New Era Culture and Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812621614
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
Phone
8477550587
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,131
Expenses
$11,509
Assets
$174,617
Liabilities
$14,005

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHIEN CHANG LU (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAN YIN TSAI (TREASURER)
  • CHIEN CHANG LU (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY LU (PROGRAMS COORDINATOR)

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

We are dedicated to enriching lives though culture and education. We believe that every individual deserves access to quality learning opportunities regardless of their background or circumstances. Our mission is to bridge the gap in education by harnessing the power of collaboration between college students and learners worldwide through our innovative online tutoring programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Online Education Tutoring programs impacting 100 students

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.8%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.17; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.8% of revenue deployed · 13.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 21/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.