2025-10-17T14:18:46-05:00 2024-12-31 881478669 CBIZ ADVISORS LLC 68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD SUITE 300 MELVILLE NY 117472354 990EZ 2024-01-01 993514044 IK-JOONG KANG FOUNDATION INC IK-J 2124778008 325 BROADWAY 200 NEW YORK NY 10007 MARGARETTE LEE PRESIDENT 2124778008 2025-10-16 1 0 MARY ANN MENDEL P00551302 6314144000 2025-10-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X N/A X X 171505 X 171505 171505 180269 180269 -8764 0 0 -8764 X 0 1236 0 1236 0 10000 0 -8764 X THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS, WITH A FOCUS ON CREATING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE GLOBAL ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE KOREAN PEOPLE IN SOUTH KOREA AND ABROAD. ARTIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE HANGEUL PROJECT, IK-JOONG KANG, WILL USE 20,000 HANGEUL TILES TO CREATE THE WORLD'S FIRST HANGEUL WALL AT THE KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER IN NEW YORK. AMONG THE 20,000 TILES WILL BE 1,000 PIECES CREATED BY INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. INDIVIDUALS HAD UNTIL JUNE 30, 2024, TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN ARTWORKS INSPIRED BY THE THEME "THINGS I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT AND 1,000 OF THE PIECES WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH ONLINE VOTING BY THE PUBLIC AND REVIEW BY IK-JOONG KANG TO BECOME PART OF THE HANGEUL WALL. NOT ONLY DOES THIS INITIATIVE ALLOW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HISTORIC PIECE OF ART BUT IT PROVIDES AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FORPARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HANGEUL. 0 21500 A PROJCET IN CAIRO, EGYPT TO BE KNOWN AS THE HANGEUL TEMPLE AND WILL BEINSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA IN THE FALL OF 2024. THE OUTER WALLS OF THESE PRISMS WILL BEINSCRIBED WITH THE LYRICS OF THE KOREAN FOLK SONG ARIRANG IN HANGEUL, ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND HIEROGLYPHICS. THE INTERIOR WILL BE ADORNED WITH OVER 5,000 MURAL DRAWINGS OF DREAMS CREATED BY CHILDREN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IK JOONG KANG BELIEVES THAT THE "PYRAMIDS SYMBOLIZE THE PAST, 'ARIRANG' THE PRESENT, AND THE CHILDREN THE FUTURE. THIS WORK EMBODIES THE BELIEF THAT THE WORLD CAN COEXIST PEACEFULLY THROUGH EXCHANGEDESPITE THE DIVISIONS AND CONFLICTS ON EARTH. IT CREATES A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE."EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A NONPROFIT CULTURAL ENDEAVOR, THIS PROJECT ASPIRES NOT ONLY TO AMPLIFYAWARENESS OF KOREA'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE BUT ALSO TO FOSTER PROFOUND GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 0 158739 180239 MARGARETTE LEE PRESIDENT 0.00 0 0 0 IK-JOONG KANG SECRETARY 0.00 0 0 0 KEHOO KANG TREASURER 0.00 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY THE ORGANIZATION 325 BROADWAY 200 NEW YORK NY 10007 2124778008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 171505 171505 171505 171505 0 0 0 171505 50000 50000 221505 221505 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED MARGARETTE LEE PRESIDENT OPERATING CASH X 10000 10000 0 1 1 10000 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: BANK CHARGE. AMOUNT: 30. DESCRIPTION: EGYPTIAN PROJECT EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 158,739. DESCRIPTION: KOREAN CULTURAL EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 21,500. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 180,269. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: DUE TO PRESIDENT. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 10,000. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.