Pacific Academy Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814028514
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Irvine, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9493985285
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,591
- Expenses
- $106,842
- Assets
- $108,906
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KELLY CHU (President)
People named in this filing
- KELLY CHU (President)
- YI-AN CHEN KOU (Secretary)
- HAN-CHANG CHI (CFO)
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
The pacific academy foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2016 tohelp committed and talented students develop their abilities and adademic skills.the foundation provides youths, not limited to pacific academy students, withunique opportunities to hone their talents in performing arts and sports (such ascompetitions, performances, and master classes) and college preparation resources, while addressing their financial needs. The foundation's goal is talent searchand development for underserved youths from the page of 6 to 20. During thepandemic, the foundation revised the age requirement on financial support to noage limit.
What it reported doing in 2025
The foundation organized pacific academy foundation orchestra in the summer of2018. This orchestra is to provide opportunities for talented young musicians toperform advanced music and reach their highest levels. There were about twentyfive students in the orchestra. They conducted one major benefit concert andseveral free concerts to public. Through the weekly practice and meeting, thestudents have the opportunity to:* be coached and conducted by renowned maestro jorge luis uzctegui* attend masterclasses led by professional artists* participate in music competitions and music festivals* perform in a variety of concert venues* be eligible for pacific academy foundation leadership opportunities
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
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -82.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.