BFSU America China Culture Exchange Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821186200
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6464154932
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Cultural Exchange
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,000
- Expenses
- $1,551
- Assets
- $3,449
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rui Wang (President, Dir.)
People named in this filing
- Hong Liu (Chairman, Dir.)
- Rui Wang (President, Dir.)
- Xieyi Xu (VP, Sec, Dir.)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is:1. Serving the community of BFSU alumni and the general public interested in culture exchange between America and China;2. Providing a social and communication platform for developing the knowledge and skills needed for participation in our multicultural society;3. Committing to education, growth and development of Chinese culture and tradition in America;4. Promoting broader understanding of American culture among Chinese community in America.
What it reported doing in 2017
- Hosted seminars in New York, Washington DC, Chicago and California on cultural topics; - Introduced American Universities to audiences in US and China through web broadcasting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 18.6%; rating input score 19
- Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 69%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 18.6% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $930 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.