Ohio Falun Dafa Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264648549
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone
6148636234
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,580
Expenses
$1,906
Assets
$439,239
Liabilities
$947

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tianlun Jian (CEO, Board Director)

People named in this filing

  • Baihua Zhou (Chair of Board, Treasurer)
  • Tianlun Jian (CEO, Board Director)
  • Sunny Lu (Vice Chair of Board, Board Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1) To preserve and promote traditional Chinese culture and arts; 2) To enhance the health and well-being of all people in our communities through spreading Chinese traditional mind and body practice - Falun Dafa; 3) To promote universal characteristics - Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Brought Shen Yun Performing Arts to Ohio - partnered with the Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association, we have joined in promotion and production of Shen Yun shows performed in Cincinnati Aronoff Center in 2/15-2/16/2025 via offering volunteer works and supports. Over 3400 audiences watched this world-class traditional Chinese performing arts show.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 230.45; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.