John Lin Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271135327
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Phone
7144230742
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,896
Expenses
$43,585
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PRANEE LIN (President)
  • GREG GRIBBLE (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • PRANEE LIN (President)
  • GREG GRIBBLE (Vice President)
  • JOHN HISAYO MAKI (CO-SECRETARIES)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This corporation is a public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. The specific purpose of this corporation is to promote community goodwill and spirit and to make charitable contributions, including for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or the corresponding section of any future taxcode.

What it reported doing in 2016

The primary activity of the charitable corporation is to organize and conduct an annual golf tournament and dinner, the proceeds from which will fund the purposes of the charitable corporation. The tournament itself promotes a social gathering in remembrance of John Lin. Many of his friends, family, and business colleagues volunteer to make this a special occassion.During this 10th and final year of this organization's charitable activities, all proceeds have been donated to the St. Jude Hospital Memorial Fund and the Jack in the Box Foundation. St. Jude is a large medical complex in Fullerton, CA. The Memorial Fund provides healthcare for underpriviledged individuals and also funding for hospital expansion and new equipment. The Jack in the Box Foundation provides funding to various charitable organizations in the San Diego area, primarily the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization. Please refer to the attached statement disclosing the donee/recipients of charitable proceeds during the tax year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.8%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st 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: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -60% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.8% of revenue deployed · 40.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.