Charitable Fund of the Rotary Club of Koreatown

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562665569
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3235251515
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,382
Expenses
$38,332
Assets
$259,151

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAEMIN HONG (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAEMIN HONG (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL YOON (SECRETARY)
  • SI KWON ROH (CFO)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

From literacy and peace to water and wealth, working to better our world and staying committed to the end

What it reported doing in 2025

Distribution of charity and scholarship within/outside los angeles & participants in specific programs

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.76; rating input score 88; 88th 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: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.