Da Los Angeles Church Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201507913
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Walnut, CA, USA
- Phone
- (626) 213-7322
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $263,009
- Expenses
- $198,086
- Assets
- $405,892
- Liabilities
- $15,383
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT CHOU (CEO)
People named in this filing
- ROBERT CHOU (CEO)
- JONATHAN LAI (Secretary)
- LUKE TUNG (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
我們的異象 (Our Vision)
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 Ministry Report Da Los Angeles Church Network (dba Know Wonder Media) Pastoral Updates1.Accepted Rev. Jonathan Pan to pastoral team2.Ordained Michael Chen as Mission Pastor3.Established a pastoral growth group: "Pastoral Research and Development Group" Rev. Robert Chou and Mrs. Chou's overseas trip1.Participated in the Malaysian "Alpha Conference"2.Attended the "Fire Conference" in Taipei3.Participated in Taipei's "Yawei AI" training4.Visit Pingtung & Taitung cities in Taiwan to establish ministry connections5.Went to Medan, Indonesia, to participate in the "Mission Conference by Together for All Nations"Rev. Robert Chou served in the special meeting1.He served as the keynote speaker of the "Harvest Bread of Life Church, New York " retreat meeting2.He served as a speaker at the "Diaspora Chinese Ministry Conference" jointly organized by Logos Theological Seminary and Grace Mission University3.He served as a speaker at the "Three Sources Confluence Conference organized by the Chinese Pastoral FellowshipTraining courses are provided1.Provide the "Co-Worker AI Training Series" for the Great Commission Church International (GCCI) 2.Launched a series of courses on "AI Community Outreach Applications" for Harvest Bible University (HBU)Long-term projects of AI application1.Implementing the "AI 4 Kingdom" AI platform that serves all churches2.Launched the "Chinese Character Gospel Teaching Video Production Ministry" to serve the worldSpecial events1.In conjunction with five churches in the East District of Los Angeles, the "Application of AI to Serve the Community" was launched in the summer2.Received graduate students from "National University of Science and Technology, Taiwan " to visit and conduct research and development internship on Chinese character gospel teaching videos3.Co-organized the "Supernatural Healing Conference" with "Asian Revival"4.Held the "20th Anniversary of Da Los Angeles Church Network and the 7th Anniversary of Know Wonder Media" Fundraising Dinner Event2026 OutlookOrganizing the joint Revival Conference (April and October).Launched the "Minister Fellowship Monthly".Launched production of AI applications
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 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 15.5%; rating input score 16; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.7%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $182K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 23 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX FeesForServicesOther column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.