Friends of Yinghua Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933621999
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- St. Paul, MN, US
- Phone
- (651) 699-6316
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,000
- Expenses
- $4,954
- Assets
- $6,046
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- CYNTHIA MOELLER (BOARD CHAIR)
- CHARLIE ROBINSON (SECRETARY)
- NATHANIEL BODE (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of FOYA is to raise funds for Yinghua Academy. As the school’s charitable foundation, Friends of Yinghua Academy exists to secure long-term financial resources that advance Yinghua’s mission, strengthen its programs, and ensure its continued excellence as a national leader in Chinese immersion education.
Friends of Yinghua Academy (FOYA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation established in 2025 to support Yinghua Academy, the nation’s first public Chinese immersion charter school, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FOYA raises funds for the school’s long-term growth through major gifts, planned giving, and endowment growth, managing a Longevity Fund with the Minneapolis Foundation and an Active Fund at Drake Bank. It serves the Yinghua community by funding programs, facilities, and strategic priorities, and is governed by a board of current and former Yinghua parents and board members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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 total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.