Lao-chinese Friendship Association of So California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954497834
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Monterey Park, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2138803629
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,845
- Expenses
- $29,801
- Assets
- $77,768
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TED K TONGSAK (President)
People named in this filing
- TED K TONGSAK (President)
- DENNA WU (Secretary)
- NANCY YIP (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lao-chinese friendship assoiciations of southern California was established for specific purpose of developing and promoting friendship, understanding, trust and mutual appreciation between the lao-chinese and american people, and assisting lao-chinese in recognizing and perserving their cultural tradition and heritage.
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
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 39
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 43.2%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.61; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 37% of revenue deployed · 43.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.