development and Asian American youth empowerment.
• Chinatown Master Plan Implementation CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA participates in the Chinatown Master Plan Implementation Committee to ensure community-driven planning and development in Chinatown.
• Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA partnered in a five-year study with CAFEH (Tufts University) to study the effects of near-highway pollution on residents' health, using findings to influence community design and planning.
• International Union of Painters and Allied TradesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA hosted a bilingual air sealing and insulation training with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, employing five community members as weatherization technicians.
• Union of Concerned ScientistsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA collaborated with research from the Union of Concerned Scientists documenting that Boston's Chinatown has the worst air quality from transportation emissions in all of Massachusetts.
• Asian American Resource WorkshopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that has collaborated with the W/Y Gallery on exhibits showcasing Asian American art and activism.
• Chinese Historical Society of New EnglandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that has collaborated with the W/Y Gallery on exhibits documenting Chinese American history.
• APIsCAN! (Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPA is part of APIsCAN!, a coalition including Asian Community Development Corporation, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Asian American Resource Workshop, and Asian Outreach Unite that coordinated COVID-19 emergency relief efforts.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Asian Community Development Corporation: Boston-based AAPI-led community development organization focused on housing, economic development, and resident organizing in Chinatown and Greater Boston. Highly comparable to CPA in geography, target community, and combined advocacy-plus-real-estate strategy.
• Asian American Resource Workshop: Boston-based AAPI community organizing, arts, and advocacy organization. Comparable in AAPI community focus, Boston geography, coalition-driven advocacy approach, and partnership with CPA on cultural programming.
• VietAID: Boston-based Vietnamese American community development corporation serving immigrant and refugee communities with housing, small business, and youth programs. Comparable in immigrant-community focus, Greater Boston geography, and combined advocacy-plus-community-development model.
• Asian American Civic Association: Boston-based nonprofit providing adult education, workforce development, and civic engagement services for Asian American immigrants. Comparable to CPA in target population, Greater Boston geography, and adult education / civic engagement programming.
• APIsCAN! (Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network): Coalition of AAPI community organizations in Massachusetts including CPA, focused on civic engagement, mutual aid, and policy advocacy. Directly comparable as a coalition peer serving overlapping AAPI constituencies in Greater Boston.
• Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL): Minnesota-based immigrant worker center that received CPA's Justice in Action Award. Comparable as a grassroots worker center organizing low-wage immigrant workers through member-led campaigns, similar in model to CPA's Workers Center.
• Boston Tenant Coalition: Citywide tenant rights organizing coalition in Boston in which CPA is a core member. Directly comparable as a grassroots housing justice organizing body serving low-income and immigrant tenants in the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• Raise Up Massachusetts: Statewide coalition of community, labor, and faith organizations working for economic justice in Massachusetts, of which CPA is a member. Comparable as a coalition peer advancing overlapping worker, housing, and economic justice campaigns.
• Right to the City Alliance: National alliance uniting communities of color around housing justice and urban reform, of which CPA is a core Boston member. Comparable as a broader umbrella network advancing the same grassroots organizing and policy agenda that CPA pursues locally.

Others

• Chinese Historical Society of New England: Boston-area organization documenting Chinese American history and partnering with CPA on the W/Y Gallery exhibits. Comparable as a culturally aligned ecosystem partner serving overlapping Chinese American community interests in Greater Boston.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CPAJustice
• Facebookfacebook.com/cpaboston
• Instagraminstagram.com/cpajustice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chinese-progressive-association-boston

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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