Chinese Worldwide Gospel Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462491567
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
5105265969
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,723
Expenses
$38,351
Assets
$215,941
Liabilities
$153

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TATAO CHUANG (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • TATAO CHUANG (President & CEO)
  • FRANK LIU (Secretary)
  • WEI-CHENG HSIEH (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

To spread gospel and provide Christianity training to the people in China through volunteer pastors and church elders from the United States.

What it reported doing in 2025

Chinese Worldwide Gospel Mission ("CWGM") mission in China include Bible teaching, dual-duty ministry, ministry for Chinese entrepreneurs, mission for Chinese farmers. CWGM continued to preaching and teaching Christianity via Zoom in 2025. Christian Theology Training Center continued gaining recognition among Chinese community. In 2025 the entity expanded regularly scheduled theological teachings for those who are faithful in Christianity.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 59.7%; 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: -17.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.63; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 59.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.