Cho Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274375174
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Milpitas, CA, USA
Phone
4089529173
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$-302
Expenses
$2,221

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Corporate Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $1,000. The stated grant purpose was to enhance the well-being and development of children from single-parent households, fostering an environment where every child has the opportunity to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, ensuring they reach their full potential despite familial challenges..

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 91

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 45%; rating input score 45; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 22.22; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 91th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 45/100.