Christian Song-zhu Caring Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270400227
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cupertino, CA, USA
Phone
4089619102
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,497
Expenses
$3,496
Assets
$315,484
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YU-SUNG KAO (President)

People named in this filing

  • YU-SUNG KAO (President)
  • BI-DER PAN (Secretary)
  • YIA FANG T YEH (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

UPPORT CHRISTIAN TO WORSHIP GOD AND SHARE GOD'S LOVE (1. Deliver Jesus Christ's love to senior veterans to let them know that god cares about them. Preach the Gospels to the senior veterans so that they can have hope to enternity; 2.Lead women's Bible study groups and provide consultation for women who have marriage or family problems. Instruct attendees how to apply Bible's principles in dealing with problems; 3. Support local churches that are suffering from lack of ministries to give sermons and teach Sunday school Bible classes. To help building a healthier church by educating brothers and sisters with Bible; 4. Provide fellowship among senior citizens through various events such as bible study or painting class.5. Help drug offenders by way of Christian drug rehabilitation simply with the power of Bible and without medicine approach; 6. work with educational associations to commit to combining the schools, families, community and bible resources to help young people build characte

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Deliver Jesus Christ's love to senior veterans to let them know that god cares about them. Preach the Gospels to the senior veterans so that they can have hope to enternity; 2.Lead women's Bible study groups and provide consultation for women who have marriage or family problems. Instruct attendees how to apply Bible's principles in dealing with problems; 3. Support local churches that are suffering from lack of ministries to give sermons and teach Sunday school Bible classes. To help building a healthier church by educating brothers and sisters with Bible; 4. Provide fellowship among senior citizens through various events such as bible study or painting class.5. Help drug offenders by way of Christian drug rehabilitation simply with the power of Bible and without medicine approach; 6. work with educational associations to commit to combining the schools, families, community and bible resources to help young people build character, to enhance capabilities and prepare for future leaders; 7. Provide religious counseling for prisoners committed in the AIDs drug addictioon, corruption, murder, or sexual offenders. Conduct life change for a prisoner when he/she accept Jesus Christ

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.1%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 93.8%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 90.24; rating input score 95; 95th 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.1% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 6/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.