Chong Hua Tien Tao University a K a Dba Tien Tao Chong Hua University

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954285057
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3237226693
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,041
Expenses
$3,577
Assets
$411,838
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Chao (President)
  • Chang Chan (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Richard Chao (President)
  • Chang Chan (Vice President)
  • Shean Lin Wang (Secretary)

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

The university offers an excellent educational program to the public and to propagate Tien Tao. It offers graduate level studies to students with a unique environment to cultivate "Wisdom", "Virtue", and "Healthy Life". The university aims at educating the whole person to be well balanced in knowledge/skill, personality and ethics. It offers Tien Tao principles to cultivate character development to enrich the students' personality, and Tien Tao disciples to broaden his or her professional competence to a higher ethical standard. The university believes that the graduates with this kind of education and training will be creative leaders and responsible citizens.

What it reported doing in 2025

Approximately 24 quarterly courses are provided annually to students around the world to promote the educational purpose of the organization. Each course consists of 100 minutes of instruction per week.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.8%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89.5%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 115.14; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -61% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.8% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.